We're exclusively partnering with a well-established Melbourne business that is investing in the way it delivers technology projects.

This is a newly created role, the first dedicated project management position in the business, focused on the delivery of operational technology projects end-to-end. You'll report to the Head of Technology and work alongside a small but growing technology team.

There is a varied program of work ahead, spanning infrastructure and cloud, business systems, and emerging technology. Delivery is a mix of vendor-led work and work sitting with internal technical staff, so you'll move between managing external partners and driving activity within the team.

This is a role for someone who has been the only project manager in an SME workplace and is comfortable building the structure themselves, rather than working within an established PMO.

Key responsibilities

- Deliver operational technology projects end-to-end, from planning through to handover
- Own project plans, milestones, risks, issues and dependencies, scaled appropriately to the work
- Coordinate vendors and hold them to agreed scope, timeframes and commitments
- Work closely with internal technical staff to sequence delivery and remove blockers
- Provide clear, practical reporting to the Head of Technology and wider business
- Engage stakeholders across the business and translate requirements into deliverable outcomes




- Establish repeatable delivery practices where none currently exist

About you

- Takes ownership and drives projects to completion without being chased
- Comfortable holding others to account
- Practical and outcome-focused, with structure proportionate to the work
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to build trust quickly across a business
- Confident dealing directly with vendors and technical teams on your own

Essential experience

- Experience as a project manager within an SME environment (non-negotiable)
- Proven experience of delivering technology projects end-to-end
- Ideally coming from a technical background - infrastructure, cloud, cyber security, disaster recovery, networks, endpoints, M365, identity or applications
- Experience managing external vendors through delivery
- Tertiary qualifications in IT or Project Management. PRINCE2, PMP or Agile certification advantageous

Why you'll want to join

- A newly created role with genuine ownership and no legacy process to inherit
- A pipeline of meaningful infrastructure and business systems projects already lined up
- Direct access to the Head of Technology and visibility across the business
- A practical delivery environment - structure where it adds value, not process for its own sake

Additional information

- Melbourne CBD Location
- This role is office based (5days on site) with flexibility on offer once established in the role.

📌 IT Project Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Align Talent
📍 Melbourne