Position: PMO Manager Location: Melbourne Type: Full Time About The Company Atmos Renewables is a leading Australian renewable energy company with ownership in over 1.9GW of operating and in-construction wind, solar and energy storage assets and a number of development projects across Australia.

Established in 2020 by Igneo Infrastructure Partners, Atmos is dedicated to accelerating Australia’s clean energy transition through the development, construction, and operation of renewable generation and storage projects.

With a growing pipeline of projects, including onshore wind, solar, and battery storage, Atmos is committed to being the partner of choice for communities, landowners, and energy buyers. As a dynamic and lean organisation, we seek professionals who align with our company values and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven environment.

About The Role The PMO Manager is responsible for establishing, implementing and continuously improving project governance, reporting frameworks, processes, standards, and controls across Atmos Renewables' portfolio of projects.

Reporting to the Head of Delivery, the role serves as the central coordination point for project governance, ensuring consistent and timely reporting, effective decision-making, and disciplined project controls across the Development and Delivery stages of the project.

The PMO Manager will work closely with Executive Leadership, Management, Functional Leads, Project/Development Managers and other stakeholders to provide accurate portfolio/project insights, maintain governance compliance, and drive continuous improvement in project practices.

Key Responsibilities Governance, Controls & Assurance

- Develop, implement, and maintain project governance frameworks and standards across development and delivery portfolio.
- Establish and manage project stage-gate processes, governance requirements, approval workflows, and decision registers.
- Ensure projects comply with internal governance requirements, delegated authorities, policies, procedures, and reporting obligations.
- Monitor governance compliance and proactively identify areas requiring corrective action or process improvement.
- Coordinate Steering Committee meetings, governance forums, and executive reviews.
- Manage governance documentation including stage-gate submissions, and lessons learned.
- Drive audit and assurance activities across the project portfolio.

Portfolio Reporting & Performance Management

- Develop and maintain portfolio reporting frameworks and performance dashboards.
- Consolidate project information from Development and Delivery teams to create accurate, timely, and insightful portfolio reporting.
- Coordinate executive, board, and steering committee reports.
- Manage timely and accurate reporting of progress against key project milestones, budgets, schedules, risks, opportunities, and strategic objectives.
- Ensure reporting consistency across all projects through standardised formats and methodologies.
- Drive reporting discipline and accountability across project teams.




- Analyse portfolio trends and provide recommendations to improve project outcomes and organisational performance.

Project Management Standards & Continuous Improvement

- Establish and maintain project management templates, tools, and standardised documentation.
- Develop and continuously improve project management methodologies, processes, and governance frameworks.
- Ensure consistent application of project controls across all projects.
- Lead initiatives to improve reporting quality, document management, and project controls maturity.
- Facilitate lessons learned reviews and implement continuous improvement initiatives across the portfolio.
- Support capability development and best-practice project management across Development and Delivery teams.

Stakeholder Management & Influence

- Build effective working relationships with Project Managers, Development Managers, Functional Leads, Executive Leadership, Management, and corporate support functions.
- Act as a trusted advisor to project teams on governance requirements, reporting expectations, and project controls.
- Influence stakeholders to drive governance compliance and adoption of standardised processes.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to resolve reporting, governance, and delivery challenges.
- Support effective communication between project teams, leadership, and external stakeholders where required.
- Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Skills & Experience

- Minimum 8-10 years' experience in project controls, PMO, project management, governance, or portfolio management within renewable energy, infrastructure, construction, or related industries.
- Demonstrated experience establishing and managing project governance frameworks and reporting systems.
- Experience preparing executive, board, and steering committee reporting.
- Strong understanding of project delivery lifecycles across development and delivery and phases, including commissioning, and handover phases.
- Experience implementing project management methodologies, standards, templates, and controls.
- Advanced proficiency in project reporting and portfolio management tools.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project risks and controls.
- Experience supporting complex renewable energy projects, including wind, solar, BESS, transmission, or major infrastructure projects is highly desirable.

Essential

- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Exceptional report-writing capability.
- Advanced stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.




- Ability to challenge constructively and drive accountability without direct authority.
- Strong facilitation and meeting management skills.
- Ability to synthesise complex information into concise executive-level reporting.
- Continuous improvement mindset with strong process management capability.
- PMBOK, PMP, Prince2, AIPM, or equivalent project management qualification.
- Experience with project portfolio management, schedule management, and reporting systems.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, Commerce, or a related discipline.

Work Environment

- Office-based role, based in Melbourne, with occasional travel to Sydney.
- Hybrid working model (3 days per week in the Melbourne office).
- Rare travel to project sites, as required.

Cultural & Personality Fit

- Highly organised, structured, and disciplined in managing information and governance processes.
- Comfortable navigating complex stakeholder environments and influencing outcomes.
- Proactive, self-motivated, and solutions-focused.
- Collaborative and relationship-driven while maintaining appropriate governance rigour.
- Able to communicate with clarity, confidence, and professionalism.
- Demonstrates sound judgement and discretion when handling sensitive project information.
- Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth renewable energy environment.
- Passionate about driving excellence, consistency, and continuous improvement across the project portfolio.
- Committed to Atmos' core values of Integrity, Humility, Safety, and Courage.
- Able to perform under pressure with limited support.
- Cooperative, respectful, and team-oriented, thriving in a streamlined, high-achieving and fast-paced environment. ?
- Able to drive complex discussions towards a desirable outcome.
- Able to convey ideas with clarity and brevity, using a courteous but compelling communication style.

Attention to detail, exceptional organisational capability, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels are critical to success in this role. Why Join Atmos Renewables? We are a small, dynamic and highly motivated team that works very closely together, and we want you to succeed with us. Our people are our most valuable asset and we show this through the benefits we offer including competitive remuneration, competitive bonus and flexible working. We are also dedicated to personal and career development of our employees via training and development opportunities.

You will be eligible to earn a short-term incentive of up to 20% of your Salary with respect to each complete calendar year during your employment, subject to the achievement of company and personal performance hurdles ( STI ).

Performance hurdles with respect to each calendar year and the weighting to be given to such hurdles will be determined by us and advised to you. Whether or not such hurdles are met and the extent to which such hurdles are met will be determined by us exercising our sole discretion.

Speak with our consultants Sophie Nicholls

Senior Consultant

M: +61 439 276 928

E: [email protected]

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