Company Description
Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long‐term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders.
Closing date: 28th April 2026
Job Description
The Sr Project Manager is responsible for working with project stakeholders & vendors to deliver successful project outcomes by initiating, planning, leading and managing projects to deliver business solutions. The role requires monitoring and regular reporting on project progress in line with the Rest Project Management Framework.
Key Accountabilities
* Define and maintain environment strategy for Jira and Confluence
* Establish and enforce environment governance standards, naming conventions, and controls
* Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and platform strategy
* Oversee Jira configuration and standardisation across environments
* Govern and maintain:
o Projects, workflows, issue types, and schemes
o Custom fields and field configurations
o Permissions and role‐based access models
* Ensure consistency of configurations across environments
* Manage Jira upgrades, feature enablement, and configuration changes
* Control project creation and prevent sprawl through governance processes
* Optimise Jira performance, indexing, and system health
* Support Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban) and enterprise delivery models
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
* Project Management Certification e.g. PMI/Prince 2 (optional)
* Relevant Agile certification
Key Skills & Experience
* Strong experience with Jira administration and governance
* Experience managing Confluence in enterprise environments
* Deep understanding of Jira configurations (workflows, schemes, permissions)
* Experience with release management and Jira integrations
Additional Information
Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:
* Personal and professional development opportunities
* Hybrid working
* Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave
* Super Contribution Continuation for 12 months of parental leave
* Linkedin Learning
* Income Protection Insurance
* Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest's values and behaviours)
* Rest Stops – meeting free breaks
Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion – where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.
We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.
Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.
*Funds under management as at 31 July 2025. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.
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