Project Manager

Circular Economy Systems; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Circular Economy Systems is seeking an organized Project Manager to lead the delivery of software product initiatives across CES in Sydney. You will translate product priorities into clear delivery plans, coordinating cross-functional delivery and aligning initiatives to customer needs, business outcomes, scope, time and quality.

Working across product and engineering teams, you will build the structure, visibility and collaboration needed to move complex work forward, shaping how products are

Qualifications

• 3–5 years experience delivering software products or technology projects.
• Experience delivering cross-functional delivery with product, design, engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Strong planning and coordination across scope, schedules, risks, and communications.
• Comfort with Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery approaches.
• Ability to translate complexity into actionable updates for stakeholders.
• Experience supporting release readiness and operational-readiness activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of software initiatives and releases.
• Develop integrated delivery plans across product, design, engineering, data, operations and external partners.
• Coordinate dependencies and deliverables across multiple teams and concurrent workstreams.
• Support release planning, testing, deployment, go-live readiness and post-launch review activities.
• Maintain governance artefacts including delivery plans, RAID logs and status reports.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues and dependencies with clear recommendations.
• Prepare updates and dashboards for project forums and leadership.
• Build trusted relationships across product, technology, operations and leadership.
• Facilitate workshops, planning sessions and project forums to drive decisions.

Skills

Project management

Delivery leadership

Cross-functional delivery

Stakeholder comms

Planning & scheduling

Risk management

Agile/Hybrid

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

We are seeking an organised, outcomes-focused Project Manager to lead the delivery of software product initiatives across CES. Working across product and engineering teams, you will translate product priorities into clear delivery plans, coordinate cross-functional delivery and keep initiatives aligned to customer needs, business outcomes, scope, time and quality expectations. This is an opportunity to shape how products and enhancements are delivered in a fast-paced, purpose-led organisation, while building the structure, visibility and collaboration needed to move complex work forward.

Key responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of software initiatives, enhancements and releases from planning through implementation and transition to ongoing support

Partner with product managers and business stakeholders to clarify objectives, scope, outcomes, milestones and delivery priorities

Develop and maintain integrated delivery plans across product, design, engineering, data, operations and external partners

Coordinate dependencies, actions and deliverables across multiple teams and concurrent workstreams

Support release planning, testing, deployment, go-live readiness and post-launch review activities

Maintain fit-for-purpose governance artefacts including delivery plans, RAID logs, decision and action registers, status reports and budget tracking where required

Monitor progress, delivery health, risks, issues and dependencies, and escalation early with clear options and recommendations

Prepare concise updates and dashboards for project forums, senior stakeholders and governance groups

Build trusted relationships across product, technology, operations, customer-facing teams and leadership

Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, stand-ups and project forums that drive decisions, ownership and momentum

About you

3-5 years experience delivering software products, technology projects or customer-facing platforms in a project management or delivery role

Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional delivery involving product, design, engineering and business stakeholders

Strong planning and coordination capability, with hands-on experience managing scope, schedules, dependencies, risks, issues and stakeholder communications

Comfortable working across Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery approaches and adapting governance to the needs of the initiative

Clear, confident communicator who can turn complexity into practical actions and concise updates

Strong ownership, judgement and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a changing environment

Experience supporting release, testing, change or operational-readiness activities for digital products

Experience in SaaS, digital platforms, payments, customer portals, mobile applications or high-volume transactional products

Experience working with external vendors, systems integrators or distributed delivery teams

Exposure to Azure DevOps, Jira or similar delivery management tools