Project Manager

PLEASE NOTE - THIS ROLE REQUIRES YOU TO BE BASED IN SYDNEY AND HAVE FULL WORKING RIGHTS

Daily rate: $850-1000 inc super
Duration: 6 months initially
Start: ASAP
Location: Sydney (remote working - occasional visit to office)

Client:

Our client is an established Australian Financial Services organisation, looking for a Project Manager who will lead the deployment of a new integrated test environment

Responsibilities:

- Delivery - Manage projects from initiation through to closure, to ensure that projects are appropriately structured to achieve the maximum chance of success (time, budget, scope, quality). Ensure efficient and timely monitoring and reporting to required stakeholders.
- Financial Management - Manage the preparation of project cost estimates for gating submission/funding approval, and subsequently manage and report project delivery against agreed costs, to; maximise operational efficiency, optimise the cost / benefits of resource mix, forecast and manage the cost impacts of scope change.
- Benefit Management -Monitor benefits against what was predicted in the business case and ensure all participants are informed and involved throughout the change programme. Awareness of dependences between the project and its benefits and actively managing these in liaison with the impacted business units.
- Stakeholder management - Engage, inform and negotiate with stakeholders, particularly the sponsor, business owner, impacted business units, vendors and parties responsible for the services after project completion, to identify, manage and monitor compliance with reform obligations.
- Project Governance - Adherence to business delivery methodology and governance framework to ensure stakeholders have a clear understanding of their role and that the required decision making and escalation processes are in place to help achieve the required outcomes.
- Partner and vendor management - Manage vendors to deliver solutions for the project to ensure adherence to schedule, quality outcomes, cost effectiveness,



appropriate risk management and seamless integration with other project delivery streams, including:
- Define (in consultation with the legal team where appropriate) the commercial framework/terms;
- Monitor and report progress and performance against agreed deliverables and quality and performance expectations;
- Manage contractual performance and quality, ensuring project requirements are met effectively/efficiently and problems are managed and escalated when required.
- Risk and Issue Management - Effectively manage risks and issues by identifying and documenting risks and issues to projects and developing effective mitigation/management strategies according to business risk framework by:
- Leading and managing the identification of risks and impacts associated with project delivery.
- Managing and leading the development of risk mitigation plans
- Facilitating informed risk management decisions by reporting and communicating risk assessments and plans to the necessary stakeholders
- Direct the identification, monitoring, reporting and escalation of issues and/or problems associated project delivery, including challenging and influencing stakeholders as required to enable the achievement of project deliverables and benefits.
- Lead, mentor and guide project team members to:
- Ensure that resources are optimally utilised.
- Build capability across the business on methods, techniques, and approaches to project management.

Your experience

- Project Management Certification e.g. PMI/Prince 2 Certification or equivalent Scrum master/Agile certification
- Required experience, understanding or credentials including:




- 5+ years demonstrated experience successfully leading technical projects with budgets in excess of $2m.
- Planning, leading, managing and motivating multi-disciplinary project delivery teams, applying best practice project management methodologies, managing both internal and external (contractors and vendors) to achieve outstanding results.
- Working through detailed "project" level delivery where required based on the needs of the project/team/organisation.
- Managing financial and performance analysis with extensive project reporting.
- Highly developed strategic, analytical, problem solving, issues management and evaluation skills to deliver innovative solutions with a robust eye to detail whilst keeping the big picture in view
- Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, consultation, negotiation and reporting/presentation skills, including the ability to influence people at all levels, and foster and maintain collaborative working relationships both within and outside the organisation
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills that demonstrate a proven record of success in influencing and negotiating with multiple stakeholders to manage and resolve complex issues and disputes and management of diverse stakeholder expectations
- Proven ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and priorities workloads
- Desired experience, understanding or credentials including:
- Experience with set up of end-to-end test environments.
- Expert knowledge of system integration with upstream and downstream systems, and developing plans for embedment and ongoing maintenance of technical deployments.
- Experience working with technology and business processes in large enterprises
- Knowledge of business continuity management, disaster recovery and risk management with a risk control mindset
- Sound governance methodology with documenting decisions and framework

Please submit your CV asap and I will get back to you with more details if suitable.

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📌 Project Manager (Sydney)
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