Senior Project Manager

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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AUS
Hybrid
Mid level
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
The Engagement Manager oversees project delivery, ensures governance and risk management, builds customer relationships, and supports business growth.
Summary Generated by Built In
Be the bridge between customers and delivery, turning strategy into successful outcomes!
 
Join Objective’s Information Intelligence team, where we empower government and regulated industries to unlock actionable insights and drive transformational outcomes through data-driven solutions. As our Senior Project Manager, you’ll be at the heart of mission-critical projects, ensuring our cloud-based software delivers maximum value and transparency to our customers and their communities.
In this role, you'll champion project delivery across Objective Products, with a focus on our fast-evolving Information Intelligence portfolio. You’ll play a pivotal part in establishing trusted partnerships, shaping long-term engagement strategies, and ensuring our solutions deliver real, measurable impact for customers who depend on us to make informed decisions.
You will report to the Regional Services Director and act as a key influencer, representing both customer and Objective interests, without direct people management responsibility. You’ll collaborate with experts across delivery, sales, and product to create an environment where both our clients and our teams excel.
 
All applicants must hold a valid NV1 Clearance. 

A day in your role

  • Engagement Management - Deliver projects in line with Objective’s methodology, applying strong governance and controls to ensure successful, low-risk outcomes. Leads engagements and contributes at Steering Committee level.
  • Customer Referenceability - Build trusted, long-term relationships with customers, driving value and ensuring sites become strong advocates of Objective’s solutions.
  • Project Outcomes- Ensure delivery on time, within budget, and to quality standards through disciplined execution and adherence to approval frameworks.
  • Stakeholder Management - Act as the primary escalation point, managing senior stakeholders and aligning customer and delivery teams. Represents projects in governance forums and executive updates.
  • Risk Management - Identify, manage, and mitigate risks proactively. Maintains risk registers and escalates where required to protect project success and reputation.
  • Internal Governance - Lead governance forums, secures approvals, manages escalations, and provides regular updates on progress, risks, and financial performance.
  • Leadership - Lead project teams and governance groups, setting direction, priorities, and ensuring effective delivery.
  • Global Practice Contribution - Drive continuous improvement through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and development of best practices, tools, and reusable assets.
  • Bid & Sales Support - Support business growth through proposals, shaping delivery approaches, estimating scope, and contributing to commercial strategy.
  • Utilisation - Maintain a personal billable utilisation target aligned with Regional Services Director expectations.

Your skills, experience and beyond:

  • Strong experience in project and program management, with deep expertise in governance, delivery frameworks, and implementation methodologies. Proven ability to manage timelines, resources, and budgets across multiple projects.
  • Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle, system architectures, and emerging technologies, with awareness of industry trends.
  • Strong commercial acumen, with sound knowledge of governance, risk mitigation, project financials, and pricing.
  • Proven ability to build and maintain trusted customer relationships, effectively manage escalations, and identify opportunities to drive growth and value.

If you do not tick every box, do not let that stop you. We value potential, learning agility, coachability and diverse perspectives just as much as experience, and we encourage you to apply.
 
At Objective, we recognise and celebrate our diverse team as pivotal to our strong employee engagement and our high-performing culture, underpinned by Our Values.
 
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristics or on any other basis prohibited by applicable laws in the regions where we operate.
 
To ensure a positive experience, please inform our Talent Team of any adjustments or accommodations you may require during the recruitment process, so we can support you effectively.

Skills Required

  • Strong experience in project and program management
  • Proven ability to manage timelines, resources, and budgets
  • Deep expertise in governance, delivery frameworks, and implementation methodologies
  • Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and system architectures
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The Company
380 Employees
Year Founded: 1995

What We Do

We’re formed by a team of creators, passionate about code, agile methodology and focused on sharing knowledge to generate value for our customers through digital solutions. Discovering innovative paths in complex and strategic projects, we guarantee the quality of delivery in scale through continuous tests automation, which creates the necessary confidence for creating long-standing relationships among employees, customers and partners. For over 20 years, we have contributed to the success of the largest telecommunications companies in Brazil with digital solutions for billing and subscribers management. And through our experience and knowledge, we expanded our offerings with a portfolio of digital solutions, consultancies and software development teams for the most varied market segments, such as manufacturing, finance, education, retail, health and utilities. The United States unit was founded in 2017, in Chicago, allowing us to deliver the same quality, expertise and specific IT solutions to American companies. The company belongs to the Objective Group, which includes E-TRUST, specialized in information security and Identity Management, CodeIT, which develops systems for insurance and social security and ELEFLOW with BI solutions and Big Data Analytics. If you like challenges, learn constantly and value personal connections, join us! Other interesting information about us you should know: - One of the best companies to work in Paraná, Brazil, according to GPTW - We offer one of the best remuneration in Brazilian IT market, according to Glassdoor - Offices in Brazil (São Paulo, Maringá, Curitiba) and Chicago - We’re a benchmark of agile development, with a case published on ‘The Scrumban [R]Evolution: Getting the Most Out of Agile, Scrum, and Lean Kanban’ book, from Ajay Reddy

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