Project Manager

• Multiple Contract opportunities - 6-9 months
• Working for an Australian software development company
• Remote - WFH setup working Australian Time-Zone

As the Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end implementation of software products and services across multiple projects and customers.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Plan project activities and align resource availability with the Program to manage identified project issues and risks.
• Responsible for running between 3-7 projects at any one time across different customers.
• Execute multiple projects at different lifecycle stages using best practice PMO methodology
• Closes the projects with proper handover to the support team.
• Works with Confluence, Jira and Microsoft Project to ensure accurate documentation, ticket, task and sprint monitoring, timeliness assessment and risk management.

Risk Management & Process Improvement

• Monitor and control activities by identifying potential risks and issues in each project and calling out or escalating to the proper channels.
• Assess issues for escalation in order to control project delays and timeline slippage.
• Continuously refines and enhances project management practices to improve efficiency and outcomes.

Communication & Collaboration

• Manages overall communication for project activities and updates, ensuring all project stakeholders are aligned on ongoing and upcoming activities, as well as impacts on project resources, timeline, quality, and cost.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including software developers, QA engineers, and business analysts, to ensure seamless execution.
• Foster a collaborative culture across project teams and other departments.

Experience

• 5-7 years implementing ERP projects with exceptional project management capabilities and experience, combined with strong business analysis and change management skills. Experience working in a functional consultant capacity is highly regarded.
• Project Management qualifications and experience using project management methodologies such as Prince 2, Scrum or Kanban or similar is highly desirable
• Proven experience working in an Agile environment, ways of working and Agile squad.
• An understanding of the full lifecycle implementation and upgrade experience across multiple projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate ideas clearly and effectively to a range of stakeholders.
• A collaborative spirit and the drive to solve complex problems with a customer-first, customer-centric mindset.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and be solution-oriented with strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency in project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft Office Suite.