Cabin Program Evaluation Manager

**Company Description**
About Us

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.
- ** Provide strategic oversight across multi-billion-dollar aviation engineering programs**:

- ** Lead governance, evaluation and assurance across flagship projects like Sunrise and Winton**:

- ** Influence senior leaders including Group Leadership Team (GLT) and Board through insights and continuous improvement**

At Qantas Engineering, we drive innovation and operational excellence across the most iconic aviation projects in the world. We’re seeking a Program Evaluation Manager to join our Operations Delivery team, where you’ll play a key role in shaping the success and strategic alignment of high-profile initiatives such as Project Sunrise and Project Winton.

This is a highly visible role offering direct engagement with executive leadership. You’ll lead independent program reviews, develop evaluation frameworks, and ensure project health, performance, and accountability meet our safety, regulatory and business expectations.

**In this role, you’ll -**
- Conduct evidence-based assessments across engineering program scope, cost, schedule, risk and quality
- Provide assurance to senior leaders, ensuring alignment with strategic, regulatory, and safety objectives
- Lead the development of standardised program governance and evaluation tools
- Partner with project teams to embed continuous improvement and deliver post-implementation insights
- Support audit readiness and cross-functional stakeholder engagement across all program phases
- Influence decisions and drive delivery outcomes in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment

**You’ll have -**
- 10+ years' experience in aviation project delivery and strategic program governance
- Tertiary qualifications in Project Management or a related field
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at Board and GLT levels
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and leadership skills
- Experience with aircraft project development and execution
- A collaborative, proactive approach and confidence to lead in complex, fluid environments

**Why Qantas?**

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us - so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

**The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.**
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave and the option to purchase additional paid leave for eligible employees.
- We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

**Please note**:
**Applications close: Thursday 10th of July 2025.