6-12 Month Contract Opportunity
Large Government Client
Negotiable Daily Rate
The Finite Group are on the hunt for a Project Management Professional, experienced in executing large scale IT projects.
Mandatory Requirements:
- Be an Australian citizen
- Be eligible to obtain an AGSVA baseline security clearance or already have AGSVA baseline security clearance
- Manage the scope, cost, schedule, scope, and contractual performance deliverables
- Apply techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management
- Manage all project resources, including internal team, customer, and subcontractors
- Establish an effective communication plan with the project team and the customer
- Provide day-to-day direction to the project teams
- Provide regular project status updates to the customer
- Provide regular project status updates to internal management
- Develop and maintain the project plan
- Timely and accurate project(s) progress & issues
- Provide guidance on strategies, requirements specifications, and functional specifications, which meet customer requirements and project standards
- Facilitate development of the application architecture, technology selection and detail application specifications
- Manage and maintain development of the project plan
- Closely work with other project and client teams to ensure tight alignment of objectives and expectations.
- Manage software vendor and internal teams to ensure that the developed solution matches the required solution
- Define and monitor issues, dependencies, risks and risk mitigation strategies
- Monitor and assesses the quality of the deliverables
- Facilitate development of reuse opportunities
- Provide feedback on methodology improvement/customization and share new tools to enhance processes
- Facilitate sharing best practices, with documentation of best practices and lessons learned
- Provide overall guidance to teams under direction.
- Minimum 6 years' experience as a Project Management Professional
- At least 4 years' experience in managing custom application development projects.
- At least 4 years' experience in managing systems integration projects, working in a distributed team environment, managing remote teams in offshore or regional centres
- Prior experience in Agile and Waterfall Methods
- Ability to build strong, enduring client relationships built on trust and confidence
- Coordinate and work closely with other cross-functional team members both on/offshore
- Strong IT skills
- Excellent Communication skills