Project Manager

Great opportunity to join an exciting and diversified organisation with a mission to pioneer a vibrant and sustainable future for all

Project & Operations Manager

Sydney CBD

Permanent Role – Full Time

Salary: $110k - $130k + Super + 10% STI

Hybrid working

Cox Purtell is currently working with an exciting independently-owned, multi-generational family enterprise. Driven by a mission to pioneer a vibrant and sustainable future for all, the values-driven business today encompasses a diversified investment portfolio, legacy music catalogues, commercial real estate, an impact-focused venture capital portfolio, and a philanthropic Foundation. As a certified B Corp and Climate Active carbon-neutral organisation endorsed by Work180 for its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, this is an excellent opportunity to join an impact-focused business that champions positive change through advocacy, collaboration, impact investing, and philanthropy.

This is an exciting, broad and varied position, offering involvement and interaction with every part of the business and real input into the organisation’s strategy. We’re seeking a highly organised and motivated Project Manager to drive process improvements, deliver strategic projects end-to-end, enhance business effectiveness and lead and support critical operational functions to achieve project outcomes and ultimately the organisations’ strategic goals and objectives.

As a stand-alone role, this is an ideal position for an experienced self-starter who wants ownership & responsibility from day one.

Your Area of Responsibilities:

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performance culture, and you will be an integral part of the organisation, with responsibilities such as:

Project Management:

• Work closely with the Executive to understand the key business activities and projects, and lead the successful delivery of key projects, milestones and outcomes.
• Develop and support the execution of project plans, budgets and reporting for strategic initiatives including timelines, resource needs and success metrics.

Business Effectiveness:

• Identify, define and manage business effectiveness and process improvement projects across all business activities to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Operations & IT Support:

• Manage relationships with external IT and cybersecurity support providers and ensure effective performance and timely resolution of technical issues.
• Using risk management system, Protecht, review, measure and manage risk across the business.

Your Profile:

The ideal candidate would be an experienced Project Manager who wants a broader role, with the autonomy to drive real organisational changes, and accountability for delivering key strategic priorities.

• Candidates with related qualifications or equivalent experience are preferred.
• Able to showcase previous experiences of demonstrating operational and project management, balancing and ensuring successful delivery of multiple projects and business priorities.
• Proven experience in driving process improvement initiatives and enhancing business effectiveness.
• Strong understanding of data management principles and best practices.
• Experience in managing vendors particularly within IT.
• Experience in risk management and reporting including risk management software.
• Proficient in Microsoft project, office, word, excel, PowerPoint and project-related software.
• Interest in working in a small, values-based highly engaged family business environment.