Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing the effective delivery of Austroads projects in accordance with the Austroads Project Management Framework (PMF).

This position is based in the Austroads Melbourne office.

Major responsibilities/accountabilities

The role is responsible for:

• Management of Austroads strategic projects, and projects that have been proposed and which are in the process of assessment, in compliance with the Scoping and Innovation Panel and the Austroads project management framework. In the first instance, such projects may include the transfer of the Australian Technical Infrastructure Committee (ATIC) to Austroads, the proof-of-concept for emergency road closure information and the national exchange of vessel registration information.
• Establishing and coordinating effective governance arrangements for projects and other initiatives, including forums involving members and other external stakeholders.
• Engagement and management of external suppliers and contractors and ensuring these meet requirements and deliver value.
• Effectively collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, including to consult, inform and influence decision making.
• Monitoring and reporting on project performance, including the identification and escalation of issues and risks for resolution.
• Providing project management services for applications development and operations (business-as- usual) projects which includes:
  • Defining project objectives, high-level scope, roles and responsibilities, and resource requirements.
  • Developing documentation including, but not limited to business cases, project proposals,
  • RACI, project plans, project schedules, governance reporting packs, resource impact
  • analysis (effort/cost estimations), cashflow forecast / actuals, project change requests, project change, risk and issue logs.
  • Managing, tracking and preparing project status reports on schedule, budget, scope, quality, risks/issues, dependencies, project change requests according to project plan.
  • Recruiting and managing of resources, updating and finalising contracts with consultancy service providers.
  • Processing invoices for consultancy services against approved contracts.
• Mentoring and providing guidance to other team members.
• Undertaking detailed planning ensuring alignment with existing systems and strategy by working with architecture subject matter experts.
• Undertaking the role of Scrum Master to facilitate self-organising project team members to contribute to a successful delivery of a project.
• Understanding, managing and providing guidance in operations/applications configuration, data migration, change deployment and operational handovers.
• Ensuring Austroads maintains authoritative knowledge and expertise on relevant digital identity matters, and is effectively connected with relevant experts, forums and initiatives both nationally and internationally.
• Provision of authoritative direction and advice, including through presentations and reporting to the Board, executive group, and other key stakeholder forums.
• Contributing to continuous improvement, identifying ways to enhance value for our members and the public.
• Maintaining and adhere to Quality Systems processes and procedures associated with the role.
• Other duties as directed.

Qualifications, knowledge, and experience

The Senior Project Manager will possess:

• Demonstrated experience with successfully managing and delivering complex projects.
• Relevant tertiary level qualifications in project management (desirable).
• A detailed understanding of project management frameworks and methodologies.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, including the ability to consult, influence, conduct sensitive negotiations, and to build working relationships across various organisations.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead staff and project team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and demonstrated ability to translate complex and technical information for different audiences.
• Proven ability to work independently and a capacity to meet challenges through the application of personal initiative and development of innovative options and solutions.
• Engaging, dynamic and relishing working in a complex and changing environment, with the ability to respond to rapidly changing demands.
• Experience with government agencies and departments is highly regarded.
• Knowledge and understanding of digital identity matters, either from a regulatory or technical perspective, is highly desirable.

Personal qualities

A successful candidate will need to present a professional image and build strong relationships across the enterprise. Specifically, the role requires:

• Mature project management capabilities, with an ability to deliver to agreed requirements.
• Well-developed relationship management, communication, consultation, and negotiation skills.
• Sound judgment, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including within and across project and operational teams.
• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills, including strong conceptual skills and the ability to exercise sound judgement.
• Ability to negotiation and manage conflicts arising from project management activities
• Advanced ability to operate at strategic and operational levels, and proven ability to think at high-level/big picture with a strong attention to detail.
• Comfort working in an environment which is constantly evolving.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and learning.

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For more information or to express interest in this role, please use our online form to contact our Human Resources Manager.