Senior Project Manager

• Be part of a high performing team
• Location: Sydney
• Initial 6 months contract

The opportunity

The role will plan and manage end–to-end of large sized programs/projects of high complexity, with a high level of risk and with significant business criticality. The role will ensure program/project results contribute positive business value and meet agreed scope, cost, schedule and quality objectives utilizing multiple delivery approaches including Agile. It will maintain the overall integrity and coherence of the program, with strong management of inter-dependencies including oversight of any risks and issues arising. It includes the co-ordination of new capability for the business to enable effective change and realization of projected benefits. 

Description of division and business unit

The S&I Business Programs function is the project delivery business unit servicing the Super and Investment business, accountable to design, deliver and manage innovate solutions that meet the current and future needs of our customers. 

About the role:

• Strong team leadership and ability to instil a vision for the program, creating a motivating environment and building a team culture with focus on ownership, delivery and collaboration across business and IT
• Contemporary project management skills, including strong planning with an ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines, manage dependencies, assumptions, risks and issues and instil stakeholder confidence
• distributed teams 
• Ability to establish effective project governance and controls to deliver quality outcomes
• Strong commercial focus and business judgement with the ability to drive programme budget efficiencies
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills, demonstrating ability to maintain effective relationships, ensure project is aligned to business objectives and negotiate trade-offs between business need and project do-ability
• Delivering effective communications tailored for different audiences at all levels
• Strong Vendor management 
• Ability to proactively anticipate and resolve problems/roadblocks and maintain delivery momentum
• Ability to understand Technology and translate them to financial terms
• Identification and implementation of mitigating controls with consideration of associated costs and benefits to allow the business to make informed risk and control management decisions
• Experience in delivering financial transformation projects is desirable 
• Experience in working in both Agile and Waterfall delivery environments is desirable
• Excellent collaboration with other Streams within the Service-X Program to ensure dependencies are proactively managed

Job specific capabilities required:

• A self-motivator who takes end-to-end accountability to drive the right outcome 
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment 
• Comfortable dealing with constant changes in the operating environment 
• A relentless focus on execution 
• Demonstrated strong presentation and stakeholder management skills 
• Demonstrated highly developed oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact with all levels 
• Ability to collaborate with, build rapport and gain the trust of stakeholders throughout the organisation in the interest of advancing security awareness. 
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical and business team to drive outcomes in a matrix management environment 
• Highly developed presentation and persuasive skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to provide direct management and peer mentoring and support

About you:

• Demonstrate an excellent level of competency in the following:
  • Enterprise strategy and planning
  • Requirements definition and management
  • Enterprise and business architecture
  • Human Centered Design
  • Change Management
  • Systems Development
  • Testing
  • Benefits Management
• Tertiary qualifications in business, project management or related discipline
• Project Management Certification (highly desirable) 

Working at AMP

We are transforming our business. We are looking for people with courage, accountability and integrity who inspire the same in others. If you are comfortable challenging the status-quo and perform at your best in an evolving and complex environment - we need you.

Wellbeing & Benefits

We invest in the health, wellbeing, and development of all our people including our contingent professionals, by offering a range of great benefits to support you be your best, professionally, and personally:

• Finance & investment assistance and opportunities.
• Salary packaging and novated vehicle leases
• Employee Assistance Program – Benestar.
• Access to discounted health and wellbeing initiatives through Medibank.
• Access to a range of discounted offerings via an extra’s benefits program.
• Networking / professional development opportunities and events

We review applications as soon as we receive them and if we find our ideal person, we may close the role earlier than the advertised close date. If you are serious about expanding your skills with AMP as a contingent professional, then please click on the apply link.

Agencies should note that unsolicited resumes will not be accepted for this position and AMP will not pay any fees related to resumes that are submitted directly to hiring managers and not through our approved process. Where appropriate, the AMP Team will work with our preferred panel of agencies to source candidates for roles.