Project Manager

Jenny Barbour It & Project Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jenny Barbour IT & Project Recruitment is seeking a seasoned program leader to drive a property-based security and infrastructure uplift with national footprint across sites. You will govern a multi-site audit, partner with enterprise technology teams and vendors, and steer a hub-and-spoke deployment pilot, balancing risk and delivery in a structured governance framework.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, diplomacy, and practical problem-solving in a complex, high-visibility

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-site or national programs.
• Strong stakeholder management in sensitive or risk-aware environments.
• Diplomacy, flexibility, and high situational awareness in delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead a national audit program assessing security compliance across a distributed retail network.
• Drive site-level uplift initiatives, including security enhancements.
• Coordinate network and infrastructure upgrades and translate requirements into outcomes.
• Partner with enterprise tech teams and vendors for effective delivery.
• Deliver a pilot program introducing new technology via hub-and-spoke deployment.
• Manage downstream operational impacts across logistics and cash handling networks.
• Provide governance and structure to a complex, evolving program environment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Program delivery

Risk awareness

Infrastructure knowledge

Job description

• Property-based Project
• Manage Site-level Security Upgrades
• Iconic Australian Enterprise

This is a multi-disciplinary, enterprise-wide initiative with significant visibility, risk, and stakeholder engagement across the business.

The Role

You will lead a critical program focused on security compliance, infrastructure uplift, and technology enablement across a national footprint of sites, including corporate, licensed, and flagship locations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading a national audit program assessing security compliance across a large, distributed retail network
• Driving site-level uplift initiatives, including physical and technology-based security enhancements
• Coordinating network and infrastructure upgrades, translating technical requirements into executable outcomes
• Partnering with enterprise technology teams and vendors to ensure effective delivery
• Delivering a pilot program introducing new technology via a hub-and-spoke deployment model
• Managing downstream operational impacts, including implications to logistics and cash handling networks
• Bringing structure, clarity, and governance to a complex, evolving program environment

What We’re Looking For

This role requires a balance of delivery rigour, stakeholder maturity, and practical problem-solving:

• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-site or national programs
• Strong stakeholder management skills, particularly in sensitive or risk-aware environments
• Ability to operate with diplomacy, flexibility, and high situational awareness
• Solid understanding of infrastructure, networks, or enterprise technology environments (not deeply technical, but credible)
• Experience working across business, technology, and vendor landscapes
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and drive outcomes
• Comfortable working within structured governance and compliance frameworks

If this opportunity aligns with your background and interests, we’d welcome your application and the chance to consider you for the role.

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