Senior Project Manager (Energy/Utility)
Senior Project Manager guiding cross-functional digital delivery teams through complex, high-risk technology projects end-to-end for an energy/utility client — balancing capacity, budget, risk, and governance while engaging senior stakeholders through to production. Needs 10+ years delivering complex tech projects, energy/utility experience, and hands-on Microsoft/Atlassian skills.
- Compensation
- A$185K / yr
- Location
- Melbourne VIC
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Relevant experience in the Energy/Utility industry
- 10+ years of proven experience delivering complex, multi-phased technology projects
- Capability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives while adapting to shifting business priorities
- Demonstrated background leading geographically dispersed and cross-functional delivery teams
- Expertise in capacity planning and resource allocation
- Strong financial acumen with track record of expenditure tracking and cost forecasting to completion
- Proficiency producing executive-grade project artefacts (plans, steering committee presentations)
- Extensive knowledge of project management methodologies and tailoring them to compliance requirements
- Rigorous approach to change control assessing schedule, financial, and resourcing impacts
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills
- Hands-on proficiency with Microsoft applications and the Atlassian tool suite
Full description
- Must have relevant experience in Energy/Utility industry
- Permanent Opportunity
- Hybrid working arrangement (3 days in Melbourne CBD)
- Salary: $185K + Super + incentives
ROLE OVERVIEW
This position focuses on guiding cross-functional digital delivery teams to execute complex, high-risk strategic initiatives from inception through to production. You will operate at the intersection of business and technology, engaging senior leadership and product owners to ensure alignment and value generation. The position requires balancing team capacity with project demands while strictly adhering to internal governance, methodology frameworks, and compliance standards.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Direct the end-to-end lifecycle of medium to high complexity technology projects, ensuring strict adherence to budget, timeline, scope, and quality parameters.
- Drive initiation and planning phases, producing comprehensive schedules, resource models, and required governance artefacts.
- Maintain rigorous financial oversight by forecasting operational and capital expenditure, monitoring resource utilisation, and tracking the realisation of business benefits.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies through proactive contingency planning.
- Lead steering committees and working groups, delivering accurate status reports to executive stakeholders.
- Optimise team performance by prioritising daily workloads, resolving cross-functional roadblocks, and establishing an effective operational rhythm.
- Partner with procurement to source third-party vendors, evaluate tender submissions, negotiate pricing and scope, and manage ongoing supplier performance against service level agreements.
- Drive change management processes in the absence of a dedicated specialist, ensuring impacted business units successfully adopt new systems and transition smoothly to operational support.
- Draft detailed business cases and documentation to facilitate informed, traceable decision-making at governance forums.
- Guarantee all deliverables meet quality thresholds and are approved by relevant stakeholders within agreed timeframes.
MORE ABOUT YOU
- A decade or more of proven experience successfully delivering complex, multi-phased technology projects.
- Capability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives while adapting to shifting business priorities.