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Sunday, March 09, 2014
Job Number: 925259
Work type: Full time
Location: Sydney - CBD Sydney - Ermington
Computershare Communication Services provides a variety of outsourced document fulfilment and electronic communication services to a portfolio of direct commercial clients in a variety of industry groups. Communications Technology Group provides global technology and infrastructure support for the Computershare Communications business through a full range of project and development services.
We are currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to join the Communications Technology Group responsible for supporting and driving multiple large-scale, concurrent, enterprise-level client facing projects for Computershare's Communication Services business.
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading and directing a team of project managers, providing guidance, coaching and acting as project escalation.
Additionally, the role is responsible for successful end to end management, implementation, and transitional activities associated with a number of program or large scale projects and initiatives.
This position has the option to be based at Carrington Street or Ermington with a requirement to travel between the two sites.
The Main Duties Responsibilities:
Provide project management leadership, and expert advice and guidance, to project management team members, including management of performance and mentoring.
Manage the planning, implementation and delivery of assigned programs or large scale projects in relation to time, budget and quality requirements.
Ensuring the Program / Project budget is agreed to, monitored and controlled throughout the project lifecycle
Identify, analyse and escalate key risks and issues associated with each initiative in their early stages and monitor throughout the project
Proactively managing scope to ensure that only what was agreed to is delivered, unless changes are approved through scope management (project change control).
Actively contribute to the Project Delivery Group (PDG) continuous improvement program.
Establish effective stakeholder management and communications, using informal and formal channels of communication, including the preparation of complex reports, briefings and presentations to influence clients / senior stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
Generate and maintain management reporting, project management plans and other associated project documents, project schedules, meeting agendas, minutes and status reports.
Work collaboratively within a team of multi-disciplined project managers and contribute to the delivery of the assigned projects.
Flexibility to travel interstate if required
About The Candidate
The ideal candidate will have experience operating in a commercial and professional services environment delivering projects successfully within scope, time and budget.
About The non-negotiable:
Proven record of managing a team of Project Managers
Proven record of delivering client-focused projects on time, within scope and budget
Experience in delivering complex projects or programs of works through the full project lifecycle
Demonstrated experience managing multiple large client and solutions based technology projects in a commercial or professional services environment
Experience managing large project teams
Experience in guiding and mentoring PMs
High degree of self-direction, leadership and motivational skills
Exceptional ability to negotiate and influence others
Highly developed problem solving and stakeholder management skills
Able to work under pressure and set, work and deliver to tight deadlines/milestones
Understand Project budgets to optimise revenue opportunities where scope changes
The Essential skill and attributes:
Experience working in a Project Office environment
Excellent Conflict resolution skills
Excellent Problem Solving ability
Exceptional Planning and Organisational skills
Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal & written)
The Desired Experience:
Experience in the communications and outsourcing environments
Formal Project Management Qualification
The The Benefits
The opportunity to work for a large global corporation (over 14,000 employees)
Professional environment in an informal atmosphere with a Flat structure
Growth within the team and the greater technology division
Collaborative and supportive culture – Open planned site with no offices
About The Company
Computershare (ASX:CPU) is a global market leader in transfer agency and share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and stakeholder communications. We also specialise in corporate trust, mortgage, bankruptcy, class action, utility and tax voucher administration, and a range of other diversified financial and governance services.
Founded in 1978, Computershare is renowned for its expertise in high integrity data management, high volume transaction processing and reconciliations, payments and stakeholder engagement. Many of the world's leading organisations use us to streamline and maximise the value of relationships with their investors, employees, creditors and customers.
Computershare is represented in all major financial markets and has over 14,000 employees worldwide.
Computershare Technology Services, part of the world's largest share registry, provides global technology and infrastructure support for existing Computershare proprietary software together with a full range of development services for new products. We underpin Computershare's total service package through creative technology applications that are deployed at all stages of the financial market cycle.
At Computershare, our brand promises are: Certainty, Ingenuity and Advantage.
These promises complement the drivers of openness, honesty, pride and teamwork that we look for in all our employees, and are the drivers behind our commitment to service excellence.
For more information about the company, visit www.computershare.com
For further information about this role, please contact Thomas Koola on (03) 9415 5057 or to apply, please click on the 'Apply' button below and follow the application process.
Computershare may conduct a criminal background check on applicants subject to current legislation.
How To Apply For This Job
Apply From: COMPUTER SHARE
Application Closing date: 31 Mar 2014 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time
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