Project Manager Temporary opportunity until 31.7.2028

You see the big picture youve always worked on a grand scale and now youre ready to re-focus on grand impact.


This is your opportunity to broaden your experience and perspectives step out of the confines of a standard project role and expand your scope to work with an interconnected ecosystem of industry professionals.

In this role:

You will be responsible for leading the project management of one or more technology projects within theOpalNext Generation (ONG)program. You will help to drive the end-to-end delivery ofyourassigned projects in line with Transport project management methodologies. This will includeall the key aspectsof project managementsuch as scope budget schedule vendor management risks and issues stakeholders and resourcing.

You will develop and maintain high quality project schedules risk and issue logs decision registers milestone plans document deliverable trackers etc. foryour projects. You will also be responsible for managing the projectmobilisation processes including working with the project controls team to develop project costing workbooksandperforming ongoing spend and forecast tracking. A critical part of this role will be facilitating effective stakeholder management ensuring internal and external stakeholder requirements are identified and managed. You will provide accurate and timely reporting manage risks adhere to strict governance guidelines and ensuring satisfactory cost measure management strategies.

TheOpal Next Genprogram refers to the full modernisation of the Opal ticketing system to deliver smarter digital-first integrated public transport across NSW.

We currently have 2 open vacancies at this level.

For more information on this role and business unit view the role description and information pack.

About You:

For you to be successful within this role you should meet with all or most of the following criteria:

• Experienced Technology Project Manager who hasat least 3-4 yearsexperience implementing systems projects.
• Solid understanding of the systems delivery lifecycle standard project management activities and typical pitfalls to look out for.
• Exceptional communicator an innate ability to manage key external stakeholder relationships and ability to negotiate agreed positions and solutions from conflicting and/or competing agendas.
• You are pro-active switched on great attention to detailhaveintegrityareperceptivehave goodleadership qualitiesarea self-starter problem solver and most of allhavepride and passioninexceptional delivery.

Nice to Haves:

• Relevant tertiary qualification and/or a PM certification (e.g. PMP CSM PRINCE2 Lean Six Sigma).
• Background within the transport sector would be an advantage.

These are fixed term flexible hybrid rolesto 31 July 2028. Please note 50% of your time will be office basedfrom one of our home offices at Parramatta Square and/or Macquarie - $163145.00 to $182721.00 super.

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