IAM / Microsoft Entra ID Project Manager - Contract - Melbourne

Role Summary

The Project Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale Identity and Access Management (IAM) transformation program, leading the transition from a legacy identity platform to Microsoft Entra ID. The role will oversee project governance, stakeholder engagement, delivery assurance, risk management, migration planning, and successful transition into business-as-usual operations.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead overall project planning, execution, governance and reporting activities.

· Manage project scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, risks and issues.

· Establish and maintain governance forums, steering committees and project reporting mechanisms.

· Coordinate business, technology, security, infrastructure and vendor teams.

· Manage stakeholder engagement across executive, business and technical audiences.

· Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones and delivery roadmaps.

· Oversee discovery, architecture, implementation, migration, testing, cutover and hypercare workstreams.

· Ensure delivery quality, compliance with organizational standards and achievement of agreed project outcomes.

· Facilitate decision-making, risk mitigation and issue resolution.

· Manage transition readiness, operational handover and project closure activities.

· Drive proactive communication and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Experience

· 10+ years of project management experience delivering enterprise technology transformation programs.

· Proven experience managing Identity and Access Management (IAM) or cybersecurity projects.

· Experience delivering cloud transformation, digital identity or Microsoft technology initiatives.

· Strong experience managing multi-vendor and cross-functional delivery teams.

· Demonstrated success in stakeholder management at executive and operational levels.

· Experience in complex enterprise environments with large-scale application and user migrations.

Technical Knowledge

· Identity and Access Management concepts.

· Microsoft Entra ID / Azure Active Directory.

· Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).

· Single Sign-On (SSO), MFA and Conditional Access.

· Hybrid identity environments.

· Project governance and risk management frameworks.

Preferred Certifications

· PMP

· PRINCE2 Practitioner

· Agile Project Management Certification

· MSP (Managing Successful Programmes)

· ITIL Foundation or above