Project Manager

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

• Lead the delivery of complex, cross-functional projects, ensuring outcomes are aligned to strategic business objectives and Qantas Group priorities
• Drive stakeholder engagement and project governance across multiple workstreams, managing risks, dependencies, resources, and key milestones to deliver successful project outcomes
• Fixed Term position based at our Mascot Campus

We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.  

The Project Manager will lead projects with significant strategic and tactical impact, including enterprise risk, governance, technology and business transformation initiatives.  The role is responsible for ensuring project outcomes are aligned to Qantas Group priorities and delivered in support of broader business objectives.

The Project Manager will coordinate delivery across multiple workstreams, managing resources, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies and deliverables. Success in the role will require strong engagement with senior stakeholders, team members, specialist partners and external providers, as well as the need to network internally to achieve project objectives, clear roadblocks, support decision-making and maintain delivery momentum.

You’ll have –

• 4+ years of Technical Project Management experience
• Tertiary qualifications in relevant field
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional projects
• Experience leading enterprise risk, governance, cyber or technology uplift initiatives
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage governance, reporting, risks, issues, dependencies and decision pathways
• Able to work cross-functionally and align business unit processes to enterprise processes
• Experience coordinating workstreams across assessment, data, communications and business readiness

Why Qantas?  
You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.
• You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.  We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply.  If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.  Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.

Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today.

Applications close: Friday 5th September 2026

Please note: applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restriction or sponsorship.