Senior Manager, Projects (HR Portfolio) (Temporary role upto 6 months)

You can be part of the team that enables significant service improvements for our people.

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'll:
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of large, complex HR technology projects, including SAP, SuccessFactors, and S/4HANA implementations, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and compliance with regulatory and governance frameworks.

• Oversee project assessments, planning, and delivery operations across a portfolio of initiatives, driving effective outcomes across system enhancements, integrations, and business transformation initiatives.

• Manage cross-functional teams and vendor relationships to ensure successful delivery of project phases within scope, schedule, and budget, applying best practice project management and agile methodologies where appropriate.

• Drive the development of business cases, solution designs, and implementation roadmaps that meet strategic workforce and operational objectives.

• Ensure project deliverables align with organisational HR strategies, compliance standards, and technology architecture, maintaining integration across multiple systems and business units.

• Lead the preparation and validation of project costings, procurement plans, and contract documentation to support effective vendor selection and risk management.

• Monitor and manage financial performance across the project portfolio, ensuring accurate forecasting, budget tracking, and reporting to senior leadership.

• Provide expert guidance and hands-on oversight of project governance activities, including stakeholder engagement, change management planning, and risk/issue resolution.

• Review and endorse key project artefacts, such as project management plans, business requirements, solution architecture, functional specifications, and test strategies, ensuring quality and traceability.

• Apply continuous improvement principles to project delivery processes, leveraging lessons learned and performance data to enhance future outcomes and delivery efficiency.

• Ensure the delivery of HR technology solutions that support user-centric design, operational efficiency, and seamless integration with existing enterprise systems.

• Build and lead a high-performing project team, fostering collaboration, capability development, and a culture of accountability and delivery excellence.

• Manage pipeline of works, ensure alignment with Business and IT roadmaps, assist with prioritisation and ensure value for Transport and people of NSW.

• Resource management of IT resources across projects to ensure optimum utilisation and full recovery of available resources.

For more information, please view a copy of the role descriptionand NSW info pack. 

About you
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience managing and delivering projects involving SAP, SuccessFactors, and S/4HANA platforms, including both functional and technical implementations.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in portfolio or program management, with a proven track record in overseeing large-scale HR or IT transformation initiatives.

• Extensive experience leading and delivering HR systems projects, particularly SAP, SuccessFactors, and S/4HANA, in high-demand, multi-stakeholder environments.

• Certifications in PMP (Project Management Professional) and/or PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) are highly desirable.

• Tertiary qualifications in project management, business, engineering, information technology, or a related discipline, with demonstrated success at a senior project management level within a large, complex organisation.

• Strong project prioritisation, planning, and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in complex and constrained environments.

• Demonstrated expertise in building and leading multidisciplinary project teams, fostering high performance, collaboration, and delivery excellence during transformational change.

• Proven ability to manage project lifecycles end-to-end, including business case development, procurement, contract management, budgeting, risk mitigation, and stakeholder engagement.

• Advanced understanding of project governance frameworks, quality assurance practices, and compliance requirements, with the ability to navigate public sector or regulated environments.

• Superior interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing at senior executive and cross-functional levels.

• Strong knowledge of transport, infrastructure, or government delivery environments is desirable, especially in integrating IT project objectives with broader infrastructure outcomes.

Who we are
Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day. 

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Join us

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team’s home base location with remote days. 

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us.  Apply now!

Applications close: 11:59 pm Sunday, 22 June 2025.

For more information about this role, please contact SRIVATSA.LAKSHMINARAYANA@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal people or Supporting people with disability for more info or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us. 

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