Senior IT Project Manager

Job Type: Full-time, Fixed Term

Location: Melbourne, Victoria

Job Category: IT

At Development Victoria, we’re passionate about making Victoria a great place to be. We create vibrant places across our state, through diverse and strategic property development and urban renewal projects.

As the Victorian Government’s development arm, we revitalise iconic public buildings, create important community, creative and sporting facilities and repurpose public land, for all Victorians. We also build great homes and communities where people and businesses can thrive, catering for different budgets, lifestyles, and people - designed to be sustainable and affordable.

Your New Role

The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful planning, delivery and implementation of the HRIS project (

Dayforce) across the organisation. This role oversees project governance, stakeholder engagement, schedule, budget, risks and vendor engagement to ensure the implementation meets business objectives.

The Senior IT Project Manager will work closely with P&C, Payroll, IT, vendor consultants and business stakeholders to deliver a high-quality solution that supports the realisation of defined business benefits.

You’ll report to a manager with more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, specialising in project delivery and program management. Under her leadership, you’ll gain exposure to policy and process development, change management principles, and established project delivery frameworks. She is a collaborative and people‑focused leader who empowers her team to work autonomously while ensuring they feel supported, connected, and set up for success.

This role is a 12-month fixed-term hybrid opportunity, with a mix of working at our head office in Melbourne CBD and working from home - we work flexibly at Development Victoria.

Core Accountabilities

• Accountable for the end-to-end delivery of the Dayforce HRIS implementation through execution of the project phases, ensuring project remains on schedule, within budget and to agreed scope.
• Provide leadership for project team (Business Analyst, Change Manager and project SMEs) by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Develop and maintain artefacts including project plans, schedule, resource plan and RAID log.
• Monitor and report on project progress and performance through project governance structure, providing status reporting to the Steering Committee regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resource allocations for capacity planning and prioritisation.
• Develop and manage all aspects of project engagement from comprehensive planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues.
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal senior stakeholders, vendors, project team and executive sponsors.
• Facilitation of project meetings and decision-making forums
• Manage vendor performance and ensure contractual obligations and deliverables are adhered to meeting agreed acceptance criteria.
• Ensure solution quality, compliance and business readiness prior to go live.
• Support organisational change management activities for successful adoption of solution.

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About You

Desired Skills and Experience

You are a great communicator and have experience with Dayforce or a background in HR/payroll implementation. You can adhere to timelines to stay on track and ensure a smooth transition to the new HRIS system.

You’ll be part of a mid-size team, working directly with up to 10 people at any given time.

You bring experience in vendor management, ensuring communication is clear and goals are met in a timely manner. You can bring the internal team together to work effectively as one project. You can present confidently to a variety of stakeholders, both internally and externally.

Employee Benefits

• We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.
• Professional development opportunities available including;
• Study support
• Mentoring programs
• Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
• Novated leasing
• Purchase leave
• Paid parental leave
• Technology salary sacrifice
• Employee referral bonuses
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave
• Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance
• Modern onsite facilities

Application Process

• Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement, applications will not be accepted via email.
• Advert may close prior to the closure date if a high volume of applications is received - we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!
• Please note: The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made.
• At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.

Application Deadline: Please submit your application by 11:59pm,Tuesday 23 June 2026. Applications received after this date may not be considered.

If you require further information about this role, please contact Recruitment Enquiries ***email_hidden***

We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business.