Senior Project Manager

Title: Senior Project Manager

Requisition ID: 8364

Work Type: Fixed Term Full Time

Fixed Term Period: 30/06/2026

Location: Melbourne - CBD

Date Posted: 4 Sept 2025

About Us
We create thriving places and connected communities. We bring together transport, planning, land use, precinct and policy functions in a single department to deliver the best outcomes for Victorians.

Together with our portfolio agencies, we are responsible for planning, building, operating and maintaining Victoria's transport, planning and land services for use by all.

We foster a safe, inclusive and constructive place to work.

About The Group
Investment and Technology
leads and manages the investment lifecycle; drives commercial advice & negotiations to facilitate reform; and enables core delivery through Finance, Procurement & Enterprise Technology.

About The Role
This is a Full TIME FIXED TERM position until 30/06/2026
This role is responsible for the successful delivery of complex, high value stakeholder infrastructure or technology projects with a focus on client management of a portfolio of projects to agreed scope, time, quality and budget and ensuring project outcomes achieve DTP safety, operational, asset management, customer and commercial objectives. The role will provide project related technical and commercial advice to the Program Director as well as Executive leadership within the Investment and Technology division.

Description
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We are seeking a Senior Project Manager who can deliver high-quality advice, foster trust with stakeholders, and provide innovative solutions to complex issues while ensuring successful project outcomes. The role requires strong problem-solving skills, digital and commercial acumen, resilience under pressure, and the ability to build a culture of collaboration across internal teams and external partners.

Position Accountabilities
– Successful delivery of complex infrastructure or system projects with a focus on client management of a portfolio of projects to agreed scope, time, quality and budget and ensuring project outcomes achieve DTP operational and commercial objectives.

– Timely development of commercial arrangements with delivery partners and project stakeholders that maximise value for money for the State, and lead to the successful delivery of DTP projects.

– Accurate and deliverable project scopes and cost estimates provide value for money and best fit for customer needs.

– High quality project governance for high value complex infrastructure procurement and operating within a whole of project life cycle process with appropriate stage gates and peer reviews that deliver the highest quality transport projects for all Victorians.

– Effective liaison with project proponents leads to resolution of complex issues, and rescheduling activities to adapt and respond to new circumstances.

Technical Capabilities
Project Management (PRMG) (Level 6)

– Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of complex projects.

– Adopts and adapts project management methods and tools. Ensures that effective project monitoring and control processes, change control, risk management and quality processes are employed and maintained.

– Monitors and controls resources, revenue and capital expenditures against the project budget.

– Manages the expectations of key project stakeholders.

Qualifications And Experience
– Prior government experience in delivering multiple Maximo based solutions (Mandatory)

– Demonstrated success adapting to a fast-paced environment (Desirable)

– Tertiary qualification, or proven extensive experience, in engineering, project management, planning or related discipline. (Desirable)

Culture Value
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds representing the community that we serve, including veterans, parents, carers, First Peoples, people with disability, multicultural, multifaith and LGBTIQA+ individuals.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Through shared actions and behaviours aligned with our strategy and direction, we empower our people to thrive and meaningfully contribute to the department's goals.

What We Offer
Working at the Department of Transport and Planning provides people with the opportunity to contribute to creating thriving places and connected communities for all Victorians.

For further details please refer to Careers at the Department of Transport and Planning.

Pre-employment checks and employment conditions

All new appointments to the department will be subject to a National Criminal Records Check, Misconduct Screening, and a Qualification Check where there is a requirement for a mandatory qualification. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence consistent with the requirements of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa necessary for the nature of the position.

Recipients of Victorian Public Service (VPS) voluntary departure packages should note that re-employment restrictions apply.

Non-VPS applicants will be subject to a probation period of six months.

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Applications close at
11.59pm on Wednesday, the 17th of September 2025.
Please include both your resume and a cover letter. All applications must be submitted via the online portal, we're unable to accept email or manual submissions.

For further information about the role, please contact
Parul Srivastava, Program Manager, VTDE Program via
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