Senior Project Manager
Job Title: Senior Project Manager
GCL: E
Introduction to role
Are you ready to lead a major project valued at over $2M within the Digital Workplace portfolio? You will collaborate with the Director of ETS Global Delivery, Digital Workplace team, and guide a project team from initiation to close. Your mission is to deliver effective solutions that meet approved customer and business needs while adhering to budget, schedule, quality, and compliance standards. You will focus on Risk Management and delivering business benefits, following established project management standards and chipping in to the development of our project management capability.
Accountabilities
Agree and deliver plans for projects/programmes, including activities, resources, costs, roles, responsibilities, and quality as defined in the IT Project Management Methodology (ADF).
Lead project/programme budgets, forecasts, tasks, schedules, risks, organisational change, and status to support effective decisions and project reporting to collaborators and review boards.
Coordinate status and delivery of project workstreams. Identify/lead dependencies between projects (intra-program and across portfolio).
Assure/develop service transition plans to ensure project-delivered solutions are sustainable within a BAU operations environment, including controlled hand-over into operational support.
Be a great partner with key business collaborators to ensure the effective capturing of business requirements and commitment to project/program objectives.
Ensure effective risks & issues management processes are in place and optimally used. Resolve problems and call out as appropriate.
Build a cohesive project team and provide the leadership vital to improve the team’s success. Provide individual mentor and development of team members as needed.
Lead changes to project/programme scope, ensuring that all impacts and changes are approved and appropriately communicated to collaborators and review boards.
Develop service transition plans including controlled hand-over into support and maintenance.
Ensure the project team adheres to all standards including ADF, quality, and compliance, as well as processes, defined technical capabilities, and standard methodologies. Establish program governance and lead Decision Point reviews; member Steering Committee.
Ensure expected benefits realization is consistent with project work and clearly understood by collaborators and project team.
Support continued development of a best-in-class centre of excellence for project management capabilities and ensure that standard methodology is adopted and reinforced.
- Typical project cost in the range of $100k - $1m, with a project team of up to 12 people.
Effectively collaborate with:
Supplier Management function to lead delivery of small to medium-sized supplier contracts
Internal and External Suppliers to ensure delivery of agreed products and services while ensuring alignment to AZ project delivery standards
Key business collaborators to ensure the effective capturing of business requirements and commitment to project/programme objectives
Essential Skills/Experience
Strong Project and Programme Leadership Skills
Confirmed problem-solving capabilities
A capable knowledge of Financial Management and Benefits Delivery practices
Broad understanding of IT systems and technology implemented within a business context
Good communication, relationship, and consulting skills
Knowledge and experience with internal and external suppliers and solutions
Keen understanding of business operations with consideration for external factors
Experience with project management and delivery methodologies and standards
Technical or Business Degree or relevant demonstrable experience
Demonstrable skills and experience managing and controlling project budgets
Experience leading and developing project teams with a diverse blend of skills and capabilities
Evidence of shaping innovative solutions that have a major impact within the business area and organisation
24+ months of confirmed relevant experience as an Associate PM or equivalent role
Desirable Skills/Experience
Strong leadership skills
Agile, Lean & Six Sigma Skills
Master’s degree or equivalent experience
Project/Programme Management certifications
Experience working in a global organization where collaborators and project team members are geographically dispersed
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