Senior Project Manager

Randstad Group (New Zealand); Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Group (New Zealand) in Wellington is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a contract role until the end of June 2027. You will be responsible for day-to-day project execution, creating and maintaining a master schedule with deliverables from Project Managers and Business Partners, and ensuring scope, cost, time and quality while managing risks and issues.

The role requires strong change management, stakeholder engagement, and strategic alignment, with solid project planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required.
• Experience in senior project management.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day project execution.
• Create and maintain the overall project schedule.
• Coordinate deliverables from Project Managers and Business Partners.
• Manage scope, cost, time and quality.
• Identify and manage risks and issues.

Skills

Complex organisation navigation

Change management

Delivery planning

Strategy alignment

Project planning

Education

Degree

Bachelor Degree

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Contract Role

Our client is looking to hire a Senior Project Manager who will be responsible for the day to day running of the project working closely with all stakeholders. They will create and maintain an overarching project schedule that includes deliverables from all Project Managers and Business Partners to ensure everything is being delivered while managing scope, cost, time and quality whilst also managing risks and issues. This will be a Wellington based contract role till the end of June 2027.

Skills they will bring…

• Working in and navigating a complex organisation successfully
• Sound understanding of good change management
• Aligning delivery planning and execution to strategy
• Core project management capabilities including planning and holding people to task.

Skills and attributes they will bring…

• Can quickly integrate themselves into a team and build trust and confidence to assume authority and set direction
• Can quickly build productive relationships with a wide group of stakeholders
• Can achieve success in an organisation with relatively low project management maturity
• Produces quality outputs that give trust and confidence and require little re-work
• Can maintain control of project scope.
• Can identify and prioritise what’s most important.
• Facilitation
• Strong use of experience and initiative means they don’t require constant direction
• Can operate independently and efficiently with limited project team capacity/capability
• An empathetic influencer and coach to get the best out of a small team with limited project management experience
• Naturally collaborative but decisive

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

skills

Looking to hire an experienced Project Manager

qualifications

• Degree

education

Bachelor Degree