Job Description

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.

• Take ownership of meaningful transformation that will shape the employee experience across Qantas
• Join a collaborative, high-performing People & Culture team driving enterprise change
• 12-month fixed term role based at Mascot, Sydney

The aviation sector doesn’t stand still. Challenged to adapt and change, we’ve responded by reinventing our customer experience, broadening our business and achieving what was thought impossible. This allows us to stand strong as the Qantas Group.

As the Manager Change, you will play a pivotal role in delivering large-scale change initiatives across our People & Culture portfolio. In this role, you’ll provide end-to-end change management support across complex people programs, ensuring our people are prepared, engaged and set up for success through transformation. You’ll partner closely with senior leaders, HRBPs and program teams to drive alignment, stakeholder engagement and adoption. This role requires someone who is equally comfortable operating at a strategic level while also being hands-on - rolling up your sleeves to work in the detail and deliver change outcomes end-to-end.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• 8+ years’ experience in change management roles, with a proven track record delivering complex, enterprise-wide transformation programs
• Strong experience leading people change initiatives within HR / People & Culture environments
• Highly developed stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and align senior leaders and frontline teams
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and hands-on, managing delivery end-to-end
• Experience working in complex, fast-paced and highly regulated environments is advantageous
• Strong understanding of emerging technologies, including AI, and ability to leverage these to enhance change approaches, communication and adoption
• Tertiary qualifications in Business, HR, Change Management or a related discipline
• Change management certification (Prosci, APMG or similar) highly regarded

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 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 have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including up to 18 weeks paid parental leave and additional purchased leave options.  

• 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’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 committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.

Applications close: Thursday, 9th of July 2026