14 Oct
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Whizdom
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Sydney
Job Description
ServiceNow Project Manager n
Location – Anywhere in Australia n
Clearance – Baselinen
Duration – 6 months with possible extensionn
About the Client n
nOur client is a leading Australian technology consulting and managed services organisation that helps businesses and government agencies deliver complex digital transformation initiatives. With a solid national presence and a broad portfolio of advisory, cloud, data, integration, enterprise applications, cybersecurity, and managed services capabilities, the organisation partners with customers to modernise operations, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.n
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About the role n
nWe are seeking a hands-on, customer-focused Project Manager to join our ServiceNow Practice and lead the delivery of ServiceNow and related business application projects.n
nThis role is suited to a mid-level or senior Project Manager who can independently manage customer engagements from initiation through to completion. You will be accountable for customer-facing project management, structured governance, sprint-based delivery, project financials, contractual commitments and commercial outcomes.n
Key Responsibilities n
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- Act as the primary project-management contact for assigned customer engagements.
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- Manage projects from initiation through planning, delivery, acceptance, closure and handover.
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- Establish clear and constructive relationships with customer stakeholders, delivery teams and internal stakeholders.
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- Manage customer expectations and maintain alignment between customer priorities, delivery plans and contractual commitments.
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- Provide clear, accurate and timely reporting on project health, progress, risks, issues, finances and decisions.
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- Facilitate customer governance forums and ensure actions, decisions and escalations are appropriately recorded and managed.
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- Manage one or more customer engagements concurrently, depending on project size, complexity and delivery requirements.
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- Balance competing customer priorities,
delivery dependencies and internal resource requirements across assigned engagements.
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The Successful Candidate n
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- Mid-level or higher experience managing technology projects from initiation through to completion.
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- Demonstrated experience managing customer-facing technology or business application projects.
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- Experience independently managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies and customer expectations.
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- Demonstrated experience managing projects within a contractual delivery environment.
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- Experience managing delivery against agreed scope, deliverables, milestones, assumptions, acceptance criteria and commercial commitments.
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- Experience delivering projects under time-and-materials, fixed-price or deliverables-based commercial models.
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- Practical experience leading formal scope control, change requests or contract variations.
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- Ability to assess and clearly communicate the effort, cost, schedule, resource and delivery impacts of proposed changes.
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- Strong commercial judgement and the ability to identify contractual and financial risks early.
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- Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, forecasts, burn rates and financial reporting.
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- Experience maintaining accurate project and financial information in internal project-management tools.
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- Practical experience applying PRINCE2 or comparable structured project-governance principles.
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- Demonstrated experience working in agile or hybrid delivery environments.
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- Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, showcases or reviews, retrospectives and stand-ups.
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- Experience coordinating backlog refinement and maintaining alignment between backlog items,
project scope and contractual deliverables.
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- Ability to lead multidisciplinary delivery teams and manage blockers, dependencies and competing priorities.
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- Proven ability to conduct constructive customer conversations concerning scope boundaries, delivery impacts, contractual commitments and commercial implications.
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- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including clear project-status and governance reporting.
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- Ability to manage one or more customer engagements concurrently while maintaining effective customer, delivery, financial and commercial control.
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- Comfortable operating as a hands-on Project Manager who remains close to day-to-day delivery.
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Desirable n
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- Experience delivering ServiceNow projects.
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- Experience delivering business application projects using enterprise CRM or workflow platforms, such as:n n
- ServiceNow
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- Microsoft Dynamics 365
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- Salesforce
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- Comparable enterprise business application, CRM or workflow platforms
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- Experience delivering projects for Australian Government or regulated customers.
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- Experience applying ServiceNow Now Create or another structured platform-delivery methodology.
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- Experience coordinating testing, customer acceptance, showcases, releases and project handover.
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- NV1 or higher Australian Government security clearance.
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Certifications n
nOne or more of the following will be highly regarded:n
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- PRINCE2 or PRINCE2 Agile
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- Scrum Master certification or equivalent agile delivery certification
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- SAFe certification
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- PMP or an equivalent project-management certification
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- ServiceNow Micro-Certification, Agile Development 2.0 Simulator
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- Other relevant project delivery, governance or commercial-management certifications
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ServiceNow technical certifications are not required. A practical understanding of platform-based delivery, Scrum delivery, governance and contractual project management is more important than hands-on platform configuration.n
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📌 ServiceNow Project Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Whizdom
📍 Sydney