Project Manager

Wipro Ltd.; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro Ltd. is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale infrastructure and application modernisation projects in Australia (Brisbane).

You will develop integrated project plans, manage day-to-day delivery, governance forums, and coordinate testing, deployment readiness and post-implementation validation. The role requires strong stakeholder management, risk governance, and vendor coordination across multi-site environments.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of hands-on project management experience delivering large-scale infrastructure and network programs.
• Demonstrated experience in managing business projects, application modernisation, technology migrations and associated change management.
• Proven experience coordinating business stakeholders, technical teams, architects, application owners and vendors.
• Strong financial, commercial, risk and delivery governance capabilities.
• In-depth knowledge on Project Management Lifecycle and Methodologies.
• Excellent understanding of drafting SoW and PCR documents and project reports.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, communication and escalation skills.
• Experience with cloud learning platforms will be an added advantage.
• Experience in healthcare, hospitals, aged care or similarly complex, multi-site and regulated environments will be highly regarded.
• Understanding of operational sensitivities of hospital environments, particularly clinical service continuity and impact of technology outages will be an advantage.
• Ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with PMO365 or similar project portfolio management tools, Jira, SharePoint, Confluence and Microsoft 365.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale upgrade projects.
• Develop and maintain detailed, integrated project plans covering schedules, milestones, resources, deployment sequencing, dependencies and critical paths.
• Manage day-to-day delivery activities, schedules, milestones, resources, site readiness, deployment sequencing and dependencies.
• Establish clear entry and exit criteria for testing, deployment readiness.
• Lead regular stand-ups, delivery meetings and working sessions to maintain momentum and accountability.
• Mange delivery of platform upgrades, application modernisation, system enhancements and technology migrations.
• Coordinate integration, configuration, testing, migration and deployment activities.
• Manage rollout risks, operational impacts, service continuity, outages, change windows and implementation constraints.
• Ensure proposed changes align with business requirements and expected benefits realisation.
• Work closely with application owner and delivery teams to manage dependencies and implementation readiness.
• Drive project governance forums, vendor forums, technical working groups and manage stakeholder updates.
• Establish clear go/no-go criteria and ensure deployments are executed within approved maintenance windows.
• Coordinate post-implementation validation, service acceptance and transition to operational support.
• Ensure successful deployment, service acceptance, operational handover and closure across all locations.
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal and partner delivery teams, architects, and business stakeholders to manage dependencies and implementation readiness.
• Manage vendor performance, deliverables, timelines, contractual obligations, issues and escalations.
• Build effective relationships with operational stakeholders, application owners, project sponsors and technology leaders.
• Proactively manage expectations, resolve conflicts and drive timely decisions.
• Own project financial management, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, resource costs and financial reporting.
• Track vendor expenditure, purchase orders, invoices, commercial commitments and budget variances.
• Coordinate procurement, statements of work, change requests and vendor commercial matters.
• Identify financial and resource risks and implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Ensure delivery remains within approved budgets and resource allocations.
• Maintain project governance in accordance with established PMO frameworks, methodologies and reporting requirements.
• Own project budgets, forecasts, vendor commitments, purchase orders and financial reporting.
• Maintain project governance, RAID registers, schedules and status reporting through PMO365.
• Prepare executive updates, milestone reports and governance packs.
• Escalate material risks, delays, operational impacts and decisions requiring sponsor or SteerCo intervention.
• Ensure appropriate approvals and governance checkpoints are completed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proactively identify, assess and manage delivery risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and constraints.
• Ensure appropriate contingency, rollback and business continuity arrangements are established for critical deployment activities.
• Monitor project quality, deliverables, acceptance criteria and adherence to agreed standards.
• Coordinate testing, deployment readiness, implementation approvals and operational handover.
• Drive project closure, lessons learned and continuous improvement to effectively improve the subsequent stages of rollout and future deployments.
• Project documents, delivery plans, schedules and charters.
• Project gates and approvals.
• Vendor delivery plans and performance tracking.
• Project budgets, forecasts and financial variance reports.
• RAID logs, dependency registers and change control documentation.
• PMO365 updates, governance reports and SteerCo packs.
• Testing, service acceptance and operational handover documentation.
• Project closure reports and lessons learned

