Project Manager - Retail Energy Technology Transformation

Red Energy Pty Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Energy Pty Ltd is seeking a Project Manager to join the Core Retail Platform programme. You’ll manage the overall programme schedule and deliver end-to-end project outcomes for a key stream, collaborating with the Programme Manager and internal/external stakeholders to drive successful transformation.

The role requires 5+ years in similar roles, extensive Jira/Confluence experience, and strong portfolio scheduling capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role supporting large-scale technology transformation projects.
• Extensive experience with Jira and Confluence; Atlassian plugins knowledge is mandatory.
• Portfolio and programme scheduling experience; ability to present to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and report on the progress of the overall programme and the data migration project stream, identifying risks and adjusting plans as needed.
• Ensure programme documentation, plans and reports are accurate, up to date, and communicated regularly with stakeholders.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks and issues; keep senior CRP stakeholders informed.
• Engage with vendors to ensure contract compliance and delivery aligns with transformation objectives.
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration to support adoption of new technologies and ways of working.
• Monitor governance, issue management, decisions and change control across the project.
• Maintain deliberate communication with key stakeholders to drive delivery and alignment with change initiatives.

Skills

Portfolio scheduling

Stakeholder reporting

Communication

Project management

Agile methodologies

Change management

Vendor management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ETL / data migration

Google Slides

Job description

At Red Energy, we are passionate about providing award-winning customer service to over 1.5 million of our customers across the country. Owned by the mighty Snowy Hydro, we are 100% Australian owned which our customers love us for. Our award winning team have won 14 consecutive Canstar Blue Awards for best overall customer satisfaction amongst Victorian electricity providers. Looking for a career change? Join an award-winning team passionate about exceptional customer service!

About Us

Keen to be at the centre of a major transformation in Australia's energy market?

We're looking for a Project Manager to join our Core Retail Platform (CRP) Programme. This opportunity is ideally suited to someone with extensive portfolio and programme scheduling experience and advanced skills in preparing presentations to senior stakeholders. You’ll work closely with the Programme Manager and various internal and external stakeholders to contribute to the implementation of Red Energy’s new billing platform. The role will have dual responsibilities of managing and reporting the overall programme schedule and end to end project delivery of a key stream within the programme.

In this role, you will:

• Analyse and report on the progress of the overall programme and the data migration project stream including identifying risks and adjusting plans as needed, evaluating project outcomes against predefined metrics.
• Enable all programme and project documentation, programme and project plans and reports are accurate, complete and up to date, communicating regularly with stakeholders.
• Ensure continuous achievement of programme and project objectives, regularly communicate milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues to the Programme Manager and other senior CRP stakeholders.
• Engage with the vendor to ensure contract compliance and performance delivery meets transformation objectives and adheres to the project work plan.
• Facilitate collaboration and proactively communicate across teams to support the successful adoption of new technologies and ways of working.
• Monitor adherence to project governance frameworks and principles including issue management, decisions and change control.
• Maintain regular and deliberate communication with key stakeholders at all levels to drive effective delivery, foster alignment and commitment to the project, as well as embed change initiatives.
• Collaborate and engage the project team to understand all stages of project activities to effectively communicate updates to internal and external stakeholders, informing them of progress from transformation inception through to implementation.

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role, supporting large-scale technology transformation projects.
• Extensive experience in the Atlassian project management tools, Jira and Confluence, and plugins is mandatory.
• Programme and Portfolio scheduling experience, including resource management, is mandatory.
• Knowledge of the retail energy industry or other utilities desirable.
• Knowledge of data migration frameworks, such as ETL code development, data cleansing, PII data governance and reconciliations is advantageous.
• Google Workspace preferred. In particular, advanced skills in Slides are desirable.
• Understanding of project management methodologies.
• Extensive experience providing reporting to senior stakeholders, including the preparation of slide presentations. Ability to communicate complex concepts in simple terms.
• Exceptional administration skills and high attention to detail and continuous improvement mindset.

This is your chance to play a pivotal role in a major business transformation from the ground up.

If you're ready to bring your energy, ideas, and initiative into a team that values Ownership, Teamwork, and Agility — we’d love to hear from you.