Senior Project Manager
Hays Geelong Area Melbourne VIC
Key points we found
- Lead the delivery of high-impact business transformation initiatives.
- Engage with senior leaders and stakeholders to ensure clear governance and accountability.
- Facilitate decision-making and manage schedules for successful project outcomes.
Well-establish State Government organisation is looking for an experienced Strategic Senior Project Manager
Your new role
The Project Manager will lead the delivery of high-impact initiatives. They will be responsible for planning and delivering complex business transformation initiatives. Working closely with senior leaders and program sponsors, you will translate strategic intent into disciplined delivery, ensuring clear governance, strong stakeholder engagement and accountability for outcomes. This is not a technical IT project management role. We are seeking experienced business transformation Project Managers who are comfortable sitting with sponsors, facilitating decisions, managing schedules and registers, and guiding the organisation through meaningful change. You will balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, bringing judgement, steadiness and credibility to complex, people-centric change.What you'll need to succeed
510 years experience delivering complex business transformation initiatives, with demonstrated success leading transformation programs.Hold formal project management qualifications and have a strong foundation in structured delivery approaches, ensuring initiatives are well-governed, outcomes-focused and aligned to strategy.Excel at engaging senior leaders, sponsors and diverse stakeholder groups. With strong communication and influencing skills, you build trust quickly, manage interdependencies effectively and bring people on the journey to deliver shared outcomes.Experience in the insurance, health and disability or government sector is highly regarded.Experience in procurement related project management would be highly regarded also.What you need to do now
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