Senior Project Manager

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About the role

Job Location: 1 Spring Street Melbourne

This is a Fixed Term Position until 30 June 2027
The Senior Project Manager leads complex cybersecurity and ICT projects ensuring delivery on time within budget and aligned to organisational goals. The role manages cross-functional teams and vendors oversees solutions such as SD-WAN and ensures strong performance and security standards. It also focuses on stakeholder communication risk management continuous improvement and resolving technical issues effectively.

Whatwerelooking for(Selection Criteria)

Youresomeone who:

• Provides strategic leadership guiding planning processes and translating organisational strategy into clear operational and team outcomes.
• Leads complex planning and delivery work balancing competing priorities engaging senior stakeholders and managing risk in a broader organisational context.
• Builds a positive and high-performing culture through ethical leadership strong people management and a focus on engagement and capability development.
• Develops strong stakeholder partnerships and business cases using financial and procurement understanding to deliver value and manage resources effectively.
• Navigates complex and difficult conversations with confidence while remaining adaptable outcome-focused and responsive to changing priorities.
  
  

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Qualifications and experience

Youllbring:

• Prior experience with large scale network transformation (mandatory)
• Professional qualification in Prince2 or PMBOK Project Management Methodology (mandatory)
• Broad experience in delivering PMO services across distributed business owned initiatives (mandatory)
• Experience in a similar role within a large organisation or network environment. (mandatory)
• Experience with SD-WAN technology. (Desirable)

Pre-employment checks and employment conditions

Relevant pre-employment screening and reference checks will berequired.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.

Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.

How to apply

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Applications close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 1st of July2026.

Please include both your resume and a cover letteraddressing how your experience addresses each of the key selection criteria for the role. All applications must besubmittedvia the online portalwereunable to accept email or manual submissions.

For further information about the role please contact Jay Gunasekera Director Solution Design & Delivery via

Redeployees
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