IT Project Manager

Craveable Brands; Willoughby; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free food at all brands

Paid Good Deed days

Bonus birthday leave

Job summary

Craveable Brands is seeking an IT Project Manager to enable Franchise Partners and support teams through technology. You’ll manage multiple IT infrastructure projects within the IT Project Team across our four iconic brands.

You will plan and execute projects, coordinate stakeholders and vendors, maintain documentation, and manage budgets and risks, applying agile and waterfall methodologies to deliver quality outcomes. Fixed-term contract options are available.

Qualifications

• Project management experience in IT infrastructure projects with knowledge of best practices, techniques and standards (agile and waterfall).
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills with the ability to influence multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to multitask and work across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Desirable experience in QSR or hospitality; Jira and Confluence familiarity is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Project Planning and Execution: develop plans, timelines and milestones, allocate resources, oversee project lifecycle.
• Stakeholder and Vendor Management: lead meetings, provide updates to stakeholders, manage vendor/contractor relationships.
• Maintaining Project Documentation: produce and maintain project plans, schedules, risk registers, etc.
• Budgeting and Risk Management: manage budgets, identify risks, ensure quality standards and compliance.

Skills

Project management

IT infrastructure

Agile

Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

About Us

At Craveable Brands we’re the proud owner of fouriconic Australian food brands: Red Rooster, Oporto, Chicken Treat and Chargrill Charlie’s. And while some of our brands havebeen around for over 50 years, today we’re one of thefastest growing restaurant brands in the country. We're big but well portioned, so everyone has thechance to make a difference. As customer fanatics,we’re all committed to success and can see theoutcomes of our efforts. You can even taste it.

About the role

Enabling Franchise Partners and those who support them through technology is what it’s all about for our IT Project Manager. Working within the IT Project Team and our restaurant brands you’ll manage multiple projects incorporating substantial IT components.

Please note Fixed Term contract options are also available

Key Activities Include:

Project Planning and Execution:

• - Implementing agreed project scope and objectives, reviewing and redefining as necessary across the project lifecycle.
• - Developing project plans, including timelines and milestones, and managing resource allocation.
• - Overseeing the implementation of projects through utilising best practice methodologies.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management:

• - Coordinating and leading project meetings and providing regular updates to stakeholders, including executive teams.
• - Keeping the project on track and holding stakeholders accountable.
• - Managing vendor and contractor relationships.

Maintaining Project Documentation:

• - Produce and maintain project documentation, including project plans, schedules, risk registers, etc.

Budgeting and Risk Management:

• - Managing project budget and associated financials.
• - Identifying and mitigating project risks and ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards.
• - Ensuring compliance with project management standards and guidelines.

About You

Essential

• - Project management experience, specifically in IT infrastructure projects and strong knowledge of industry best practices, techniques, and standards (including agile and waterfall methodologies).
• - Strong and effective relationship-building and negotiation skills and the ability to influence multiple stakeholders.
• - Ability to multitask and comfortably work across multiple projects simultaneously.

Desirable

• - Project Management experience in Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) or hospitality industries highly regarded but not required.
• - Knowledge of Jira and Confluence systems and software is highly desirable.

We offer:

• - Free food at all our brands cause don’t we all love chicken!
• - Paid Good Deed days supporting a charity that means something to you.
• - Extra day of leave in your birthday month to celebrate.

Don't let the passion for chicken fool you, we're a very human organisation and put our people first. Hard working, caring and fun, we enjoy a collaborative culture where our key ingredient is our people who strive to be their best.

We truly believe bringing together people from diverse backgrounds is key to our ability to continue growing and doing our best work. That’s why we want you to apply even if you don’t think you tick all the boxes – we’re looking for many different skills and abilities to build our culture.