Project Manager

Shura; Australia; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Opportunity to work with industry professionals

Job summary

A leading consultancy in Australia is seeking a Project Manager to lead initiatives in enhancing cyber awareness and resilience. The role involves managing multi-disciplinary teams and delivering projects with traditional and Agile methodologies. The ideal candidate has proven project management skills and must have an active NV1 clearance or the ability to obtain one. Flexible work arrangements are available with regular travel to Canberra required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated successful delivery of enterprise platforms or major network deployments.
• Experience leading project delivery in organizations using Dev Ops or SAFE agile.
• Must have an active NV1 clearance or ability to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects focused on enhancing Australia's cyber capability.
• Manage a multi-disciplinary team to achieve planned benefits and outcomes.
• Engage with a broad range of stakeholders across the organization.

Skills

Project initiation

Stakeholder management and engagement

Team Leadership

Problem solving

Clear documentation of Project Artefacts

Job description

Contract extensions 2x 12 months - subject to funds availability and Organisational Suitability Assessment.

• Are you interested in the world of cyber and have a passion for developing enterprise wide solutions?

• This is a unique opportunity to contribute to building Australia’s cyber awareness and resilience.

Working as part of large collaborative team, Project Managers will be responsible for leading complex and dynamic pieces of work which will be focused on continuing to develop the capability of the Defence Client, and to support its mission of improving cyber awareness and Australia the safest country in the world to conduct business on-line. The work typically involves managing a multi-disciplinary team to plan and build a range of contemporary products that enable the Agency to deploy the appropriate capability to ensure that Australia remains at the forefront of cyber technology and is resilient to the increasing threat posed on our national security. Evidence of previous projects will support your core project management skills. Key capabilities for our project managers include demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to engage with a broad range of stakeholders across the organisation; the capacity to report to the executive; ability to manage and be accountable for project finances, and deliver results against the planned benefits and outcomes. Ideally you will have experience working in environments that use structured Agile and Dev Ops delivery methodologies as well as the more traditional waterfall approaches.

In return, our client will offer you a flexible work environment, the opportunity to significantly contribute to future initiatives in the cyber technology arena and to work with industry professionals in your sector.

Interstate applicants are encouraged to apply for this role. The Agency will consider and negotiate remote working arrangements on a case by case basis. Applicants should note that there will still be a requirement for regular travel to Canberra for key team, stakeholder and organisational events.

Selection criteria

1. Demonstrated successful delivery of one or more of the following:

• On premise, cloud or hybrid Enterprise platforms
• Major Network deployments
• Big Data solutions either on premise or in the Cloud
• Contact centre solutions
• Internet and/or intranet web sites
• ICT Outsourcing/strategic partner engagement

2. Able to demonstrate project management core skills:

• Project initiation
• Project planning, resource planning and cost estimation
• Managing Project Governance
• Risk and issue Management
• Project Financial Management
• Problem solving
• Managing the lifecycle of the project

3. Able to demonstrate project management communication and leadership skills including:

• Stakeholder management and engagement
• Team Leadership
• Board briefings
• Clear documentation of Project Artefacts
• Collaborative and Collegiate style

Demonstrated experience leading project delivery in an Organisation using Dev Ops or SAFE agile.

Demonstrated experience as a scrum master.

Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following:

• Transition in and/or transition out of outsourced arrangements
• Implementation of service delivery and service management
• Implementation of ongoing sustainment arrangements

You must have an active NV1 clearance or ability to obtain.

If this sounds like you, please contact Zunaeed Kamal at [e-mail] or call 02 5111 0900.