It Project Manager / Technical Project Manager

What you'll do

IT Project Manager / Technical Project Manager 

What we can offer you
Being Great Place to Work accredited for the last three years, this is a great opportunity to join us as we continue our path to not just be great but be the BEST place to work!

We are well known for valuing our people and providing a supportive, driven and inclusive culture. Beyond that, we also have a range of different benefits within the support office, that include:
•    Quarterly Bonus Scheme 
•    Two free pairs of glasses
•    On site free parking
•    Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Paid Parental leave
•    Health & Wellbeing programs
•    Fully funded Social Club – provides a wide range of activities throughout the year.

We believe in adopting a hybrid approach to support our people and the future of work. When not working from an alternate location, the IT Project Manager role will be based at our support office in Port Melbourne.

Due to the nature of some projects, occasional after hours meetings may be required

The role & team

Our dynamic and energetic Project Managers facilitate the delivery of technology solutions for a wide ranging portfolio of exciting local and global projects. Operating within a Product Team you will deliver projects through a formal methodology to an agreed scope, cost, time and quality standard.

In your role as an IT Project Manager you will partner with business stakeholders across our multiple departments to understand business needs and ensure the delivery of project initiatives meet expected standards.

The skills we are looking for

• Considerable IT project management experience in delivering multiple cross-functional projects across the full project life cycle including developing project plans, briefs, managing stakeholder engagement, developing framework and model, managing budgetary and resourcing constraints
• Exposure to managing Application development, Infrastructure, Networking, Security and Cloud based projects
• Demonstrated experience in vendor management, managing a team of both onshore and offshore developers and commercial aspects.
• Experience driving change and the ability to set direction
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Strong understanding of project management principles, methodologies & best practice and have worked in waterfall, agile and hybrid delivery methods
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills 
• Formal project management qualifications are desirable (Prince2 and Agile)

About Us
At Specsavers we believe a diverse, inclusive, and flexible culture enables our people to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. When it comes to flexibility, we understand that one size doesn't fit all. Our flexible working at Specsavers enables us to work in ways that support our lifestyle to help us balance our career with the other important things in life.

Creating a great place to work for our people is pinnacle to us and along with our Behaviours is at the core of everything we do, ensuring our people feel good, cared for and smart. We like to think it’s a fun and positive place to work – why not have a look for yourself https://join.specsavers.com/au/department/support-office/ 
 
Applicants for the role are required to have current working rights as per, relevant government legislation.

Applications close 21 April 2023