Project Manager

Transport for NSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 163,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for NSW seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of major initiatives in a complex, multi-stream environment in Macquarie Park.

You will build strong stakeholder relationships, manage risk and issues, and drive business readiness and adoption across operations, with permanent full-time or fixed-term roles available.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead complex IT projects from initiation to closure.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, sponsors and vendors.
• Proactive identification and mitigation of risks and issues within governance frameworks.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and driving delivery excellence.
• Strong change management and business readiness across operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide project advice to ensure delivery on time, cost and scope.
• Lead delivery across portfolios, programs or strategic initiatives.
• Establish relationships with internal and external stakeholders, sponsors and vendors.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Tertiary qualifications or equivalent

PMP / PMBOK / PRINCE2 Practitioner

Job description

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job category: Projects

Job location:

Macquarie Park, NSW, AU, 2113

Job reference number: 107674

Employment type: Permanent Full-Time

Salary range: $163145.0-$182721.0

You crave a career that pushes you, where you'll meet challenges head on and you're guaranteed to grow.

This is your opportunity to broaden your experience and perspectives, step out of the confines of a standard project role and expand your scope to work with an interconnected ecosystem of industry professionals.

In this role, you'll:

Provide Project advice in the implementation of best practices and robust project management. The role ensures successful project delivery to time, cost and scope requirements in a complex, multi-stream, technology and business environment.

To achieve this, you will:

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of projects from initiation to closure ensuring planning, execution, and outcomes are achieved within approved scope, forecast, and quality standards.
• Lead project delivery activities across multiple portfolios, programs, or strategic initiatives as required, supporting organisational priorities and enabling flexible deployment of project management capability across delivery teams
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders, sponsors, and vendors including specialised resources within the technical teams to ensure alignment, collaboration, and sustained engagement throughout the project lifecycle

We have both Permanent and Fixed-term positions available up to 31 March 2028 based in Macquarie Park.

About you:

This role requires:

• Proven ability to lead complex projects from initiation to closure, managing scope, schedule, budget, and quality with accountability.
• Experience building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, sponsors, and vendors to ensure alignment and sustained collaboration.
• Demonstrated experience in proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks and issues, with timely escalation and resolution aligned to governance frameworks.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and excellence in delivery.
• Deep understanding of change management principles and experience driving business readiness and adoption across operational environments.

Essential requirements:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications or demonstrated equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Relevant qualifications such as PMP, PMBOK, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent.
• Preferably, demonstrate experience in Project Management, in Information Technology.

Who we are:

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

Flexible work options may be available. Learn more via Flexible work options and policy

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.