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Senior Project Manager

Full time Adelaide

• Rapidly growing 120+ person Australian owned, multiple roles
• Linux, Multiple Distributed Networks, Defence
• Attractive salary package, flexible working hours

About the Role

As the most senior project manager in the team, the successful applicant will allocate time to both defence project management and nurturing the project management discipline itself. Project management activities will focus on ensuring the successful delivery and sustainment of a major defence project. Nurturing of the project management discipline will involve mentoring less senior project management and project support staff, improving project management processes, and cultivating synergies with the engineering team to ensure successful project execution.

The role is responsible and accountable for all facets of project management across the defence capability lifecycle, engaging with key stakeholders, and mentoring and developing your project management and support team.

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing leadership and mentoring of your project management and project support team.
• Cultivating a fulfilled and engaged project management workforce.
• Nurturing career pathways for project support and management staff.
• Managing the performance of activities to achieve team goals and successful project outcomes.
• Applying ASDEFCON and SAFe knowledge and helping to shape the practical fusion of the two.
• Defining and tuning project management processes in synergy with the engineering disciplines.
• Understanding ASDEFCON contract management and execution expectations including project data and performance reporting.
• Defining and maintaining project cost models, resource forecasts, schedules, financial performance, risks, issues and opportunities.
• Ensuring realistic project plans are developed and maintained.
• Working with other organisational function areas to ensure adequate and timely supply of necessary resources.
• Tracking activities against project schedules, budgets, scope, risks, quality, and user satisfaction metrics.
• Managing expenditure against approved project budgets.
• Managing stakeholder expectations and involvement in projects.
• Directing the risk management approach for projects and ensuring that risks and issues are managed in line with policy.
• Communicating project status information clearly in verbal and written form.
• Presenting information within a complex Defence environment to suit different audiences.
• Supporting the team in delivering outcomes using traditional and agile project management methodologies.

About You:

To be considered for this role, you must be an Australian citizen.

You will have had experience project managing a range of software-intensive projects, potentially across different industry domains. You understand ASDEFCON contract management processes and how both small and larger projects are typically run in the Defence industry. Your experience includes the management of projects implemented using an Agile development methodology.

You enjoy teaching and mentoring others, are compassionate and approachable. Working for a rapidly growing technology company excites you, as does the ability to meaningfully shape how project management is applied to ensure success.

Your technical skills in Microsoft Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint are strong, but also enjoy the opportunity to learn new software and tools. You ideally have some exposure to the Atlassian suite of software such as Jira and Confluence and supporting plugins such as Big Picture.

To be successful in the role, you will need:

• At least 10 years' experience as a Project Manager or 5 years as a Senior Project Manager.
• Experience project managing large and small projects, ideally within the Defence domain.
• A sound understanding project management across the defence capability lifecycle.
• Familiarity in the delivery and sustainment of software-based projects.
• Experience working with both waterfall and Agile project methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ability to manage and interpret ambiguity to deliver against evolving business requirements.
• Experience in industry project management standards such as Prince2 or PMBOK.
• Motivation to lead a dynamic team supporting leading edge technology.

To be considered, candidates will have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Successful candidates must be eligible to hold and maintain an Australian Defence Security Clearance. Eligibility requirements can be found at Australian Government Security Vetting Agency.

Further benefits include:

• A flexible, inclusive, and friendly work environment.
• Competitive remuneration.
• Salary packaging options.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Reservist Leave.
• Generous Study Loan Scheme.
• Career and skills progression through training and development to team members.
• Access to cutting-edge technology, research, and agile project management practices.
• Mentoring and support from our experienced team members.

Employer questions

Your application will include the following questions:

• How many years of project management experience do you have?
• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
• How many years' experience do you have with project planning and scheduling?
• How many years' experience do you have as a project manager?
• Do you have experience working within a scrum agile team?
• Which of the following PMI certifications have you completed?
• Do you hold Australian Security Clearance?