AddressSenior Project Manager - Cyber/ Infosec - Contract
PLEASE NOTE - THIS ROLE REQUIRES YOU TO BE IN SYDNEY AND HAVE FULL WORKING RIGHTS
Daily rate : $1000-$1200 including super
Location: Sydney (Hybrid work - CBD office)
Start Date: ASAP - 4 weeks
JOB DESCRIPTION
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
- Delivery - Manage the project from initiation through to closure, to ensure the project is appropriately structured to achieve the maximum chance of success (time, budget, scope,quality). Ensure efficient and timely monitoring and reporting to required stakeholders.
- Financial Management - Manage the preparation of project cost estimates for gating submission/funding approval, and subsequently manage and report project delivery against agreed costs, to optimise the cost / benefits of resource mix, forecast and manage the cost impacts of scope change.
- Benefit Management -Monitor benefits against what was predicted in the business case and ensure all participants are informed and involved throughout the project. Awareness of dependences between the project and its benefits and actively managing these in liaison with the impacted business units.
- Stakeholder management - Engage, inform and negotiate with stakeholders, particularly the sponsor, business owner, impacted Rest business units, vendors and parties responsible for the services after project completion, to identify, manage and monitor compliance with reform obligations.
- Project Governance - Adherence to delivery methodology and governance framework to ensure stakeholders have a clear understanding of their role and that the required decision making and escalation processes are in place to help achieve the required outcomes.
- Partner and vendor management - Manage vendors to deliver solutions for the project to ensure adherence to schedule, quality outcomes, cost effectiveness, appropriate risk management and seamless integration with other project delivery streams, including:
- Monitor and report progress and performance against agreed deliverables and quality and performance expectations;
- Manage contractual performance and quality, ensuring program requirements are met effectively/efficiently and problems are managed and escalated when required.
- Risk and Issue Management - Effectively manage risks and issues by identifying and documenting risks and issues to projects and developing effective mitigation/management strategies risk framework by:
- Leading and managing the identification of risks and impacts associated with project delivery.
- Managing and leading the development of risk mitigation plans
- Facilitating informed risk management decisions by reporting and communicating risk assessments and plans to the necessary stakeholders
- Direct the identification, monitoring, reporting and escalation of issues and/or problems associated project delivery, including challenging and influencing stakeholders as required to enable the achievement of project deliverables and benefits.
- Lead, mentor and guide project team members to:
- Ensure that resources are optimally utilised.
- Build capability across Rest on methods, techniques, and approaches to project management
- Bachelor's degree.
- Project Management Certification e.g. PMI/Prince 2 Certification or equivalent Scrum master/Agile certification
- 5+ years Project Management experience
- Experience in leading business systems transformation projects focused on both the implementation of the new systems capability as well as uplifting the associated business processes.
- Ideally possessing experience with cyber security or information security projects
- Leading, managing and motivating multi-disciplinary project delivery team, consisting of both internal and external (contractors and vendors) to achieve outstanding results.
- Managing financial and performance analysis with extensive project reporting.
- Leading the development and application of best practice project management approaches and methodologies, as well as mentoring less experienced team members.
- Highly developed strategic, analytical, problem solving, issues management and evaluation skills to deliver innovative solutions.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, consultation, negotiation and reporting/presentation skills, including the ability to influence people at all levels, and foster and maintain collaborative working relationships both within and outside the organisation.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills that demonstrate a proven record of success in influencing, negotiating with and managing multiple stakeholders at a senior level, to manage and resolve complex issues and disputes and management of diverse stakeholder expectations.
- Proven ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and priorities workloads.
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