Project Manager, Operational Readiness

• Full-time fixed term position (until March 2027)
• Join a dynamic organisation in a pivotal part of our transformation
• Convenient city location in the heart of Arts Precinct

About the Position

As we look to welcome audiences, team members and artists back into our transformed spaces, the Project Manager, Operational Readiness will play a pivotal role in ensuring a successful process and outcome.

This position will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of reinstatement activities — returning equipment, furniture, productions, and critical operations into place, testing systems, and ensuring ACM is fully operational for reopening.

Working alongside the Reimagining team, stakeholders, and project partners, the successful candidate will help deliver a seamless transition from construction to operational excellence, ensuring ACM's spaces are safe, functional, and performance ready.

Full-time fixed-term position to March 2027. Salary band 4.3 $114,173.28 p.a. plus superannuation.

Your Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Tertiary qualification in one or more of the following disciplines – Project Management, Production Management, Engineering or extensive construction management experience, Logistics Management
• Proven experience managing complex reinstatement, operational readiness or other similar transition projects within active, public-facing environments
• Demonstrated success coordinating large-scale logistics, site readiness or operational projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Strong organisation, time management and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities under pressure
• Background in live performance, venue operations, production management or major infrastructure projects
• Confident presenting complex information to technical and nontechnical audiences
• Familiarity with tools such as Microsoft Project, Aconex or similar project management platforms

For more details, please read the  Position Description - Project Manager - Operational

About the Team

The Reimagining business unit leads the planning, direction and management of Arts Centre Melbourne's Reimagining Project that supports the achievement of ACM's strategic vision and delivery of the Trust's strategic objectives. Check out the Reimagining of Arts Centre Melbourne to learn more.

About Arts Centre Melbourne

Arts Centre Melbourne acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we gather, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung. We also acknowledge the neighbouring Kulin Nation groups, the Boonwurrung and Bunurong people, and pay our respects to elders, past and present.

The People of the Kulin Nations have gathered on the site for thousands of years and continue to do so today. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging.

We are now focused on Reimagining Arts Centre Melbourne as part of the Victorian Government's commitment to transforming the Melbourne Arts Precinct into a thriving, connected creative and civic space over the coming years.

For a glimpse into working at Arts Centre Melbourne click here.

Enjoy Team Member Benefits

As a valued member of our ensemble, you will enjoy:

• Complimentary tickets
• Discounts at food & beverage outlets
• Discounted commuter benefits and onsite parking
• Access to wellbeing activities and learning and development programs
• Free access to Employee Assistance Programs which includes specific support to our First Nations team members via their I-CARE program and providing specific counsellors for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and People of Colour.

Apply Now

Please submit your resume together with a cover letter expanding on the key accountabilities of the role, demonstrating your relevant experience and fit, by 11:55pm, Sunday 19th October 2025.

Early applications are encouraged as applications will be reviewed as they are received, and suitable candidates may be invited to attend an interview prior to the closing date.

Arts Centre Melbourne welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Disabled and Deaf people, sexualities and gender identities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of all ages.

We seek to provide workplace adjustments at all relevant stages of the recruitment process such as alternative formats or other access supports. You can specify in the application form if you require any adjustments or please ask us at any stage. If you need to contact us about making workplace adjustments during the recruitment process, please send an email to 

Employment at Arts Centre Melbourne is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check.

Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia. Arts Centre Melbourne is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.