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About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Application Delivery and Architecture, the Senior IT Project Manager drives the delivery of complex, high-impact projects and programs across the organisation. Operating with autonomy, this role oversees multiple streams, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, technology roadmaps, and compliance requirements. The position provides strategic leadership in project delivery, guiding teams and partners to achieve outcomes that support Red Cross’ humanitarian mission. Accountable for delivering projects on time, within scope and budget, the role works closely with senior stakeholders—including the CIO, business leaders, vendors, and the EPMO—to influence priorities, manage interdependencies, and ensure successful execution of enterprise-wide initiatives.

Responsibilities

Drives the delivery of complex, high-impact projects and programs across the organisation.
Oversees multiple streams, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy, technology roadmaps, and compliance requirements.
Provides strategic leadership in project delivery, guiding teams and partners to achieve outcomes that support Red Cross’ humanitarian mission.
Accountable for delivering projects on time, within scope and budget.
Works closely with senior stakeholders to influence priorities, manage interdependencies, and ensure successful execution of enterprise-wide initiatives.
Manages internal IT teams, overseas consultants, external vendors, and solution partners.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to manage both technical and business stakeholders and resources.
Substantial experience (Ideally 5+ years) in leading complex, high-value IT projects and programs, including end-to-end planning, development, and execution across multiple streams.
Demonstrated skills in developing and maintaining enterprise-level project management artefacts, including integrated schedules, governance plans, budgets, and executive reporting.
Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, customers and other service departments.

Skills

Agile methodologies
Waterfall methodologies
Scrum practices (backlog management, user story development, estimation, and prioritisation)
Jira/Confluence
MS Project
MS Office
MS Visio

Location

Flexible location
Hybrid working arrangements

Work Type

2-year project role
Full time hours

Experience Level

5+ years experience in leading complex, high-value IT projects and programs

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline
Postgraduate qualification in Project Management, Business Administration, or Technology Management (Desirable)
Project Management certifications (PMBOK, PRINCE2 or similar standards) (Desirable)
Agile Product Owner certification (PSPO1, etc.) (Desirable)
Agile Scrum Master certification (PSM1, CSM, etc.) (Desirable)

Salary/Compensations

Competitive salary + superannuation + access to salary packaging

Benefits

Salary packaging up to $15,900 for living expenses
Salary packaging up to $2,650 for holiday accommodation and meals
Novated car leases
Salary packaging superannuation
Purchase additional annual leave
Paid ‘Me’ day
Wide range of other paid leave options
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider, Converge International
Access to ongoing learning, training, and development courses

About the Company

Australian Red Cross is part of the world's largest humanitarian movement.
We support and empower people and communities in times of vulnerability.
We act for humanity.
Red Cross strives to create a safe and inclusive culture with wellbeing at its centre.
We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with diverse lived experiences, abilities, genders, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations.
We are a child safe organisation with zero tolerance of any harm to children.
Our vision is to be trusted as the leading humanitarian organisation making a genuine difference in the lives of people and communities.

Equal Opportunity

We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with diverse lived experiences, abilities, genders, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations.