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.
- Challenge yourself & add significant value to Qantas Group
- We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an always evolving industry
- Permanent, Full-time opportunity located Qantas Head Campus in Mascot
The Senior Project Manager manages large, visible projects/programmes or a range of projects with tactical impact, lengthy project life cycles; this involves the selection and management of project resources, multiple negotiations at all levels and the need to network internally in order to achieve project objectives and ensure that business goals and strategies are met.
The Senior Project Manager will ensure projects are aligned to overall Qantas transformation program outcomes, and effectively engage stakeholders, partners and team members to ensure project objectives are achieved and roadblocks cleared. Relationships with internal and external key stakeholders are fundamental to successfully coordinating all aspects of the project(s) across the specific project streams, against key milestones, process complexity, critical dependencies and deliverables.
You’ll have:
- Extensive experience managing large‑scale, multi‑stream IT programs or portfolios, ideally across HR, payroll, workforce management or other enterprise platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple concurrent projects and workstreams with complex inter‑dependencies, tight milestones and high levels of organisational impact.
- Strong leadership capability, including experience mentoring and leading Project Managers and cross‑functional delivery teams.
- Strong track record delivering programs involving data migration, integrations, core system replacements, platform uplift and cut‑over to new technologies.
- Hands‑on experience overseeing end‑to‑end testing cycles including SIT, integration testing, regression, UAT support and cut‑over rehearsals.
- Experience defining scope, goals, deliverables, schedules and budgets for large enterprise programs.
- Ability to understand, challenge and influence solution architecture, high‑level design and technical design across multiple systems.
- Experience working with or around platforms such as ADP, payroll and award interpretation systems, Workday, Oracle, and other enterprise technology environments.
- Understanding of configuration, integrations, enhancements, analytics and data‑related technical components.
- Demonstrated capability managing complex stakeholder landscapes across business, IT, systems integrators, vendors and partner organisations.
- Experience leading vendor engagements, SOW development, commercial discussions, contract recommendations and performance management.
- Strong communication and influencing skills with senior leadership and operational teams.
- Experience contributing to or leading steering committees, governance forums and program decision‑making bodies.
- Strong risk, issue and dependency management discipline, especially in environments involving payroll accuracy, regulatory compliance and award interpretation.
- Ability to apply structured project management methodologies such as PRINCE2.
- Experience supporting major organisational change and technology adoption programs.
- Proven ability to operationalise technology solutions, including knowledge transfer, documentation, SLAs, support models and BAU handover.
- Understanding of operational service management and IT readiness requirements.
- Able to lead, influence and motivate cross‑functional teams, including individuals and vendors not directly reporting to them.
- High level of resilience, judgement and decision‑making in environments with evolving priorities and ambiguity.
- Proactive, self‑starter mindset with the ability to drive momentum and maintain delivery discipline.
Why Qantas?
If you’re successful in your application, 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 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 additional purchased leave options.
- 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 for everything from motor vehicles to electronic devices.
- We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether its learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
Qantas is an equal opportunity employer, so by coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply.
Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today.
Advertising closes on 10th February 2026
