Senior Technical Project Manager

The Opportunity

• Location: Sydney
• Duration: Contract to December 2026, Likely Extension
• Daily Rate: $1,100 per day + Super
• Start: Immediate

An opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Technology Project Manager to join a major data centre transformation program delivering critical technology platforms that will underpin the future-state infrastructure of a large enterprise environment.

This is a highly technical delivery role focused on the implementation of a modern enterprise data protection platform and the coordination of complex migration activities across a large application estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of a new enterprise data protection platform through build, configuration, testing and operational handover.
• Coordinate migration planning activities for a large application and workload estate.
• Manage complex interdependencies across networking, infrastructure and data protection workstreams.
• Work closely with internal technical teams, vendors, architects and program stakeholders to ensure delivery milestones are achieved.
• Oversee platform readiness, testing and transition into BAU operations.
• Coordinate migration sequencing and application movement into the new data centre environment.
• Drive alignment across multiple technology teams operating within a shared resource model.
• Support cyber resilience, backup, recovery and data protection objectives across the broader transformation program.

About You

• You are a technically strong Project Manager who understands infrastructure delivery and can confidently engage with architects, engineers, platform specialists and vendors.
• You will bring experience delivering projects involving one or more of the following:
• Enterprise backup and recovery platforms
• Data protection and cyber resilience solutions
• Data centre migration programs
• Disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives
• Large-scale infrastructure transformation projects

Essential Experience

• Proven experience delivering complex technology or infrastructure projects within large enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of backup, recovery, cyber resilience and data protection concepts.
• Experience planning and coordinating migration activities across large application estates.
• Demonstrated ability to manage delivery dependencies across multiple technical workstreams.
• Experience working with vendors, architects and specialist delivery teams.
• Ability to operate effectively in technically complex environments with shared resources and competing priorities.

What to do Next?

If you're a technical Project Manager with a background in data centre migrations, data protection platforms, backup and recovery technologies, and enjoy working in complex enterprise environments, then please apply now and forward an updated resume to Reece.perkins@hays.com.au for a confidential discussion.

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