Project Manager, Delivery Leader

We are looking for a Project Manager to work on a full-time basis in our Melbourne CBD office across a range of digital projects, working with our existing Service Delivery & PM team to help provide Delivery Leadership while also delivering projects yourself. 

About Newpath 

• Outstanding Melbourne CBD Office
• Leading Australian owned Digital Agency
• Work alongside some of the most talented digital natives in Australia
• Exciting client and project list 

We are a full-service digital agency with our head office in Collins Street in the Melbourne CBD, with offices also in Sydney, Brisbane, India and the UK. We are one of the largest independently owned agencies in the country, working with exciting brands such as TPG Telecom, Bluescope Steel, Hotondo Homes, the Vic Gov and many others.

Our clients range from highly innovative, fast-growth start-ups to established well known businesses going through transformative periods of expansion, and enterprise-scale industry leaders.

Our team offers a breadth of creative, technical and delivery expertise, with backgrounds across agency, consultancy, client side, and research, meaning we bring a balance of innovation with practicality, and thought leadership with execution discipline. 

We understand what success looks like for our clients, and have a reputation for strong delivery. 

About the role

• Act as a Delivery Leader, mentoring 1 x junior Service Delivery Manager & 1 x Senior Service Delivery Manager, plus 3 (offshore) mid-weight PM's. 
• Develop and maintain all project related control documentation
• Plan, direct, and co-ordinate activities to manage and implement projects through final operational stage through to a business-as-usual state
• Plan, schedule, monitor, and report on activities related to the project to ensure successful delivery
• Take full responsibility for the definition, documentation, and satisfactory completion project through managing business and impacts
• Act as the escalation point of contact, more complicated project issues
• Initiate, develop and maintain strong and effective internal and external networks that are relevant to meeting the completion of project
• Identify, assess, and manage risks to the success of project including dependencies across projects, business impact, and technical complexity
• Ensure that realistic project, quality, and change control plans are prepared and maintained while providing regular and accurate updates to stakeholders as appropriate
• Lead the project change management process and ensure deliverables are completed within planned cost, time-frame, and resource budgets are signed off
• Assist with pipeline demands coordinating estimations and consulting with stakeholders

Your skills and experience

• Minimum 3 years experience in project management within Digital/IT/Tech applications domains (exposure to Drupal, Kentico, D365, PowerPlatforms or Digital is a big bonus)
• Strong attention to detail for project reporting and finances
• Proven flare for verbal and face to face communication rather than sitting behind written communication all the time
• Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills, and the ability to adapt these to a diverse range of stakeholders
• Proven capability in formal writing via correspondences with numerous parties
• Strong risk management both project risk/enterprise risk and issue management for assessing potential impacts to project performance and to the Business
• Experience liaising with senior stakeholders

About You

• Curious and eager to learn: you are a curious individual who is eager to develop their skills and progress your career at every opportunity 
• Team player: you thrive as a part of high performing teams and love sharing your knowledge with your peers and clients. We win together
• Proactive: you seize opportunities when you see them
• Passionate: you are excited by tech. 

What is it like to be a Newpathian?

We know that having the right people with the right attitude and behaviour is a big part of what makes us successful. Living our values is an important part of being successful in this role.

• We have a culture around continuous (but super respectful) feedback and recognition - be part of a super tight and exceptionally supportive large team that is working towards a common goal and helping each other every step of the way.
• We have monthly performance awards, a range of staff incentives, team building events, a corporate social responsibility program and multiple team lunches, dinners and parties.
• We'll have your back when you need help - your colleagues want to see you succeed and will work hard to help you do so.
• We work hard and deliver outstanding outcomes for our clients - when you experience how we do it, you'll be proud to be a Newpathian.

Read more about careers with Newpath here https://www.newpathweb.com.au/careers/