Project Manager

Company Overview

VelTech is an ICT consulting and talent solutions partner focused on contracting, recruitment, and workforce support for both government bodies and private organisations. The company aims to connect skilled IT professionals with suitable opportunities while helping clients achieve reliable project outcomes. It positions itself as a growing business that values quality delivery, speed, and dependable service.

Role Summary

This role is for an experienced Project Manager to help deliver important ICT initiatives within a prominent Australian Government setting. The position involves leading medium- to large-scale projects that support Australia’s security and cyber capabilities.

In this role, you will guide cross-functional teams, oversee timelines, budgets, risks, governance, and stakeholder communication, and ensure the project meets its agreed goals. You will collaborate with senior leaders, technical experts, and business representatives in a demanding, fast-moving environment.

The position also includes providing strategic direction, coordinating project tasks, preparing executive-level briefs and reports, tracking project progress, and ensuring all work aligns with government rules, standards, and governance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of ICT projects from planning through execution in a government environment.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams and keep multiple stakeholders aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track project schedules, budgets, risks, resources, dependencies, and governance obligations.
• Assess project health, surface emerging issues, and put suitable mitigation measures in place.
• Prepare executive briefs, formal submissions, reports, and governance documents.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and communicate effectively with senior decision-makers.
• Apply recognised project management methods, governance practices, and change management approaches.
• Interpret and follow legislative, policy, regulatory, and organisational requirements.
• Handle competing priorities while using sound judgement to deliver in a complex environment.
• Manage requirements definition and traceability across the project delivery process.
• Oversee financial planning, forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting for projects.

Candidate Profile

• Proven background managing medium to large ICT projects in government settings.
• Solid leadership experience across multidisciplinary project teams and stakeholder groups.
• Hands-on capability in project scheduling, budgeting, risk control, resource management, and governance.
• Ability to analyse performance and resolve risks and issues using practical mitigation strategies.
• Experience producing executive briefs, submissions, reports, and governance artefacts.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder influence skills.
• Strong working knowledge of project management frameworks and change management.
• Ability to work within legislative, policy, regulatory, and organisational constraints.
• Comfort working under pressure and balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.
• Experience with requirements management and maintaining traceability throughout delivery.
• Strong financial management capability, including budgeting, forecasting, monitoring, and reporting.
• Relevant tertiary study and/or project management certification such as PRINCE2, PMP, or Agile is strongly preferred.
• Applicants must be Australian citizens with a current AGSVA NV2 or TSPV security clearance.

Work Location

The role is based onsite in Canberra, ACT or Queensland.

Additional Information

This is a full-time onsite position supporting high-profile government ICT work. No salary, number of vacancies, start date, or application deadline has been specified.