Senior Project Manager

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)

The Senior Project Manager is tasked with providing project management services across a portfolio of large projects, from initiation through to closure, including definition, approach, planning, organising and technically leading and controlling the completion of allocated projects. The Senior Project Manager ensures all contracted projects are delivered to the highest quality standard, within scope, in budget and on time. This role can be based in either our Christchurch or Wellington office. While we offer flexible working arrangements, regular in-office presence is required at least 3 days per week to support collaboration and team engagement.

What You’ll Do:

• Exceed our customers’ expectations – both external and internal!
• Manage medium to large projects through initiation to project closure to appropriate quality standards within time/cost constraints as well as meeting contractual requirements and company budget requirements.
• Manage project teams operating on complex/large projects, typically in a complex, multi-platform technical environment.
• Coordinate documentation, design, development and testing of enhancements and new development projects.
• Tailor project methodology to individual projects when needed.
• Prepare project budgets, attaining necessary approvals in a timely manner and monitoring project financials and the realisation of defined project benefits.
• Communicate project health regularly to all affected stakeholders including scope, budget, risks and issues. This includes running internal and external steering committee meetings.
• Exceed stakeholder expectations through the application of stakeholder management disciplines.

What You’ll Bring:

We are seeking a resilient and adaptable team player to manage multiple mid to large-sized projects, who can bring a dynamic element to our existing professional project management capability.

You will have:

• Self-motivation and a strong desire to deliver exceptional customer outcomes.
• Experience working on large projects in consulting or customer environment.
• Ability to build and lead collaborative project teams to achieve organisational goals and objectives.
• Broad and deep understanding of technical software development and implementation projects and related technology dependencies.
• Experience in managing AI projects is ideal, but not essential. However, adaptability and a willingness to learn and be flexible in this area is essential.
• Strong communication skills with proven experience of managing various stakeholders of all levels and the ability to tailor your conversations accordingly.
• Strong financial management practices with a clear understanding of the relationship between costs, utilisation and project revenue.
• Experience working with Agile, Staged and Waterfall methodologies is preferred. 

Why Join Us Here at Datacom?

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. We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities. We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.