Senior Project Manager

My client is looking for a Senior Project Manager to join a digital dynamic team of professionals. Using project management methodologies, you will be working closely with the team and many different branches within the customer’s organisation, as well as their international and domestic partners. You will be an important driving force within hybrid (Waterfall X Agile) environments ensuring projects are well planned out and executed successfully.

Located in the Wellington office or onsite with our customer in Upper Hutt, you will be responsible for running the day-to-day business, together with a strong service team; and help the Programme Manager and Business Development Manager in expanding all capabilities. In other words, you will secure all the capabilities through solutions and services are well integrated, configured, implemented and deployed in the customer environment.

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Your key tasks include:

• Manage hybrid (waterfall / agile) projects, under the guidance of the Programme Manager 
• Coordinating activities between the service delivery team, the customer and our headquarters
• Managing projects through KPIs, management briefings, business committee meetings etc.
• Combining your customer and business understanding with your technical insights 
• Collaborating with the Business Development Manager in sales activities, such as sales meetings, proposal writings and ensuring technical support and materials for workshops

• Can manage highly complex and agile projects together with the customer, sub-contractor and your team in a busy environment
• Are skilled in combining business insights with IT knowledge to create value for the customer
• Are outgoing, trustworthy and able to inspire the customer, the end-user, senior management and your team
• Are proactive and eager to make a difference
• Can achieve results with service delivery and software development
• Have the ability to deliver on cost, on schedule and quality
• Set the bar high and are able to constantly improve and develop yourself, your team and your surroundings
• Have a high degree of flexibility in connection with your tasks.

• You must have a clean criminal record
• You must be a New Zealand citizen or hold a Resident class visa. Your citizenship is an indicator of your loyalty to New Zealand
• Your background history must be verifiable and able to be assessed as appropriate by the NZSIS.