Project Manager - Student Systems

Job Type: Contract
Posted: over 2 years ago
Contact: Gian Guanzon
Discipline:
Reference: 242507_1641950900

The Role

  • We are seeking an IT Project Manager focusing on delivering business cases for ERP and Student Systems
  • Ideally looking for someone with Student Systems experience, if not Government or Large Systems replacement experience equivalent will do
  • Develop business cases over 6 months, and if the business case gets up, deliver the project
  • The ERP and Student Systems will be multi-year, large project

Skills & Qualifications

  • Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology, Information Systems or Project & portfolio Management.
  • Professional Project Management Certification (e.g. PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP or RegPM (CPPM or higher).
  • AGILE certifications (Scrum Alliance, AgilePM, BCS Agile etc.) highly regarded.
  • Demonstrable stakeholder management skills.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Skilled at managing people, establishing a culture of high performance.
  • Strong financial management skills with strong track record in delivery of projects within budget.
  • Skilled at developing business cases

Experience & Abilities

  • Significant experience in delivering large, complex IT projects and programs in public sector (HE experience is an advantage but not essential).
  • Highly analytical, able to understand, integrate and assess information relating to strategic, operational and technological issues and opportunities.
  • Experience as enthusiastic champion of change.
  • Strong experience in contemporary Project and Change Management methodologies such as PRINCE2, Agile, PMBOK, ADKAR or Prosci.
  • Excellent interpersonal, stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills. Strong financial management skills. Experience in public sector, preferably in education and ideally in HE
  • Experience working with a PMO and delivering to defined standards
  • Experience with waterfall and agile methodologies
  • Experience with ITSM practices
  • Experience working with senior stakeholders
  • Demonstrable experience balancing competing priorities and managing escalations

If you have the skills and experience mentioned above and believe you are the right candidate, please contact Gian on gian.guanzon@peoplebank.com.au quoting reference 242507.

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