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder mgmt

Risk management

Governance

Communication

Negotiation

Escalation

Multi-site delivery

Education

PMP/PRINCE2 cert

Tools

PMO365

Jira

SharePoint

Confluence

Microsoft 365

Job description

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of digital platform upgrades, enterprise application modernisation and enhancement projects
• Develop and maintain detailed, integrated project plans covering schedules, milestones, resources, deployment sequencing, dependencies and critical paths
• Manage day-to-day delivery activities, schedules, milestones, resources, site readiness, deployment sequencing and dependencies
• Establish clear entry and exit criteria for testing, deployment readiness
• Lead regular stand-ups, delivery meetings and working sessions to maintain momentum and accountability
• Mange delivery of platform upgrades, application modernisation, system enhancements and technology migrations
• Coordinate integration, configuration, testing, migration and deployment activities
• Manage rollout risks, operational impacts, service continuity, outages, change windows and implementation constraints
• Ensure proposed changes align with business requirements and expected benefits realisation
• Work closely with application owner and delivery teams to manage dependencies and implementation readiness
• Drive project governance forums, vendor forums, technical working groups and manage stakeholder updates
• Establish clear go/no-go criteria and ensure deployments are executed within approved maintenance windows
• Coordinate post-implementation validation, service acceptance and transition to operational support
• Ensure successful deployment, service acceptance, operational handover and closure across all locations

3. Stakeholder, vendor and team management

• Act as the primary point of contact for internal and partner delivery teams, architects, and business stakeholders to manage dependencies and implementation readiness
• Manage vendor performance, deliverables, timelines, contractual obligations, issues and escalations
• Build effective relationships with operational stakeholders, application owners, project sponsors and technology leaders
• Proactively manage expectations, resolve conflicts and drive timely decisions

4. Financial and commercial management

• Own project financial management, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, resource costs and financial reporting
• Track vendor expenditure, purchase orders, invoices, commercial commitments and budget variances
• Coordinate procurement, statements of work, change requests and vendor commercial matters
• Identify financial and resource risks and implement appropriate corrective actions
• Ensure delivery remains within approved budgets and resource allocations

5. Governance, reporting and PMO management

• Maintain project governance in accordance with established PMO frameworks, methodologies and reporting requirements
• Own project budgets, forecasts, vendor commitments, purchase orders and financial reporting
• Maintain project governance, RAID registers, schedules and status reporting through PMO365
• Prepare executive updates, milestone reports and governance packs
• Escalate material risks, delays, operational impacts and decisions requiring sponsor or SteerCo intervention
• Ensure appropriate approvals and governance checkpoints are completed throughout the project lifecycle

6. Risk, quality and delivery assurance

• Proactively identify, assess and manage delivery risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and constraints
• Ensure appropriate contingency, rollback and business continuity arrangements are established for critical deployment activities
• Monitor project quality, deliverables, acceptance criteria and adherence to agreed standards
• Coordinate testing, deployment readiness, implementation approvals and operational handover
• Drive project closure, lessons learned and continuous improvement to effectively improve the subsequent stages of rollout and future deployments
• Project documents, delivery plans, schedules and charters
• Project gates and approvals
• Vendor delivery plans and performance tracking
• Project budgets, forecasts and financial variance reports
• RAID logs, dependency registers and change control documentation
• PMO365 updates, governance reports and SteerCo packs
• Testing, service acceptance and operational handover documentation
• Project closure reports and lessons learned

Skills and experience

• 5-8+ years of hands-on project management experience delivering large-scale infrastructure and network programs
• Demonstrated experience in managing business projects, application modernisation, technology migrations and associated change management
• Proven experience coordinating business stakeholders, technical teams, architects, application owners and vendors
• Strong financial, commercial, risk and delivery governance capabilities
• In-depth knowledge on Project Management Lifecycle and Methodologies
• Excellent understanding of drafting SoW and PCR documents and project reports
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, communication and escalation skills
• Experience with cloud learning platforms will be an added advantage
• Experience in healthcare, hospitals, aged care or similarly complex, multi-site and regulated environments will be highly regarded
• Understanding of operational sensitivities of hospital environments, particularly clinical service continuity and impact of technology outages will be an advantage
• Ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with PMO365 or similar project portfolio management tools, Jira, SharePoint, Confluence and Microsoft 365
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification desirable