Senior Technical Project Manager AI & Systems

Coleambally; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Australia seeks an experienced Technical Project Manager to drive delivery coordination across a complex multi-workstream technology programme. You will manage integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications spanning Business, Technical, External Systems, and AI workstreams.

You will bring structure, clarity, and momentum to cross-functional teams, ensuring delivery activities stay aligned, visible, and on track with robust RAID and governance

Qualifications

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8-12 years of project management experience, preferably within complex technology, digital transformation, systems integration, data, automation, or AI-enabled programmes.
• Strong experience coordinating multiple workstreams, stakeholders, vendors, dependencies, and delivery timelines in a structured project environment.
• Good understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, project governance, release management, testing coordination, and change control practices.
• Ability to convert high-level objectives into practical plans, workback schedules, RAID logs, dependency trackers, and stakeholder-ready status updates.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage business users, technical teams, vendors, external system owners, and senior leaders.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive, with strong facilitation, problem-solving, and follow-through capabilities.
• Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical technology, regulated industries, or regional enterprise environments is preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent project management certification is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated project plan covering milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and key decisions focusing on the technical workstreams – Tech Common Core, Data, Integration and Closely Coupled Systems workstreams.
• Facilitate workstream meetings, planning sessions, and stakeholder updates with clear agendas, outcomes, actions, and follow-ups.
• Partner with business stakeholders, technology teams, AI teams, vendors, and external system owners to sequence activities effectively and resolve delivery dependencies.
• Maintain accurate RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs, meeting notes, status dashboards, and executive-level reporting materials.
• Proactively identify delivery risks, blockers, scope impacts, and cross-workstream dependencies, escalating critical items with clear recommendations and mitigation options.
• Support sprint or milestone tracking, testing coordination, release readiness, cutover planning, implementation activities, and post-go-live follow-up.
• Ensure deliverables are clearly defined, assigned, tracked, reviewed, and accepted in line with agreed project governance and quality standards.
• Promote disciplined delivery execution, transparent communication, and consistent follow-through across all workstreams.

Skills

Agility Jumps

Coaching

Data Analysis

Data Visualization

Information Technology Project

Interpersonal Influence

Market Savvy

Performance Measurement

Process Control

Process Improvements

Project Management Methodology

PMO

Project Management Tools

Project Reporting

Quality Control

Technical Credibility

Education

Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

MS Project

Planner

Smartsheet

Job description

Johnson & Johnson in Australia seeks an experienced Technical Project Manager to drive delivery coordination across a complex multi-workstream technology programme. You will manage integrated schedules, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications spanning Business, Technical, External Systems, and AI workstreams.

You will bring structure, clarity, and momentum to cross-functional teams, ensuring delivery activities stay aligned, visible, and on track with robust RAID and governance