Senior Project Manager

Ambition Recruitment; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Global exposure

Direct access to senior leadership

Job summary

Ambition Recruitment is seeking a Melbourne-based Senior Project Manager to lead delivery on a Databricks-based data product. You will oversee design to go-live, coordinating with a technology partner and global teams across pre-sales, operations, and delivery.

You will drive governance, manage risks and report to senior leadership while guiding stakeholders with competing priorities. The role is a 12-month contract with hybrid hours and global flexibility.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience with strong scheduling skills.
• Delivery experience in financial services, ideally securities services or investment data.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Disciplined meeting management, minuting and follow-through.
• Experience working with vendors and teams across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule feature delivery on a Databricks-based data product.
• Manage stakeholders with competing priorities across regions and partners.
• Coordinate a technology partner, managed services and global delivery teams.
• Run governance meetings, capture decisions and drive follow-up actions.
• Track risks, dependencies and milestones, and report progress to senior leadership.

Skills

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Cross-time zone delivery

Delivery leadership

Governance facilitation

Education

PMP or PRINCE2 certification

Tools

Databricks

Cloud data platform

Job description

Our client is a global financial services organisation. It's securities services business supports some of the largest institutional investors in Australia and worldwide. It has launched a data-as-a-service product for institutional investors, and it's now building out features to scale that product across more clients.

The role

As Senior Project Manager, you'll be the Melbourne-based delivery lead, sitting closest to the product's Australian clients. You'll take over part of a busy delivery portfolio and drive new features from design through to go-live. You'll work with a technology partner and global teams covering pre-sales, operations, and design, build and test. The initial target operating model is in place, so you'll help mature it as the product grows. This is a 12-month contract with a strong chance of extension, on a hybrid basis with flexible hours to suit a global team.

What you'll do

• Plan and schedule feature delivery on a Databricks-based data product
• Manage stakeholders with competing priorities across regions and partners
• Coordinate a technology partner, managed services and global delivery teams
• Run governance meetings, capture decisions and drive follow-up actions
• Track risks, dependencies and milestones, and report progress to senior leadership

What you'll bring

• 8+ years' project management experience with strong scheduling skills
• Delivery experience in financial services, ideally securities services, custody or investment data
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Disciplined meeting management, minuting and follow-through
• Experience working with vendors and teams across multiple time zones

Nice to have: Databricks or cloud data platform delivery, Agile or hybrid delivery methods, a PMP, PRINCE2 or similar certification, and experience maturing a target operating model.

What's on offer

• 12-month contract with a strong chance of extension
• Hybrid working with flexible hours
• Global exposure on a data product in its growth phase
• A visible role with direct access to senior leadership