Project Manager

About Brighte
Our mission is to make consumer energy resources (CER) affordable and accessible for everyone.

Brighte is building the platform to enable and accelerate the energy transition by making it affordable, easy and less risky to buy and sell energy equipment.

Our founder and CEO, Katherine McConnell, has been awarded Telstra Businesswoman of the year in 2020 as well as winning the Sustainability Crusader award at B&T's 2023 Women Leading Tech Awards. She is a passionate and humble leader who has a human first approach to business.

As a business in 2025, we have been named a AFR Sustainability Leader within the Banking and Finance category and won the inaugural Sustainability Award at the Affies in 2024!

About the Role

The Project Manager flies the flag for best-in-class experience for our partners, leveraging the tools in your tool kit to land at the sweet spot for delivery lead and trusted relationship owner. They play a key role in the collaboration that drives business growth and are the primary point of contact for the external partners and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:

• This person is key point person for those relationships
• You are on the hook for directing everyone's time and effort to the right things to achieve our business goals.
• Gather stakeholders to firm up the concept and translate it into scope of work easily understood, flex with changes in the project schedule, assess the eye raising challenges to know when to run them up the flagpole, and maintain momentum
• Create and maintain the relevant documentation required to capture the project end to end, developing a consistency that can be replicated across multiple initiatives and tasks business wide.
• You are obsessive about detail and deadlines. You are responsible for ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and on brand.

About You

• You bring solid experience within Project Management - bonus points for dabbling in climate tech, sustainability, renewables, energy efficiency, government or community programs.
• You're comfortable using AI tools in your day-to-day work, whether that's to draft, research, analyse, automate, or problem-solve faster. We're a Claude (Anthropic) shop primarily, but we welcome experience with other platforms such as ChatGPT, CoPilot, Gemini, Meta AI. We're an AI-first business, and we expect our people to be too. 
• You have a sound understanding of procurement processes, tender management, and government stakeholder dynamics
• You bring demonstrable partnerships experience; interfacing 1-1 with corporates, government and/or industry partners, particularly in the context of co-delivering a commercial project.
• You have experience managing a portfolio of accounts or programs simultaneously - this is essential to your success 
• A bring a bias for action, being a positive impact and a force for good. Lead by example in everything you do.
  
• Second-to-none interpersonal communication style, a genuine desire to understand the inner workings of all levels of the organisation, and get at the core of what is going on in other teams worlds.
  
• You know what it means to be ‘working backwards’… you are customer obsessed and motivated not to walk past pain-points you discover and look holistically when finding solutions.

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working arrangements to suit individual needs and a hybrid work model. Our office is designed for collaboration, creativity and balance between office engagement and remote flexibility. We work in office 3 days a week and 2 WFH.
• Free lunch! Yes, there is such a thing! Kickstart your week with our Monday Mingle meaning lunch on us and great company. From tacos, to sushi, to charcoal chicken, it's a delicious way to catch up, unwind and connect.
• Get social. We host a range of social activities at Brighte. A fan-favorite being our weekly Thursday social event, where you can catch up with colleagues over a drink, snack and a game of table tennis.
• We want our employees to share in Brighte’s success. You will be given an opportunity to join our Employee Share Option Plans (ESOP).
• Snacks galore – who doesn’t love that? Our thoughtfully stocked pantry includes snacks to suit your every mood. Fresh bread, protein bars, popcorn, fresh fruit, chocolate, soy crisps, cookies – you name it! We also offer a carefully curated collection of wines and beer on tap for those looking to unwind or enjoy a social moment.
• End-of-trip facilities. Cycle in to work, lock up your wheels and have a shower in our end-of-trip facilities, which come complete with towel service and hair dryers.
• Anniversary leave - your dedication at Brighte won’t go unnoticed. Enjoy an extra day to celebrate your work anniversary with us.

Towards the end of our hiring process, we require all candidates to undertake references and background checks, which include a police check, anti-money laundering and bankruptcy checks.