Project Manager

About AARNet

Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) was established in 1989 and is widely regarded as the founder of the Internet in Australia and renowned as the architect, builder and operator of world-class network infrastructure for research and education. 

As Australia’s National Research and Education Network (NREN). We connect over one million users — researchers, faculty, staff, students, hospitals, vocational training providers, schools and museums — across Australia.

We are an organisation of innovators, doers, and courageous thinkers. We don’t settle for the status quo; instead, we anticipate the future needs of our customers and build solutions today. If you share our imagination, foresight, and drive to shape the future, why not come and join us?

https://www.aarnet.edu.au/

Role Purpose

The Project Manager will be responsible for the management of a large-scale, complex, multi-stakeholder projects for AARNet and its customers. The Project Manager role will provide key oversight and input on a number of infrastructure and Research based projects. The individual in this role will be responsible for managing project budgets, sprint planning & scheduling, resource allocation, project execution, risk and issues management, customer and management reporting, presentations, and key stakeholder management.

The successful candidate will work with various team members to plan, execute project related activities, report to stakeholders, and ensure AARNet management has a “single-point of truth” on the status and health of the programme of work. Further, the role will assist in the development and consistent use of AARNet’s project management frameworks and engagement models.

This role can be based in Melbourne or Sydney.

Key Accountabilities

At AARNet, all employees are accountable for:

• Actively promoting safe work practices in the workplace during all activities consistent with AARNet’s policies and comply with all WH&S legislation, policies and procedures.
• Actively contributes to a safe and supportive working environment that is inclusive of all staff through celebrating their nationality, cultural background, LGBTI status, abilities, gender and age.

In this role, your main responsibilities are:

• Stakeholder management with the ability to guide teams and take people along the journey
• Scheduling, resourcing, budget management, risk and issues management
• End-to-end project delivery experience, from project initiation through to post implementation
• Timely project delivery within assigned budget allocations
• Create and assign work packages ensuring project team morale is kept high through this process
• Remove day-to-day project level roadblocks and impediments, providing team guidance and support
• Liaise with team members to capture key project timelines and updates for broader project reporting
• Ensure change management processes are in place
• Review and ensure quality standards of technical project templates, management reporting, and presentations
• Promote quality assurance throughout project lifecycle
• Maintenance of project related artifacts and documentation
• Guide and carry out business analysis activities, capture requirements and document key aspects of the program of work where required.
• Coordination, follow-up and support on project related activities, promoting and ensuring project methodology, processes and procedures achieve quality standards

About you in the role

You will celebrate diversity, inclusion, belonging and welcome all people regardless of lifestyle choices, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Your directorate: Customer Relations

You’ll report to: Director of Products

Your expertise, experience & qualifications

• Have worked for a large telco or have a fundamental understanding on how telco’s work with provisioning and supporting services
• 2+ years in project managing large deployments of telecommunications or research projects interacting with stakeholders across multiple teams
• Strong technical background in project delivery
• Experience working within an Agile, Waterfall and PMO environments
• Running the end-to-end project management lifecycle for the program of work
• Experience developing and completing new technical templates and quality assurance
• Strong communication skills
• Proven change management and training experience
• Reporting around budget management, project scheduling, resourcing, risks and issues management
• Experience setting up and maintaining Wiki Confluence, SharePoint and Jira or similar
• Ability to work both as a team member and autonomously within an environment of conflicting priorities
• Ability to understand risks and challenges with a proven history of successful risk mitigation; Previous Business Analysis/ Solutions Architect/ Technical Lead background (ideal)
• IT and Project Management Certification(s)
• May require Australia security clearance upon employment

Even better

Although not essential to the role, it would be even better if you had any of the following experience/skills:

• Strong technical IT background
• Strong verbal communication and written documentation skills
• Ability to engage and lead teams in the change management journey
• Strong engagement and stakeholder management skills including workshop facilitation
• Worked within a project management environment
• Ability to multitask against competing priorities, flag risks and issues and escalations
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, templates and frameworks

Benefits at AARNet

AARNet is committed to diversity and providing equal opportunity to all. We’re a great place to work if you want to make a difference. 

AARNet provides a host of other benefits in line with our HR policies which include:

• Competitive remuneration;
• 17% superannuation; 
• Flexible work options including a hybrid work model;
• Focus on wellbeing – year-round initiatives and social engagement activities;
• Ethical Leadership: A sector leader in cyber security, social responsibility, and equal opportunity;
• Options to purchase additional Annual Leave; 
• 2 days paid Women’s Wellness Leave per month; 
• 24 weeks paid Parental Leave – Primary Carer; 
• Welcome back to AARNet superannuation payment – on unpaid Parental Leave for Primary Carer; 
• 4 weeks paid Birth Trauma Leave; 
• 24 weeks paid - Adoption Leave; 
• 16 weeks paid Parental Leave – Secondary Carer; 
• 5 days paid – First Nations Cultural Leave; 
• 2 days paid Family Wedding Leave; 
• 24 weeks paid – Foster Carer Leave; 
• 5 days paid – Fertility Leave; 
• 8 weeks paid – Gender Affirmation Leave; 
• Strong Equal Opportunity focus;  
• Modern office environment: Hotdesking system and new facilities;
• Support your success: A culture and company structure that allows your career to grow with access to leading edge technologies;
• An opportunity to give back to the academic and research sector.