Senior Project Manager - Contractor (6 months)

Position:  Senior Project Manager (Contractor)

Datacom Location:  Wellington ONLY due to client location

Security Requirements: Current NZ Citizens and Residents

Our Why 

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help them to use the power of tech to innovate and grow. 

About the Role (Your Why)  

We require a Senior Project Manager that has strong experience in both Agile and Cloud to work on a project with a local client. The role is based in Wellington, and we like to bring people together in person when we can, but we are mindful of the benefits of working from home for work/life balance. We therefore leave it to you and the team you join to figure out what works best! 

What You’ll Do   

• Agile - Facilitate ceremonies, servant leadership, backlog grooming, prioritisation, continuous improvement etc.
• PM101 - Looking at the risk, Financials, Resourcing, Status Reporting, Scope and stakeholder management
• Cloud (Automation, Infrastructure, Security) - Use your understanding of the key concepts required to design, build and optimise Cloud services
• Planning - Engage in Sprint and PI planning to accomplish what needs to be done
• Ensure Sprint Goals and PI Goals are aligned to the strategy and roadmap (balancing short term and long term goals)
• Service Delivery activities - you will carry these out in this role, but only to a small degree

What You’ll Bring

• Positive, can do attitude, with a forward thinking approach
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and volatility. You won't be easily flustered and are able to manage stress an have good self awareness
• Excellent interpersonal skills (especially in clarifying customer needs and scope/priority tradeoffs)
• Strong on continuous improvement, lifting the team, promoting knowledge transfer and celebrating success
• A natural curiosity and keenness to ensure work is well defined and the team are supported
• Some commercial experience - Experience drafting/contributing to SOWs/PCRs etc
• Be able to adapt to changing requirements from a customer, technical and internal stakeholder perspective as we are a pretty agile company and this can mean we evolve in our roles to meet those needs.

Why Join Us Here at Datacom? 

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us. 

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment. 

We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities. 

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.