Project Manager

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My client is a large Government Department based in Sydney's inner suburbs and currently has a requirement for a Project Manager to come on board for an initial 12 month period to assist in the delivery of a large applications based program which they are rolling out across the organisation. The key to this role is strong vendor management skills as this is a major component of this role and critical to it's success.

The successful incumbent will have excellent communication and time management skills along with a pragmatic approach to problem solving and the ability to work as part of a team.

Key requirements:

• Business focused senior PM able to manage application and business process projects from requirements to successful implementation
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Excellent, mature stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated experience in delivering IT / business transformation projects where standardisation and excellent results have been required and achieved
• Manage the planning and delivery of complex strategic projects, this must include delivery of software development
• Strong release management experience in complex technical environments across multiple test landscapes and phases (i.e. Solution Testing, Integration Testing, Performance testing, User Acceptance Testing and Regression Testing) and into production.
• Manage entire project teams to ensure that the project outcomes are achieved
• Develop and implement project management plans to ensure the success of the project
• Regularly communicate with key senior stakeholders to ensure the identification and tracking of project objectives
• Prepare and present project status reports and communicate project updates to inform decision making at the senior level
• Balance competing demands to ensure projects objectives are achieved
• Manage effective teams and relationships with diverse stakeholders including business and ITD
• Lead and facilitate productive discussions with all stakeholders
• Take responsibility for delivering on intended outcomes
• Monitor the completion of project milestones against goals and initiate amendments where necessary
• Responsible for the management of project finances including budget formation, forecasting and reporting up to 5 million dollars
• Actively identify, manage and escalate risks, issues and dependencies to program leadership
• Ensure solutions are aligned with Department architectural guidelines
• Demonstrated experience in managing external vendors
• Co-ordinate with business as usual teams to ensure the support model and process are well defined and that the solution is transitioned successfully
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint skills
• PRINCE2 Methodology certification or equivalent awareness/experience

Experience in delivering BOTH business and ICT projects, a technical background in IT especially software development, would be highly regarded.

If you have the required skills and experience and have a proven track record delivering large applications based projects, please apply online [email protected] or via telephone (02) 8235 3322.

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