Senior Project Manager - Contract
Datacom, Australia
Job Description
Our purpose
Here at Datacom we connect people and technology to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.
Our team
You will be joining a Project Management group within a Professional Services team delivering projects to customers across Australia.
About the Role
The role of the Senior Project Manager is to ensure that assigned Projects are delivered to the quality standard, within scope, in budget and on time.
As Senior Project Manager you will be fully responsible for Project Delivery (planning, tracking and varying) which begins at the point of handover from the Sales team. You will use and adhere to corporate systems and processes to ensure project governance and hygiene factors are established and maintained. You will assist the Sales/Presales team with proposal development (RFQ, RFP, RTF, RFI, SOW etc.) through outline of project management activities and effort estimation including project variations. Once a project has been delivered, as Senior Project Manager you are then fully responsible for the transition of new customers, and services for existing customers into Managed Services/Operations.
What you’ll do
As Senior Project Manager, you are accountable for, but not limited to:
- Project management and accounting
- Responsible for Project Delivery (planning, tracking and varying)
- Assist the Sales/Presales team with outline of project management activities and effort estimation
- The transition of new customers, and services for existing customers into Managed Services/ Operations.
What you’ll bring
To be successful in this role you must be an Australian citizen and possess an AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance or higher, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience delivering projects in professional services environments.
You will be able to demonstrate successful delivery of projects, to the quality standard, within scope, in budget and on time. Underpinning your proven delivery capability you will bring strong negotiation, communication and customer relationship management skills, along with sound business acumen.
The Nitty Gritty
We have over 6,500 people across our global offices and generate an annual revenue of over NZ $1.2 billion annually. This makes us one of Australasia’s largest professional IT services companies.
We have extensive expertise in operating data centres, IT services, software engineering and application management, as well as payroll and customer service design and operations.
With this comes a long list of significant clients and Datacom is committed to hiring, developing and promoting the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds to serve those clients.
We are local at heart, yet world-class in capability.