Senior Data Centre Project Lead – Infrastructure Delivery

Datacom; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning & development

Future skills training

Recognition programs

Employee discounts

Meaningful work

Job summary

Datacom is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead large, complex data centre and infrastructure initiatives from initiation through closure. You will shape delivery approaches, coordinate resources, manage budgets and ensure governance, quality and timely handovers to operations.

You will engage with senior stakeholders, vendors and cross-functional teams, ensuring disciplined delivery and a smooth transition to BAU support while maintaining strong reporting and financial oversight.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large or complex technical infrastructure projects.
• Broad understanding of infrastructure technologies and their dependencies.
• Strong project management across scope, time, cost, quality, communications, risk, procurement and integration.
• Proven customer and senior stakeholder management experience, including third-party vendors.
• Strong financial literacy, including cost estimation, forecasting, budget tracking and reporting.
• Effective leadership, negotiation, influencing, problem-solving and dispute resolution skills.
• A relevant bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Science, Engineering, Economics or related discipline.
• Project Management, PRINCE2, PMI or Agile certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex data centre and infrastructure projects through the full project lifecycle.
• Define delivery approaches, plans, schedules, resources and governance to support successful outcomes.
• Manage scope, budget, quality, risks, issues, dependencies and change across concurrent workstreams.
• Build and guide collaborative project teams in complex, multi-platform environments.
• Coordinate design, documentation, development, testing and implementation activities.
• Maintain clear reporting and strong relationships with customers, senior stakeholders and delivery partners.
• Manage project financials, including forecasting, budget tracking, variance analysis and benefits realisation.
• Develop and manage vendor agreements and third-party relationships that support delivery.
• Plan and oversee the handover of completed projects into operational support.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial literacy

Vendor management

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Science, Engineering, Economics or related discipline

Tools

PRINCE2

PMI

Agile certification

Job description

Datacom is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead large, complex data centre and infrastructure initiatives from initiation through closure. You will shape delivery approaches, coordinate resources, manage budgets and ensure governance, quality and timely handovers to operations.

You will engage with senior stakeholders, vendors and cross-functional teams, ensuring disciplined delivery and a smooth transition to BAU support while maintaining strong reporting and financial oversight.