Project Manager - Hawthorn East
Coles GroupAustralia6 days ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyProject Management
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We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.
About The Team
Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.
About The Role
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the successful delivery of technology projects that support Coles Corporate and Coles Liqour functions. You will oversee the full project lifecycle — from planning and initiation through execution, implementation, and transition to operations — ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, to scope, and in alignment with governance and quality standards.
You will coordinate cross‑functional teams, manage complex risks and dependencies, and ensure strong communication and collaboration across technology, business, vendors, and delivery stakeholders. This role requires a proactive leader who brings disciplined project management capability, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to drive execution excellence across multiple streams.
Key responsibilities include
You will bring a strong blend of delivery capability, technical acumen and leadership skills, including
We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.
We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email [email protected]
Job ID 174713
Employment Type Full time
About The Team
Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.
About The Role
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the successful delivery of technology projects that support Coles Corporate and Coles Liqour functions. You will oversee the full project lifecycle — from planning and initiation through execution, implementation, and transition to operations — ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, to scope, and in alignment with governance and quality standards.
You will coordinate cross‑functional teams, manage complex risks and dependencies, and ensure strong communication and collaboration across technology, business, vendors, and delivery stakeholders. This role requires a proactive leader who brings disciplined project management capability, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to drive execution excellence across multiple streams.
Key responsibilities include
- Manage end-to-end project delivery, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder expectations
- Develop business cases by defining scope, benefits, and success metrics for assigned projects
- Deliver projects on time, within budget, and following established methodologies and governance frameworks
- Identify and manage risks, issues, and interdependencies across technology and business teams
- Lead cross-functional project teams and promote effective collaboration and accountability
- Oversee project budgets, expenditure tracking, financial reporting, procurement, and vendor contracts
- Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, key performance indicators, and quality standards
- Manage supplier engagement, capacity planning, and resource alignment across engineering and testing teams
- Ensure seamless transition of projects into operational support and service management
- Maintain clear, timely, and transparent communication with stakeholders, governance forums, and steering committees
You will bring a strong blend of delivery capability, technical acumen and leadership skills, including
- Proven experience delivering medium-to-large IT projects over five years, including hybrid, agile, or waterfall environments
- Strong capability in managing risks, issues, dependencies, and financial aspects
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders without direct authority
- Experience managing infrastructure, enterprise platform, or integration-focused technology projects
- Strong vendor and supplier management skills, including contract and performance oversight
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with senior business and technology audiences
- Ability to define and measure project success metrics, quality indicators, and delivery performance
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, outcome-driven mindset
- High resilience, adaptability, and effectiveness in complex enterprise environments
- Continuous-improvement mindset focused on driving delivery excellence and enhancing practices
- Flexible working options We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
- Office perks Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
- Discounts Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
- Reward through recognition Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
- Opportunities for learning and development No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
- Paid parental leave We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
- Investment in your future Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.
We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.
We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email [email protected]
Job ID 174713
Employment Type Full time
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