Project Manager

About us

At Auto & General (A&G), we provide great products and services to safeguard our customers in their time of need. Our range of general insurance products protect customers on the road, at home and on holiday with various Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents, Pet products as well as Roadside Assistance.

Our culture of ‘high performance with high integrity’ underpins our values and the way we interact with our customers, the community and each other. We’re excited about the future and we’re always on the lookout for talented, passionate individuals who can help us achieve our goal of being Australia’s best insurer! If this sounds like you, apply today.

The Role

Effectively and efficiently lead delivery teams to execute strategically aligned projects/outcomes by employing key traditional and agile delivery disciplines. Successfully manage dependencies, risks and unblock barriers to ensure the teams deliver business value.

Ensuring timely project delivery is at the heart of this role, the Project Manager will be the frontline driving force to ensure that the business and technology teams are aligned to the project delivery framework/methodology to ensure a unified delivery approach.

Initiate, develop and maintain strong and effective internal and external networks/relationships that are relevant to ensure successful project outcomes.

Accountabilities

What experience you’ll bring:

• Delivery of a variety of business applications (COTS/SaaS), Infrastructure, Cloud and Cyber security projects
• Strong leadership skills in order to build relationships, make quick decisions and problem solve
• Manage a variety of stakeholders at all hierarchical levels
• Manage stakeholder expectations through clear, concise and effective communication
• Manage technical change, people change management and communications
• Design and facilitate Planning Phase workshops utilising a variety of facilitation techniques from design thinking, lean and agile practises
• Liaise with delivery teams to ensure project conflicts, challenges and dynamic business requirements are managed effectively to support team performance and tracking to project milestones
• Manage team capacity vs demand with Product Owners and Managers
• Ensure the team(s) remains focused on priorities and aligned to organisational strategy and roadmaps, and that backlog and release plans are maintained
• Guides team in estimation practices and planning techniques
• Build strong, trusted relationships with business and customer groups and within the team, by helping the team to make their work transparent, and managing change as issues arise
• Protect the team from uncontrolled injection of work (changes are evaluated/intentional)
• Lead a continuous improvement culture, and reduction of waste
• Develop, monitor and communicate team reporting and metrics
• Proactively focus on value and identify and eliminate impediments to maximise team effectiveness
• Work with the individuals and team leaders to resolve people challenges
• Facilitate root cause analysis on significant issues to help teams continuously improve their practices to ensure maximum productivity
• Oversee project backlog management to track and report progress
• Presents high level project readouts for senior management
• Coordinate production releases as required
• Manage other special projects/duties as assigned

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential:

Qualifications, Education & Training Requirements

• A degree relating to the Information Technology field from a recognised tertiary institution or other qualifications.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of project management experience
• Agile Scrum/Kanban & Atlassian Jira Experience highly desirable
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure, Cloud, Cyber Security and Integration technologies

Our Perks

• Location – Our office is conveniently based in Toowong Village shopping centre - a city fringe location with access to retail, restaurants, various parking options and public transport. Alternately, our North Lakes and Kawana sites have secure free parking and access to transport.
• Extra leave - Enjoy additional leave days on us! You’ll receive a paid ‘ME’ day and one paid volunteer leave day annually. Team members can also purchase up to two additional weeks of leave per year.
• Paid parental leave - We support our new parents with paid parental leave and other benefits.
• Workplace giving - If you’re passionate about a cause, then we are too – we offer workplace giving and we’ll dollar match your donations to registered charities.
• Development opportunities - We’re championing your development with internal programs and access to a wide range of online courses.
• Employee discounts - You’ll receive discounts on Budget Direct insurance products.
• Reward and recognition - We reward high performance with employee recognition, reward and incentive schemes.
• Onsite facilities – There are excellent end-of-trip facilities on offer and private spaces for nursing mothers.
• Get social - Join our vibrant social and community activities including annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events across each of our sites.

If you are seeking a new challenge and would enjoy the opportunity to work in a growing and changing business, click on the APPLY NOW button and submit your application.

Auto & General values individual differences and believes in fostering an inclusive culture that creates a great place to work for all.

*A note from Auto & General to recruitment agencies: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business. Auto & General is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.