Project Manager

Pearson Carter Limited; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson Carter Limited is seeking a Project Manager to lead SaaS implementations and complex software projects. You will govern schedules, manage risks, and coordinate across customer project managers and delivery teams, ensuring successful delivery and adoption of our SaaS offerings.

You will work with stakeholders across business and technical teams, applying Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid methodologies to bridge gaps and ensure alignment with organisational change initiatives.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering SaaS implementations or complex software projects.
• Strong stakeholder management with cross-functional relationships and leadership.
• Experience applying Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid project management methodologies.
• Proven ability to collaborate with end users, business owners, and technology teams.
• Understanding of software delivery and change/adoption activities.
• PRINCE2 or PMP qualifications are highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of project schedules; manage timelines and milestones.
• Guide customer project managers and delivery teams through implementation framework.
• Provide clear updates on progress, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Oversee scope, timelines, and budgets; communicate impacts clearly.
• Maintain project documentation across the full lifecycle.
• Develop client partnerships; drive adoption of SaaS products.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

SaaS implementations

Agile/Waterfall

End-to-end delivery

Change management

Technical collaboration

Education

PRINCE2

PMP

Job description

What you’ll be responsible for

• Take ownership of project schedules, managing timelines, resolving conflicts, and ensuring successful delivery against key milestones.

• Support and guide customer project managers and delivery teams through ELMO’s implementation framework and best-practice processes.

• Provide clear, consistent communication to stakeholders, including regular updates on project progress, milestones, risks, and key decisions.

• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks, dependencies, and issues to keep implementations on track.

• Oversee changes to project scope, timelines, and budgets, ensuring impacts are clearly understood and effectively managed.

• Maintain accurate and comprehensive project documentation throughout the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to completion.

• Develop strong client partnerships, ensuring solutions are delivered in line with business requirements and driving successful adoption of our SaaS products.

About you

• Demonstrated experience as a Project Manager delivering SaaS implementations or complex software projects.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across customers, internal teams, senior leaders, and technical stakeholders.

• Practical experience applying project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid approaches.

• Proven ability to collaborate with end users, business owners, and technology teams to achieve successful project outcomes.

• Understanding of software delivery processes and how they align with organisational change and adoption activities.

• Relevant project management qualifications such as PRINCE2 or PMP are highly regarded.

• Comfortable working in complex and evolving environments, bringing structure, clarity, and direction to ambiguity.

• Alternatively, you may be an experienced HRIS, Payroll, or SaaS Implementation Consultant ready to transition into a formal Project Management role and take ownership of end-to-end delivery.