Senior Project Manager (Temporary Opportunity up to 36 months)

You're passionate about a career delivering solutions that impact millions.

You’re ready to play an essential role behind the scenes by providing vital support, ensuring seamless project execution, and playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of transportation.

In this role, you'll:
Play a pivotal role in providing technology project management leadership and delivery for the planning and implementation of the $568m Opal Next Generation (ONG) program. This role provides high-level professional guidance and coordination for technology projects within the ONG program.

Lead multi-functional technology project teams to undertake and drive project scoping / planning, project management and delivery processes across multiple technology / systems integration projects, ensuring compliance with relevant requirements and working within a project management framework to ensure projects are delivered to best practice standards, are commercially sound, meet the needs of key stakeholders and deliver to the outcomes for ONG.

Direct the development of project schedules, resource plans budgets to deliver outcomes that meet ONG strategic and operational needs. Coordinate project approval, cost planning, commercial and procurement processes.

Oversee risk and issue management, as well as reporting and governance to ensure  project risks, issues, dependencies and impediments are managed, escalated and documented effectively to inform project directions and mitigate risk.

Provide leadership and direction to a variable number of indirect technology delivery team reports in a matrix reporting line context, to achieve the project objectives and facilitate ongoing development, team wellbeing and engagement.
 
Fixed term full-time opportunity to May 2028 | Home office Macquarie Park. Office attendance based on project requirements and in line with Transport's evolving policies for workplace presence.

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

About you
A tenacious and hands-on senior project leader you are recognised for delivering large scale, high profile technology projects into complex, matrix business environments.  You seek a role with real impact!  You are ready to ensure seamless project execution and support to reshape the future of transport ticketing in NSW!

You possess expertise in:

• Working at a senior or executive level in a complex organisation, delivering specialist and authoritative advice to executive leadership.
• Exceptional project management skills and full technology project life cycle capability.
• Leadership and management skills, including the ability to strategically lead, influence and motivate highly skilled direct and indirect technical staff to deliver desired outcomes.
• Managing and delivering technology projects with complex vendor engagements  (experience delivering transportation technologies and solutions well regarded).
• Engaging with business and technical stakeholders across all levels and in balancing the competing needs and expectations of stakeholders within fast-paced and agile environments.
• Building trust, influencing and effectively communicating  on strategic and operational matters with senior stakeholders, vendors and team members at all levels applying a commercial and customer centric mindset.

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

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, 11th May 2025.

For more information about this role, please contact CHRISTINE.STENZEL@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

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