Senior Project Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

Flexi-hours

Professional development

Social events

Job summary

Datacom Connect is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large, complex technology initiatives from initiation to closure in Wellington, New Zealand. You will own planning, delivery, financial performance and stakeholder engagement to ensure contracted outcomes are met on scope, budget and timeframes.

You will collaborate with customers, vendors and Datacom service lines, manage teams across multi-platform environments, and focus on delivering value while controlling risks and costs.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of experience in Information Technology and five+ years in Project Management.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring project teams on large multi-platform projects.
• Experience managing customer and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Experience liaising with third-party vendors.
• Strong understanding of PM disciplines: scope, time, cost, quality, communications, risk, procurement, integration.
• Strong financial and commercial capability: budgeting, forecasting, tracking.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex technology projects from initiation to closure, ensuring delivery meets scope, quality, budget, timelines and contracts.
• Develop effective project plans and delivery approaches, including resource planning and scheduling.
• Build and lead collaborative project teams across design, development, documentation and testing.
• Own project financial management: budgeting, forecasting, approvals, variance analysis and benefits realization.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, scope changes, vendors and stakeholder expectations.
• Handover to business-as-usual support and identify opportunities to improve delivery and reduce costs.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Leadership

Budgeting & forecasting

Risk management

Communication

Negotiation

PM certification

Job description

Our Why

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.

About the role (your why)

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead large and complex technology projects from initiation through to successful closure. You will take ownership of project planning, delivery, financial performance and stakeholder engagement, ensuring contracted outcomes are delivered to a high quality, within scope, budget and agreed timeframes. Working across complex, multi-platform technical environments, you will bring together project teams, customers, vendors and other stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Lead large, complex technology projects from initiation to closure, ensuring delivery meets agreed scope, quality, budget, timelines and contractual requirements.
• Establish effective project plans and delivery approaches, including resource planning, scheduling, project methodology and management of technical dependencies.
• Build and lead collaborative project teams, providing clear direction and coordinating design, development, documentation and testing activities.
• Own project financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, approvals, variance analysis and monitoring the realisation of defined project benefits.
• Proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, scope changes, vendors and stakeholder expectations, escalating with a solution-focused approach where required.
• Manage effective project handover into business-as-usual support and work with customers and Datacom service lines to identify opportunities to improve delivery, reduce costs and add value.

What You'll Bring

• At least five years' experience in Information Technology and at least five years' experience in Project Management.
• Demonstrable experience leading and mentoring project teams and managing complex, large-scale projects within multi-platform technical environments.
• Proven experience managing customer and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Experience liaising with and, where required, managing third-party vendors.
• Strong understanding and practical application of project management disciplines, including scope, time, cost, quality, communications, risk, procurement and integration.
• Strong financial and commercial capability, including cost estimation, project budgeting, forecasting, tracking and reporting.
• Broad understanding of technical infrastructure projects and related technology dependencies.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, influencing, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to build productive relationships with customers, stakeholders and project teams.
• Project Management, PRINCE2 or PMI certification.
• Experience working within a Tier 2 service provider environment.

Culture and Benefits

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.