INTERNAL ONLY - PRINCIPAL PROJECT MANAGER

LiveHire Limited; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Free gym and wellness centre

Award winning superannuation fund

Generous leave provisions

Competitive salary

Job summary

Brisbane City Council is seeking an experienced Principal Project Manager to lead multiple ICT infrastructure projects that support the Council's digital strategy. You will drive delivery across cloud platforms, digital workplace technologies, and enterprise platforms, ensuring on-time, within-budget outcomes with strong governance and stakeholder engagement.

The role offers a temporary full-time position based in Brisbane, with competitive salary and generous benefits as part of a large local

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering multiple complex ICT infrastructure projects concurrently.
• Strong project management capability, including governance, planning, financial management, risk management and reporting.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, interdependencies and resource constraints within complex delivery environments.
• Experience working with technical teams across infrastructure, cloud platforms, identity and access management, digital workplace technologies, network services and enterprise platforms.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, negotiation and communication skills, including engagement with senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Highly developed analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage external vendors and service providers.
• A passion for delivering customer-focused outcomes and driving continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple ICT infrastructure projects from initiation through to implementation and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, delivery strategies and success measures in partnership with stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain project governance, reporting, communication and stakeholder engagement frameworks.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues and dependencies to achieve successful outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with business units, technical teams, service delivery teams and external vendors to coordinate delivery activities.
• Provide timely reporting, insights and recommendations to project sponsors, governance groups and senior leadership.
• Drive stakeholder alignment, facilitate decision-making and resolve complex delivery challenges.
• Support organisational change and adoption activities associated with new technologies, platforms and services.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project delivery practices across Council's ICT portfolio.

Skills

Project governance

Governance & planning

Financial management

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Vendor management

Analytical/problem solving

Tools

Cloud platforms

Identity & access management

Digital workplace technologies

Network services

Enterprise platforms

Job description

Personnel Area: Corporate Services

Branch: Information Services

Salary Range: BAND 8_$150,432 to $162,791 + Superannuation

(Remuneration stated is for the full-time positions)

Work type: Temporary Full-time

Duration: Oct 2028

Location: Brisbane Square

The Organisation

Corporate Services in Brisbane City Council supports, equips, and helps guide Council to deliver the Brisbane Vision through centralised corporate services and a customer-focused approach.

The Business

Information Services branch (ISB) is responsible for Council's information and communications technology (ICT) strategy, information management and service delivery.

The Role

As a Principal Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of multiple strategic ICT infrastructure projects that support Brisbane City Council's technology foundations and long-term digital strategy.

Working within the Infrastructure Domain, you will be responsible for delivering complex technology infrastructure projects that modernise and enhance Council's core platforms, services and capabilities. You will ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards while effectively managing risks, dependencies and stakeholder expectations.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead high-profile initiatives that support Council's digital transformation and provide critical technology services to one of Australia's largest local governments.

Are you ready to lead complex technology infrastructure projects that make a real difference to how Council delivers services to the Brisbane community? We are seeking an experienced Principal Project Manager to drive delivery excellence across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure initiatives.

You will have the opportunity to lead projects across cloud platforms, digital workplace technologies, infrastructure lifecycle management, network and connectivity services, enterprise platforms, ICT asset management and other foundational technology initiatives.

In this role you will:

• lead multiple ICT infrastructure projects from initiation through to implementation and closure
• define project scope, objectives, delivery strategies and success measures in partnership with stakeholders
• establish and maintain project governance, reporting, communication and stakeholder engagement frameworks
• manage project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues and dependencies to achieve successful outcomes
• work collaboratively with business units, technical teams, service delivery teams and external vendors to coordinate delivery activities
• provide timely reporting, insights and recommendations to project sponsors, governance groups and senior leadership
• drive stakeholder alignment, facilitate decision-making and resolve complex delivery challenges
• support organisational change and adoption activities associated with new technologies, platforms and services
• contribute to continuous improvement of project delivery practices across Council's ICT portfolio.

To be successful you will have:

• demonstrated experience delivering multiple complex ICT infrastructure projects concurrently
• strong project management capability, including governance, planning, financial management, risk management and reporting
• proven ability to manage competing priorities, interdependencies and resource constraints within complex delivery environments
• experience working with technical teams across infrastructure, cloud platforms, identity and access management, digital workplace technologies, network services and enterprise platforms
• exceptional stakeholder engagement, negotiation and communication skills, including engagement with senior leadership and executive stakeholders
• highly developed analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage external vendors and service providers
• a passion for delivering customer-focused outcomes and driving continuous improvement.

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours, and flexible arrangements
• free gym and wellness centre
• award winning superannuation fund
• generous leave provisions
• competitive salary.

Please note: Eligibility for internal only roles includes external applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and/or as a person living with a disability. Applicants from these groups are required to complete the diversity and inclusion questions on the application form to enable Council to determine eligibility.

This role may require a Criminal History Check.

For more information:Please call John on 07 31783859 or email [e-mail]

People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council’s Diversity and Inclusion team.

Application Closing Date: 7th October 2026 at 11:55pm AEST.

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.

Council and its employees must follow the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 (Qld) and the Code of Conduct. This means employees are expected to act with honesty, fairness, and always prioritise the public interest over personal or private gain. The Code of Conduct requires employees to openly disclose any other work they do outside of Council — includingpaid or unpaid employment,operatingtheir own business or volunteering in certain circumstances — and to manage any conflictsof interest or other risks (such as fatigue)in a way that puts the public interestfirst.Maintainingemployment outside Council does notpreclude you from being considered for roles within Council.

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