About us
At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.
Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.
About the role
This role will leads large and complex technical infrastructure projects from initiation through to closure. You'll shape the delivery approach, coordinate resources and ensure each project meets agreed quality, scope, budget and timing requirements.
You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, technical specialists, project teams and third-party vendors. Your focus will be on disciplined delivery, clear governance and a smooth transition into business-as-usual support.
What you will do
- Lead large, complex data centre and infrastructure projects through the full project lifecycle.
- Define delivery approaches, plans, schedules, resources and governance to support successful outcomes.
- Manage scope, budget, quality, risks, issues, dependencies and change across concurrent workstreams.
- Build and guide collaborative project teams working in complex, multi-platform technical environments.
- Coordinate design, documentation, development, testing and implementation activities.
- Maintain clear reporting and strong relationships with customers, senior stakeholders and delivery partners.
- Manage project financials, including forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis and benefits realisation.
- Develop and manage vendor agreements and third-party relationships that support delivery.
- Plan and oversee the handover of completed projects into operational support.
What you will bring
- Proven experience leading large or complex technical infrastructure projects.
- A broad understanding of infrastructure technologies and their dependencies.
- Strong project management capability across scope, time, cost, quality, communications, risk, procurement and integration.
- Proven customer and senior stakeholder management experience, including working with third-party vendors.
- Strong financial literacy, including cost estimation, forecasting, budget tracking and reporting.
- Effective leadership, negotiation, influencing, problem-solving and dispute resolution skills.
- A relevant bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Science, Engineering, Economics or a related discipline.
- Project Management, PRINCE2, PMI or Agile certification is desirable.
Culture and benefits
Join a team where you'll be supported to grow your career, prioritise your wellbeing, and make a genuine impact. From industry-leading learning and development opportunities to parental leave, wellbeing support, and employee benefits, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally
We're passionate about creating a workplace where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to do their best work. Whether you're developing new skills, tackling complex challenges, or collaborating with some of the best minds in the industry, you'll be part of a team that values curiosity, innovation, inclusion, and making a genuine difference.
Why you will love working here
- Paid parental leave
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (DataCare)
- Ongoing learning, certifications, and career development opportunities
- Access to industry-leading learning platforms and future skills training
- Recognition programmes that celebrate great work
- Great employee discounts and financial wellbeing benefits
- Meaningful work that makes a real impact
Eligibility criteria and conditions may apply to some benefits.
Skills Required
- Proven experience leading large or complex technical infrastructure projects
- Broad understanding of infrastructure technologies and dependencies
- Strong project management capability across scope, time, cost, quality, communications, risk, procurement and integration
- Customer and senior stakeholder management experience, including third-party vendors
- Financial literacy, including cost estimation, forecasting, budget tracking and reporting
- Leadership, negotiation, influencing, problem-solving and dispute resolution skills
- Relevant bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Science, Engineering, Economics or a related discipline
- Project Management, PRINCE2, PMI or Agile certification
Datacom Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Datacom and has not been reviewed or approved by Datacom.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare support includes complimentary health insurance packages in Australia and New Zealand alongside employee assistance programs. Wellbeing resources and on‑site meditation rooms are highlighted as part of the offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexible and remote work support, plus discounts on gyms, travel, and selected retailers, are prominently featured. The package emphasizes work–life balance and lifestyle support alongside core benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working is promoted across locations, with hybrid/remote arrangements positioned as standard practice where feasible. Benefits are framed as locally tailored by country and business unit, reflecting adaptability to context.
Datacom Insights
What We Do
Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems. We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges. With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses. We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination.
