
Senior Project Manager
Online Education Services (OES)
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cremorne • Australia
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Job Level
About the role
- Lead end‑to‑end project delivery including scope, planning, milestones, dependencies and critical path management
- Establish and maintain effective governance, reporting rhythms and escalation processes
- Adapt delivery methods using iterative, insight‑led approaches in response to changing priorities
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across multiple organisations
- Prepare and facilitate senior forums, steering groups and executive updates
- Own project budgets including forecasting, tracking and variance management
- Identify and mitigate financial risks and dependencies
- Identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies, and lead structured issue resolution and change control processes
- Deliver executive‑level reporting to support governance and timely decision‑making
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi‑stakeholder projects with end‑to‑end accountability
- Ability to translate complex delivery information into clear insights and recommendations
- Highly developed senior stakeholder management skills, including influencing and negotiation
- Proven ownership of project budgets and commercial decision‑making
- Advanced capability in governance, planning, risk, issues and dependency management
- Confident user of Monday.com, Confluence and Jira or platforms similar
- Experience in higher education, online education, technology‑enabled services or regulated environments
- Experience delivering programs involving organisational change or partnership evolution
- Ability to identify opportunities
- Experience contributing to post‑delivery evaluation or scale‑up planning
- Tertiary qualification in project/program management or related field
Benefits
- Flexible, hybrid work for genuine career-life fit (2-3 days in our Cremorne Office)
- Professional development and mentoring
- OES Culture Club and events calendar
- Health and wellbeing activities
- Annual flu vaccinations
- Paid parental leave
- Purchased leave
- Study assistance and leave for eligible employees
- Mental health support resources and Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Income protection insurance
- Access to corporate health insurance rates
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
project deliveryscope managementplanningmilestone managementbudget managementrisk managementissue resolutionchange controlpost-delivery evaluationscale-up planning
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementinfluencingnegotiationrelationship buildingcommunicationadaptabilityinsight translationdecision-makinggovernanceleadership
Certifications
tertiary qualification in project/program management