Project Manager

Profectus; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Profectus seeks an experienced Project Manager to deliver a registry modernisation program within an Australian Government agency. The program spans more than 20 projects and replaces ADABAS/Natural, Siebel CRM and Lotus Notes with Dynamics 365, OutSystems/.NET, Databricks, Boomi, AWS and Azure, covering scope, schedule and budget management and handover into business-as-usual.

The role requires leading cross-functional teams, aligning with sprint cadences, and ensuring governance, risk

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing technology-enabled projects.
• Government or regulated environments experience.
• Agile and hybrid delivery experience.
• Scheduling, financial tracking, RAID and reporting.
• Stakeholder management with business and technical teams.
• Managing vendor and partner dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead and deliver a project within the program’s governance and delivery cadence
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, risks, issues and dependencies
• Lead cross-functional teams of analysts, engineers, testers, designers and change specialists
• Align project plans with sprint and release cadences and program milestones
• Prepare project status reports and contribute to workstream and program reporting
• Work with policy, legal and business owners to secure approvals before implementation
• Manage handover of deliverables into business-as-usual operations
• Pair with agency project officers and hand over project management practice and tools
• Contribute templates and lessons learned to the program’s delivery playbook

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile and hybrid delivery

Scheduling

Budget tracking

Risk management

Vendor management

Education

PRINCE2

PMP

AgilePM

Scrum

Job description

Profectus is seeking an experienced Project Manager to deliver a project on a registry modernisation program within an Australian Government agency. The program spans more than 20 projects and is replacing an ADABAS/Natural mainframe, Siebel CRM and Lotus Notes environment with Dynamics 365, OutSystems/.NET, Databricks, Boomi, AWS and Azure. The work covers scope, schedule and budget management, leading cross-functional teams, aligning with sprint and release cadences and handover into business-as-usual.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, lead and deliver a project within the program’s governance and delivery cadence
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, risks, issues and dependencies
• Lead cross-functional teams of analysts, engineers, testers, designers and change specialists
• Align project plans with sprint and release cadences and program milestones
• Prepare project status reports and contribute to workstream and program reporting
• Work with policy, legal and business owners to secure approvals before implementation
• Manage handover of deliverables into business-as-usual operations
• Pair with agency project officers and hand over project management practice and tools
• Contribute templates and lessons learned to the program’s delivery playbook

Required Experience

• 5+ years managing technology-enabled projects
• Government or regulated environments
• Agile and hybrid delivery
• Scheduling, financial tracking, RAID and reporting
• Stakeholder management with business and technical teams
• Managing vendor and partner dependencies

Desirable Experience

• CRM, low-code, integration or data migration projects
• Mainframe or legacy system replacement
• Registry, licensing or regulatory environments
• PRINCE2, PMP, Agile PM or Scrum certification

Security Clearance Requirements

• Must be an Australian Citizen
• Must have a current AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance (minimum)

Working Arrangements

• Onsite at client premises
• Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane or Traralgon (VIC)

Why Profectus

Profectus partners with Australian Government agencies to deliver trusted ICT capability across complex delivery programs. We take a long term, relationship driven approach, supporting our people across the full lifecycle of their engagement while contributing to outcomes of national importance.