Senior Project Manager

The role of the Senior Project Manager is to lead and inspire our delivery teams to achieve exceptional customer and organisational outcomes. You are expected to own your projects end to end and drive cross-functional delivery. This role involves advanced critical thinking, planning, directing and communicating to achieve the delivery of projects to satisfy business and portfolio objectives

This is a 6 months Fixed term contract role to be based at Parramatta Office

Key Accountabilities and main responsibilities

Strategic Focus

• Lead and inspire project teams to define and deliver complex and large projects (up to $10 million) across the entire lifecycle while being cognizant of the complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value
• Build strong relationships and actively collaborate across functions to support the achievement of objectives with clear and upfront mutual expectations, including with business customers.

Operational Management

• Demonstrate proactive and modern ways of working using tools and techniques to achieve high productivity within a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Define project scope, success criteria and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, accurately interpreting ideas, information and needs
• Implement effective governance for project tracking and reporting to ensure timely and appropriate decision making.
• Proactively manage variance and change requests within control mechanisms
• Plan, control and monitor costs and outcomes to ensure they meet financial objectives.

People Leadership

• Engage/inspire the project team, delegating appropriately, providing clarity, direction and attention, and maintaining a collegiate and productive work environment while holding the team accountable to meet commitments.

Governance & Risk

• Comply to broader organisational governance requirements for reporting and tracking purposes
• Manage Risks and Issues with documentation, to ensure achievement of the best outcomes possible.

Experience & Personal Attributes

• 12+ years’ experience in project management of large and complex projects/programs
• Experienced within financial services, preferably (non-essential) in superannuation, wealth and/or insurance.
• Highly developed skills in planning, risk & issue management, stakeholder management and governance
• Strong core PM disciplines - time, cost, scope and quality
• Proactive and dynamic leadership skills and capability to lead multiple teams across diverse platforms
• Excellent organisational skills - can quickly and effectively mobilise time, budget and resources (clients and project team members) to meet requirements
• Excellent, clear and precise written communication and formal documentation
• Ability to build rapport, credibly and effectively at all levels.