Project Manager

Launch Recruitment - IT Recruiting; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 111,000 - 166,000; Part time

Job summary

Launch Recruitment - IT Recruiting in Brisbane is seeking a seasoned project manager for a contract role ending January. The position is part-time, three days per week, with start ASAP. You will oversee end-to-end technology implementations, manage budgets, timelines, and vendor relationships.

You will coordinate stakeholders, deliver SOWs/T&M and fixed-price projects, and ensure go-live success. A pragmatic, autonomous, vendor-facing PM with PMP or equivalent will stand out.

Qualifications

• Proven Project Management experience within a SaaS provider, payments business, software reseller/VAR, systems integrator or technology consultancy.
• Strong vendor-side experience delivering technology projects for external customers.
• Commercial understanding of project effort, budgets, resource allocation, timelines and delivery complexity.
• Experience managing SOWs and T&M and/or fixed-price projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage software implementations through to go-live.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage vendors, customer expectations and delivery challenges.
• A credible, assertive and pragmatic approach, with the confidence to make decisions and take ownership of outcomes.
• Able to work autonomously, prioritise effectively and step into an existing project environment with minimal support.
• PMP certification or an equivalent project management qualification will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end technology implementations from initiation and planning through to delivery and go-live.
• Take ownership of project scope, effort estimates, budgets, resources, timelines and delivery milestones.
• Manage Statements of Work (SOWs) and delivery against agreed commercial commitments, including time and materials (T&M) and fixed-price engagements.
• Coordinate customer stakeholders, vendors and internal delivery teams to ensure projects progress as planned.
• Monitor project costs, resources and timelines, identifying risks and resolving issues before they affect delivery.
• Manage scope changes, dependencies and competing priorities, understanding their impact on budget and delivery commitments.
• Communicate confidently with stakeholders, manage expectations and hold relevant parties accountable for agreed deliverables.
• Apply sound commercial judgement and a practical approach to keeping projects on track through to successful implementation.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

SOWs T&M

Budget & resources

Go-live delivery

Stakeholder mgmt

Decision making

Job description

Contract

Location: Brisbane, QLD

Engagement: Contract until the end of January

Work arrangement: Part time, 3 days per week

Start: ASAP

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end technology implementations from initiation and planning through to delivery and go-live.
• Take ownership of project scope, effort estimates, budgets, resources, timelines and delivery milestones.
• Manage Statements of Work (SOWs) and delivery against agreed commercial commitments, including time and materials (T&M) and fixed-price engagements.
• Coordinate customer stakeholders, vendors and internal delivery teams to ensure projects progress as planned.
• Monitor project costs, resources and timelines, identifying risks and resolving issues before they affect delivery.
• Manage scope changes, dependencies and competing priorities, understanding their impact on budget and delivery commitments.
• Communicate confidently with stakeholders, manage expectations and hold relevant parties accountable for agreed deliverables.
• Apply sound commercial judgement and a practical approach to keeping projects on track through to successful implementation.

About You

• Proven Project Management experience within a SaaS provider, payments business, software reseller/VAR, systems integrator or technology consultancy.
• Strong vendor-side experience delivering technology projects for external customers.
• Commercial understanding of project effort, budgets, resource allocation, timelines and delivery complexity.
• Experience managing SOWs and T&M and/or fixed-price projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage software implementations through to go-live.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage vendors, customer expectations and delivery challenges.
• A credible, assertive and pragmatic approach, with the confidence to make decisions and take ownership of outcomes.
• Able to work autonomously, prioritise effectively and step into an existing project environment with minimal support.
• PMP certification or an equivalent project management qualification will be highly regarded.

Please note: This role specifically requires vendor-side technology delivery experience. Candidates whose backgrounds are primarily internal IT or traditional PMO are unlikely to be suitable.