Job Description
21st July, ****
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Senior Technology Project Manager – Publishing Transformation
n Surry Hills | Hybrid | 12-month contract
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Step into a pivotal role driving one of the most significant technology transformations in Australian media.
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A large media company is looking for an exceptional Senior Technology Project Manager to spearhead a critical workstream in an enterprise-scale program. You'll lead the technical delivery of a best-in-breed Planning and Authoring platform, replacing legacy systems with modern, story‐centric workflows that publish seamlessly across digital, social, and print—rolling out across more than thirty newsrooms.
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This is more than a delivery role. It demands a commercially savvy leader with genuine emotional intelligence—someone who can read the room, unite editorial, operations, and technology leaders around a shared direction, and champion cultural change while still hitting the numbers on time and on budget.
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What you'll be doing:
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Driving the technical rollout of the platform from early design through staggered deployment across 30+ newsrooms
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Partnering directly with top‐tier SaaS media vendors, holding them to rigorous governance and delivery standards
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Navigating a complex organisational matrix—aligning editorial, ops, and tech stakeholders around a digital‐first culture
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Overseeing data migrations, security protocols, and transition architecture as legacy systems are retired
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Owning critical path, scope, budget, and risk across the workstream from initiation to implementation
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What you'll bring:
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10+ years leading complex, multi-workstream transformation projects
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Deep experience with digital platforms, SaaS, and enterprise systems integration
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A proven track record managing top‐tier technology vendors — media/publishing domain experience highly regarded
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Robust grasp of digital publishing, content workflows, and what modern newsrooms need to thrive
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Disciplined program governance, with runs on the board delivering platform replacements and phased legacy migrations
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