Senior Technology Project Manager

Job Description We are unique Join our organisation and experience a culture that fosters camaraderie and personal growth, serving and connecting the regional communities of NSW and southern QLD. Enjoy work-life balance and training and development opportunities across a diverse range of career pathways. About The Role We are currently recruiting for a Senior Technology Project Manager to join our Assets & Digital Excellence team within the Assets and Digital division. This role can be based anywhere within Essential Energy’s operational footprint. As a Senior Technology Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of technology initiatives across a range of systems owned by the Assets & Digital Excellence team that drive business outcomes across Essential Energy. You’ll manage the full lifecycle of technology changes aligned with our strategic pillar of ‘strengthening the core’, ensuring alignment with governance and quality standards. This includes overseeing budgeting, scheduling, stakeholder engagement, and risk management in line with our project management methodology. You will play a key role in guiding specialist teams through the delivery of IT projects, ensuring they meet project objectives. The role requires a strong focus on cross-functional collaboration, and compliance with Essential Energy’s policies, procedures, and procurement guidelines. Your leadership will directly impact our ability to deliver innovative technology solutions that support our transformation goals. About You You bring extensive experience in managing complex technology changes across corporate and IT environments with a focus on business outcomes. You are confident leading multidisciplinary teams through fast paced and high stakes projects with a proven ability to deliver results that align with strategic goals while maintaining clarity, structure, and accountability throughout project lifecycles. You’re skilled at navigating stakeholder priorities, influencing outcomes, and delivering clear, concise communication up to executive and board levels. Your background includes relevant qualifications in IT and project management, and you’re comfortable managing budgets, schedules, and stakeholder relationships in a dynamic, evolving setting. Required Qualifications Bachelor Degree in Information Technology or equivalent qualification or demonstrated capability through past employment experience and/or relevant qualifications Desirable Project/Programme Management Certifications e.g. Prince2, PMBOK, MSP Technical Change Management Certifications e.g. ITIL, Agile, SDLC Why Essential Energy We offer competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience and 11.5% superannuation. Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits including 26 weeks paid parental leave, learning and development opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing programs including fitness passport. For more information on our benefits, please visit the employee benefits page . We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women . We’re a business with a huge range of operational and corporate roles aimed at connecting our communities. As a pivotal player in the energy future of NSW and the country – we cover 95% of NSW and parts of southern QLD - we are an organisation with a wider variety of roles than you may first think. Whether you want to work remotely, in a coastal region or rurally, we will invest in you, develop you and help you shape a career in energy that will give you future opportunities you may never have realised in a sector where there is so much to explore. For further information please contact Megan Nancarrow, Senior Program Manager on 0498 027 963. Applications close on Sunday 18 May at 11:55pm. Passionate people. Global thinking. Regional heart. Building a better energy future. Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As an organisation, our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.