Senior Project Manager

Computing; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Computing seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead a large-scale Telco and Network Transformation program within a complex enterprise environment.

You will oversee carrier migrations, WAN/SD-WAN initiatives and service readiness across a distributed delivery landscape, managing 4,000+ sites and coordinating across multiple partners. This role demands executive-level stakeholder engagement and strong financial governance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering Telco/Network transformation programs valued at $5M+.
• Strong background in carrier migrations, WAN/SD-WAN, and ISP transitions.
• Experience leading national deployment programs across hundreds or thousands of sites.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple vendors, carriers, MSPs and SIs.
• Understanding of infrastructure operations, service management and transition-to-support.

Responsibilities

• Drive carrier migration and service transition activities across providers and partners.
• Deliver large-scale infrastructure transformation initiatives including WAN, SD-WAN and migrations.
• Manage national rollout across 4,000+ sites with minimal business disruption.
• Establish and manage delivery plans across Network, Security, Infrastructure, Operations and Retail Tech.
• Oversee governance, reporting, RAID, forecasting and exec communications.
• Manage vendor performance, contracts, milestones, risks and service outcomes.
• Engage executives and enable rapid issue resolution and decisions.
• Ensure operational readiness, knowledge transfer and handover to BAU.
• Deliver budgeting, forecasting, business case tracking and benefits realization.

Skills

Senior program management

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Financial forecasting

Governance

Delivery planning

Risk & dependency management

Communication with execs

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

3mo ago , from Jenny Barbour IT And Project Recruitment

Lead Major Infrastructure & Network Transformation Initiatives

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a large-scale Telco and Network Transformation Program within a complex enterprise environment.

You'll play a critical role in delivering network modernisation initiatives, carrier transitions, ISP migrations, service readiness activities and operational handover across a large distributed environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive carrier migration and service transition activities across multiple providers and delivery partners
• Deliver large-scale infrastructure transformation initiatives including WAN, SD-WAN, ISP migrations and network modernisation programs
• Manage complex national rollout activities across 4,000+ sites, ensuring successful cutovers and minimal business disruption
• Establish and manage integrated delivery plans across Network, Security, Infrastructure, Operations, Service Management and Retail Technology
• Oversee governance, reporting, RAID management, financial forecasting and executive communications
• Manage vendor performance, contractual obligations, milestones, risks, dependencies and service outcomes
• Drive executive stakeholder engagement and facilitate rapid issue resolution and decision-making
• Ensure operational readiness, service transition, knowledge transfer and successful handover into BAU support teams
• Deliver financial management activities including budgeting, forecasting, business case tracking and benefits realisation

About You:

• Proven experience delivering large-scale Telco, Network or Infrastructure Transformation programs valued at $5M+
• Strong background in carrier migrations, WAN transformations, SD-WAN, ISP transitions and network modernisation initiatives
• Experience leading large national deployment programs across hundreds or thousands of sites
• Demonstrated success managing multiple vendors, carriers, managed service providers and systems integrators
• Strong understanding of infrastructure operations, service management and transition-to-support models
• Experience delivering projects involving network infrastructure, cloud platforms, security technologies and ServiceNow environments
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage executive, operational and technical audiences
• Strong commercial, financial and governance management capability
• Proven experience managing complex delivery programs with competing priorities =
• Experience working within large enterprise environments with distributed operations