Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.
Job Description- Challenge yourself & add significant value to Qantas Group
- We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an always evolving industry
- Permanent, Full-time opportunity located Qantas Head Campus in Mascot
Today, we’re busy planning for tomorrow. We look to the future to guide the way we innovate, helping us stay relevant and responsive in an unpredictable industry. At Qantas, we represent Australia to the world. Our diverse country is known for our spirit, mateship, and a can-do attitude. We’re resilient and strong, and work hard to make sure we’ll be right.
Driving innovation, our Aircraft Project function meets the demands of the Qantas Group’s diverse aircraft portfolio, developing unique aircraft cabins, maximising the customer experience and network capability of our iconic brand. Our experience sets us apart. Our team is made up of people who understand our business inside and out, fresh faces with brand new perspectives, and experts from different fields who challenge us to do things differently.
As the Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading key aircraft project workstreams that support the Group’s major transformation programs. Working within an Agile environment, you will guide a wider change team and partner closely with multidisciplinary stakeholders to deliver complex, high value outcomes across aircraft specification, vendor selection, new product delivery, and aircraft entry into service.
You will provide leadership across the full project lifecycle, including governance, business case development, resourcing, communications, and executive‑level stakeholder management. You will also play an important role in identifying and mitigating project change impacts, developing change and communication plans, supporting business readiness, and ensuring people, process, and technology changes are clearly understood and aligned to broader program timelines.
To be successful you will have:
- Experience leading large scale, multi‑million‑dollar projects, with solid knowledge of aircraft project development and execution
- Proven ability to lead end‑to‑end project planning and deliver outcomes on time and within budget across multidisciplinary teams
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage effectively at all levels including GLT, and senior executive forums
- Demonstrated commercial and organisational awareness, including strong negotiation capability and the ability to resolve complex issues
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to make sound, evidence-based decisions under pressure
- Motivated team player with strong leadership qualities, a customer focused mindset, and the resilience to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced setting
Why Qantas?
You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.
There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time.
You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.
The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
Qantas is an equal opportunity employer, so by coming to work for us, you’ll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and people of all backgrounds to apply.
Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today.
Applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restrictions or sponsorship.
Advertising closes: Wednesday, 28 January 2026.
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