Project Lead

Join the team shaping the future of Australia’s game

This is your chance to do work that has real impact, in an organisation that moves fast, aims high and plays a meaningful role in the lives of millions across the country through football. Every role at the AFL helps progress the game, so more people can love it, connect with it and see what is possible through it.

At Marvel Stadium, that impact extends to one of Australia’s leading sports and entertainment venues. From AFL match days to concerts, international sport, major events, functions and precinct experiences, your work helps bring millions of patrons together and deliver memorable moments in the heart of Melbourne.

The opportunity

The Project Lead will play a pivotal role in leading cross-functional projects across Marvel Stadium and AFL premium business operations, driving initiatives focused on improving fan experience, commercial performance and operational efficiency.

This is not a large-scale program delivery or deeply technical role. This role is about driving meaningful change through people. You’ll partner closely with teams across the organisation to shape how work gets done – facilitating, partnering and supporting them to adopt new approaches, improve processes and embed better ways of working. Your success will come from building trust, influencing outcomes and helping others make change stick. This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.

What you'll own

• Lead cross-functional projects: Focusing on people-first delivery (not technical delivery), you’ll work across stadium operations, membership, ticketing and commercial teams, bringing people together, navigating differing views and support teams to move from idea to action. Your focus will be on ensuring changes are understood, adopted and embedded.
• Lead the Marvel Stadium technology roadmap: Working in close partnership with technical teams and stakeholders, you’ll help prioritise initiatives, clarify intent, and ensure decisions are grounded in real user and team needs. Your role isn’t to design technical solutions, but to create alignment, cut through complexity, and keep progress moving through strong communication and coordination.
• Enable and optimise team performance: You’ll work directly with teams to improve how they operate by removing friction, strengthening ways of working, and building capability over time. Through facilitation, coaching, and day-to-day partnering, you’ll help teams adopt more effective practices and continuously improve. Success in this space comes from understanding people, not just processes.

The ideal candidate

• You’re a strong communicator and facilitator, comfortable bringing people together, navigating different perspectives, and building alignment without relying on authority.
• You have experience leading projects and are comfortable applying core project management fundamentals including planning, prioritisation, stakeholder engagement, and keeping work on track.
• You’re able to confidently engage with technical teams, understanding enough to ask the right questions, translate concepts, and support decision-making. You don’t need to design or deliver technical solutions yourself, but you can bridge the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders, helping ensure alignment, clarity, and progress.
• You enjoy being hands-on, rolling up your sleeves to move things forward rather than sitting above the work.
• You’re solutions-focused, able to spot opportunities for improvement and turn them into practical, achievable actions.
• You’ll have commercial and analytical capability, with experience translating data and insights into actionable reporting and operational outcomes.
• You’re comfortable working in environments that are less structured, where progress comes from initiative, collaboration, and influencing outcomes rather than formal governance.
• Experience working with operational and reporting platforms is advantageous.
• Exposure to stadium, membership, events or live sporting environments highly regarded.

Why you'll love being on our team

At the AFL, you will be part of a values-led team that aims high, backs each other and brings energy, care and integrity to work that matters. This is a place where people play to win, play as one team and play with passion, while always staying grounded in fairness, inclusion and respect. We work hard, support each other and create the conditions for our people to grow, perform and thrive.

What you can look forward to:

• Play The Day Your Way, our flexible approach to working life, built to support you on game day and every day
• My Development, with coaching, mentoring, on-the-job learning and formal development to help you keep building your game
• Play Well, our health and wellbeing programme designed to support a healthy body, healthy mind and healthy workplace
• My Benefits, giving you access to a range of partner offers and discounts through our AFL Corporate Partners
• AFL Silver Memberships for permanent team members, so you can enjoy the action at Marvel Stadium and the MCG with family and friends
• 6 months paid primary parental leave with no qualification period for permanent team members

Everyone has a place here

Our game brings people together, and we want our workplace to do the same.

We are committed to building a culture of belonging and an environment where people feel respected, included and able to thrive, and where diversity of background, experience and perspective makes us stronger.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

Whether you're a footy fan or new to our game, we welcome everyone to apply. We know great candidates don't always tick every box – if this role excites you, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description.

The AFL is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our care. Please note, we undertake several screening processes to ensure this commitment is upheld, this includes ensuring the successful candidate to this position holds a valid employee Working with Children/ Vulnerable People check and a satisfactory criminal history record check.

Ready to play your part?

Applications close 10 July 2026