About the role

  • Senior Project Manager leading strategically significant multi-layered projects at OES. Focusing on end-to-end project management within complex, highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end‑to‑end project delivery including scope, planning, milestones, dependencies and critical path management
  • Establish and maintain effective governance, reporting rhythms and escalation processes
  • Adapt delivery methods using iterative, insight‑led approaches in response to changing priorities
  • Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across multiple organisations
  • Prepare and facilitate senior forums, steering groups and executive updates
  • Own project budgets including forecasting, tracking and variance management
  • Identify and mitigate financial risks and dependencies
  • Identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies, and lead structured issue resolution and change control processes
  • Deliver executive‑level reporting to support governance and timely decision‑making

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi‑stakeholder projects with end‑to‑end accountability
  • Ability to translate complex delivery information into clear insights and recommendations
  • Highly developed senior stakeholder management skills, including influencing and negotiation
  • Proven ownership of project budgets and commercial decision‑making
  • Advanced capability in governance, planning, risk, issues and dependency management
  • Confident user of Monday.com, Confluence and Jira or platforms similar
  • Experience in higher education, online education, technology‑enabled services or regulated environments
  • Experience delivering programs involving organisational change or partnership evolution
  • Ability to identify opportunities
  • Experience contributing to post‑delivery evaluation or scale‑up planning
  • Tertiary qualification in project/program management or related field

Benefits

  • Flexible, hybrid work for genuine career-life fit (2-3 days in our Cremorne Office)
  • Professional development and mentoring
  • OES Culture Club and events calendar
  • Health and wellbeing activities
  • Annual flu vaccinations
  • Paid parental leave
  • Purchased leave
  • Study assistance and leave for eligible employees
  • Mental health support resources and Employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Income protection insurance
  • Access to corporate health insurance rates

Job title

Senior Project Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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