Senior Project Manager

• Challenge yourself & add significant value to Qantas Group
• We look to the future to guide the way we innovate helping us stay relevant and responsive in an always evolving industry
• Permanent Full-time opportunity located Qantas Head Campus in Mascot

The SeniorProject Manager manages large visible projects/programmes or a range of projects with tactical impact lengthy project life cycles; this involves the selection and management of project resources multiple negotiations at all levels and the need to network internally in order to achieve project objectives and ensure that business goals and strategies are met.  

The Senior Project Manager will ensure projects are aligned to overall Qantas transformation program outcomes and effectively engage stakeholders partners and team members to ensure project objectives are achieved and roadblocks cleared. Relationships with internal and external key stakeholders are fundamental to successfully coordinating all aspects of the project(s) across the specific project streams against key milestones process complexity critical dependencies and deliverables. 

Youll have: 

• Extensive experience managing largescale multistream IT programs or portfolios ideally across HR payroll workforce management or other enterprise platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple concurrent projects and workstreams with complex interdependencies tight milestones and high levels of organisational impact.
• Strong leadership capability including experience mentoring and leading Project Managers and crossfunctional delivery teams.
• Strong track record delivering programs involving data migration integrations core system replacements platform uplift and cutover to new technologies.
• Handson experience overseeing endtoend testing cycles including SIT integration testing regression UAT support and cutover rehearsals.
• Experience defining scope goals deliverables schedules and budgets for large enterprise programs.
• Ability to understand challenge and influence solution architecture highlevel design and technical design across multiple systems.
• Experience working with or around platforms such as ADP payroll and award interpretation systems Workday Oracle and other enterprise technology environments.
• Understanding of configuration integrations enhancements analytics and datarelated technical components.
• Demonstrated capability managing complex stakeholder landscapes across business IT systems integrators vendors and partner organisations.
• Experience leading vendor engagements SOW development commercial discussions contract recommendations and performance management.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with senior leadership and operational teams.
• Experience contributing to or leading steering committees governance forums and program decisionmaking bodies.
• Strong risk issue and dependency management discipline especially in environments involving payroll accuracy regulatory compliance and award interpretation.
• Ability to apply structured project management methodologies such as PRINCE2.
• Experience supporting major organisational change and technology adoption programs.
• Proven ability to operationalise technology solutions including knowledge transfer documentation SLAs support models and BAU handover.
• Understanding of operational service management and IT readiness requirements.
• Able to lead influence and motivate crossfunctional teams including individuals and vendors not directly reporting to them.
• High level of resilience judgement and decisionmaking in environments with evolving priorities and ambiguity.
• Proactive selfstarter mindset with the ability to drive momentum and maintain delivery discipline.

Why Qantas 

If youre successful in your application youll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully. 

There are many different opportunities across our team which means youll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. Youll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role weve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions the destinations are endless. 

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel. 

• We love to travel:Enjoy discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe both for you and your family and friends as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays. 
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and additional purchased leave options. 
• Well give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping food and wine insurance health and wellbeing leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging for everything from motor vehicles to electronic devices. 
• Well support your wellbeing: Whether its learning to better support your own and others mental health our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan. 

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer so by coming to work for us youll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and people of all backgrounds to apply. 

Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story get in touch today. 

Advertising closes on 10th February 2026

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time