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About the Role

As our Senior Project Manager, you will lead a significant program focused on complex, high-value technology contracts, negotiations, and renewals. This role involves driving end-to-end delivery and shaping negotiation strategies for critical technology arrangements, collaborating with stakeholders across Technology, Product, Legal, Risk, Finance, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

Lead complex, high-value technology contract negotiations and renewals, from strategy through execution.
Develop clear negotiation strategies, objectives, and commercial positions in partnership with key stakeholders.
Coordinate complex cross-functional negotiations across Technology, Product, Legal, Risk, Finance, and senior executives.
Address contractual considerations for operational resilience, cybersecurity, cloud services, data protection, incident management, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
Frame complex issues into clear options, trade-offs, and recommendations for executive decision-making.
Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
Proactively identify and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
Maintain strong governance, reporting, and documentation throughout delivery.
Build trusted relationships across AP+ and maintain clear communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
Ensure project deliverables meet agreed objectives, quality standards, and business requirements.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience leading complex, high-value technology contract negotiations and renewals, including developing and executing negotiation strategies.
Strong understanding of technology contracts, particularly provisions relating to operational resilience, cybersecurity, cloud services, data protection, incident management, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional negotiations across Technology, Product, Legal, Risk, Finance, and senior executives.
Strong commercial judgment and the ability to understand competing priorities and translate complexity into practical recommendations.
Excellent executive stakeholder management, with the ability to clearly frame options and trade-offs and drive timely decisions.
Significant experience delivering complex projects, with strong capability across planning, governance, budgets, resources, risk, and stakeholder management.
Strong influencing and relationship-management skills, including the ability to facilitate decision-making and communicate effectively across technical and business stakeholders.
Experience within payments, financial services, technology, or another complex regulated environment will be highly regarded.

Skills

Project Management
Contract Negotiation
Commercial Negotiations
Technology Contracts
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
Budget Management
Cross-functional Collaboration
Executive Communication
Relationship Management

Location

Australia

Work Type

Full-time
Contract

Experience Level

Senior
5+ years

About the Company

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) operates critical domestic payments infrastructure, connecting banks, financial institutions, retailers, businesses, government agencies, and fintechs.
AP+ is building secure, resilient, and innovative payment experiences for today and for Australia’s digital future.
The company's work offers opportunities to solve complex problems, influence important outcomes, and make an impact at a national scale.
AP+ is driven by its values: lead with heart, learn for tomorrow, and live our legacy.