Senior Project Manager

LAB3; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

LAB3 is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex technology projects on a 12-month contract, ideally based in Melbourne or Canberra. The role requires delivering structured roadmaps, managing budgets, and guiding teams through hybrid and waterfall practices with DevOps and Scrum elements.

The ideal candidate will be an Australian citizen with NV1 clearance, capable of steering engagements with clients, vendors, and partners to achieve strategic outcomes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading technology projects in complex environments.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into business outcomes.
• Strong governance, risk, and quality management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and influence technical project teams, vendors, partners and clients to deliver outcomes while handling risk, issues and quality.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve client and project objectives and identify opportunities.
• Prepare, maintain and track project schedules, scope, resources and finances delivering roadmaps.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Azure cloud

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Jira

Budget reporting

Vendor management

Tools

Terraform

Jira

Job description

LAB3 is one of the largest Azure engineering practices in the Australasia region with a focus on Cloud & DevOps, Data, IoT & AI, Modern Workplace, Modern Apps & Integration, Security, and Network services.

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our team on a 12-month contract (fixed term or day rate). Our ideal candidate will be based in Canberra or Melbourne & must be an Australian Citizen with active NV1 security clearance.

The Role

• Day to day,you'llmanage,leadand influence technical project teams, vendors,partners and clients to deliver effective project outcomes whilst managing risk, issues, and quality of the deliverables.
• Work with (and influence) stakeholders to achieve satisfactory client and project outcomes all whilstidentifying opportunities, working collaboratively, and managing your projects to deliver client strategic outcomes.
• Act with minimum supervision to prepare,maintain, and track progress of project schedules, scope, resource forecasts, and project finances whilst driving delivery of defined roadmaps within commercials.
• Be skilledatadoptingappropriatehybrid and waterfall methodologies as per individual environments, embedding application of Scrum, Agile, Kanban & DevOps frameworks across projects.
• Initiate,facilitate and lead client workshops that support the definition of non-functional and functional requirements.
• Drive continuous enhancement of our team frameworks, practice structure, governance, reporting, processes, and procedures.

The ideal candidate:

• Senior Project Manager with a successfultrack recordof delivering technology projects within complex enterprise environments withhigh levelsof process,complexity and governance.
• AU citizen with NV1 Clearance, ideally based in Canberra or Melbourne.
• Experience delivering large scale Azure infrastructure, data or security projects leveraging IaC (Terraform) and DevOps technologies is highly beneficial.
• Ability to translate complex & technical requirements into business outcomes.
• Vendor background: You understand the complexities of delivering to a client and can be flexible with changing priorities.
• High competency in using Jira, burn down reports and budget reporting.
• You will be expected to be onsite with the client,whenrequired, so please come in ready for a hybrid work environment.

What’sin it for you?

• Be part of a team that leverages modern technologies to solve real problems and provides top level of customer satisfaction.
• Work withaMicrosoft Partnerof the Yea r award winner with multiple specialisations.
• Besupportedby experienced peers and leaders thatvalue technicalexpertise andencourages innovation, with clear career pathways and ongoing learning.
• Enjoy a supportive workplace that promotes inclusion, flexibility, diversity, and celebrates differences.
• Take advantage oflargely working from home in our remote/hybrid workplace and enjoy the flexibility to balance your life.
• Thrive in a community with strong values #BeTrue #TeamUp #StandOut #ThinkAhead #FearLessAchieveMore