Job Description
About OES
OES is a vibrant and values led organisation, and we are passionate about enhancing lives through education. We work with university partners, training institutes, and professional bodies worldwide, to develop and enable immersive and engaging learning experiences. We empower our teams to be student focused, innovative and embrace change with a growth mindset to ensure we achieve our vision of being the world’s most impactful enabler of education. We encourage our people to grow and develop through teamwork and a diverse range of projects, programs and challenging work. We trust our people to deliver, so when you work with OES, you will join a team who are empowered to impact every day.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of a strategically significant multi layered project, combining technology and services within a complex and highly regulated environment. This role owns the full project lifecycle, from scoping and governance through to delivery, insights and executive level reporting.
If you thrive in ambiguity, excel at senior stakeholder management, and bring discipline to delivery in fast‑moving environments, then this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end‑to‑end project delivery including scope, planning, milestones, dependencies and critical path management
- Establish and maintain effective governance, reporting rhythms and escalation processes
- Adapt delivery methods using iterative, insight‑led approaches in response to changing priorities
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across multiple organisations
- Prepare and facilitate senior forums, steering groups and executive updates
- Own project budgets including forecasting, tracking and variance management
- Identify and mitigate financial risks and dependencies
- Identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies, and lead structured issue resolution and change control processes
- Deliver executive‑level reporting to support governance and timely decision‑making
About you:
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi‑stakeholder projects with end‑to‑end accountability
- Ability to translate complex delivery information into clear insights and recommendations
- Highly developed senior stakeholder management skills, including influencing and negotiation
- Proven ownership of project budgets and commercial decision‑making
- Advanced capability in governance, planning, risk, issues and dependency management
- Confident user of Monday.com, Confluence and Jira or platforms similar
- Experience in higher education, online education, technology‑enabled services or regulated environments
- Experience delivering programs involving organisational change or partnership evolution
- Ability to identify opportunities
- Experience contributing to post‑delivery evaluation or scale‑up planning
- Tertiary qualification in project/program management or related field
Please note that role is a 12 month fixed term contract. If this role is of interest, please apply now with your updated CV & Cover Letter.
What’s in it for you?
Along with joining a passionate, energetic and highly skilled team, this role will allow you to gain exposure to many growth and development opportunities. OES offers a hybrid, flexible approach to work, where we work 2-3 days from our state-of-the-art Cremorne office, and the rest from home (or wherever you choose!). Breakfast, snacks, table tennis, Nintendo Switch are all available in the office, as well as weekly staff drinks. Ultimately, you will be joining a values-driven, collaborative business where your creativity and innovation will be nurtured and celebrated.
We pride ourselves on being a ‘People First’ employer and if you join the OES Team, you will benefit from:
- Flexible, hybrid work for genuine career-life fit (2-3 days in our Cremorne Office)
- Professional development and mentoring
- OES Culture Club and events calendar
- Health and wellbeing activities
- Annual flu vaccinations
- Paid parental leave
- Purchased leave
- Study assistance and leave for eligible employees
- Mental health support resources and Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Income protection insurance
- Access to corporate health insurance rates
At OES, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, where we encourage candidates of any nationality, age, background, disability, and gender identity to apply. If you feel aligned to the role and would like to further explore your suitability, we welcome your application and would love to consider your fit for the role at OES.
