About the Company

One of Australia’s leading, well-established financial services and specialty insurers is undertaking a major technology modernisation program to support strategic growth and market expansion. Renowned for its collaborative, member-first culture, this organisation offers the perfect balance of a supportive internal environment and the scale of a major enterprise. For a seasoned Technical Project Manager, this is a brilliant opportunity to take ownership of a high-visibility transformation project.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a heavyweight Contract Technical Project Manager to take end-to-end delivery ownership of a business-critical Core Enterprise Insurance Platform Upgrade.

The current core policy and claims administration platform is reaching the end of its support lifecycle, making this upgrade the business's top technical priority. Rather than a standard migration, a significant focus of this 12-month program involves identifying and unwinding extensive legacy system customizations to transition the business back to a standard, out-of-the-box model.

• Rate: Premium market daily rate (Dependent on experience)
• Term: Initial 6-month contract with a view to extend across the 12-month program lifecycle
• Location: Hybrid model with key stakeholders based across Sydney and Melbourne offices

What You'll Do

You won't just be checking off timeline milestones from a distance; you will be the central driving force navigating a highly complex, multi-million-dollar technology ecosystem. This role requires you to dive deep into a multi-layered delivery structure, managing intense interdependencies across global software vendors, external Systems Integrators (SIs), and internal cross-functional business units. Because this program involves unwinding extensive, deeply embedded legacy workflows, you will be bridging the gap between deep technical code and real-world business operations, ensuring that a long-tenured workforce is safely and successfully brought along for the ride.

• Drive Vendor Accountability: Take full ownership of the SI relationship, establishing clear deliverables, roles, and responsibilities across all third-party delivery partners.
• Lead Business Readiness: Work hand-in-hand with Change Managers to map operational impacts, ensuring a smooth transition for a long-tenured workforce adapting to modernised workflows.
• Senior Stakeholder Management: Serve as the trusted, transparent voice of the project for the SteerCo and Executive leadership, delivering clear risk mitigation strategies.
• Cross-Location Coordination: Seamlessly manage project delivery across geographically split technical and commercial business teams.

What You'll Bring

We are looking for a highly articulate, authoritative yet empathetic leader who can walk into a room of senior executives or technical engineers and instantly command respect. You don't lead with a heavy hand, but rather through a pragmatic approach, possessing the confidence to handle difficult vendor conversations, and hold delivery partners fiercely accountable, while entirely respecting a collaborative, consensus-led corporate culture. You carry a deep curiosity for how complex systems piece together and the resilience required to untangle decade-old legacy processes without disrupting live production environments.

• Senior Technical PM Background: 10+ years of experience leading large-scale, high-value enterprise platform implementations or upgrades within live production environments.
• Core Insurance Domain Knowledge: Deep familiarity with Tier-1 core insurance, claims, or policy administration platforms is highly regarded.
• Robust Vendor Management: Proven capability in managing large-scale Systems Integrators and software vendors.
• Strong Change Literacy: A holistic approach to project delivery that prioritises business readiness, process mapping, and user adoption alongside the technical deployment.

Not sure if you meet these requirements? Please apply - we are happy to discuss your individual circumstances.