Full-Time Senior Project Manager

At Contact Energy, we’re on a mission to reshape our business in an ever-evolving market. With customer expectations and competitive pressures at an all-time high, we need passionate individuals ready to strengthen our technology, customer, and data capabilities. This is your chance to be part of our transformation journey, where innovation and agility are at the forefront of our culture.

As a key player in this exciting transition, you'll lead strategic, enterprise-wide ICT projects that embrace cutting-edge technologies and methodologies. You’ll manage every aspect of project delivery, ensuring our core IT initiatives align with our overarching business strategy. Collaborating with senior stakeholders and technical experts, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, expertly guiding your team through the complexities of change while ensuring that roadblocks are cleared and communication flows seamlessly.

To succeed, you'll bring your proven project management expertise and a knack for collaboration, whether working in agile or waterfall methodologies. You’ll be responsible for steering medium to large-scale projects, managing budgets between $1 million and $3 million, and mentoring your team to foster a culture of continuous improvement. Your meticulous planning skills will shine as you create and manage project plans, identify potential challenges, and ensure that safety and best practices are always prioritised. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and help shape the future of Contact Energy, we’d love to hear from you!

The type of experience you’ll bring to the role

• 10-15 years' experience in project management, delivering large scale or complex IT projects (>$1m+)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a proven ability to influence at all levels, including senior stakeholders.  Exceptional leadership acumen and strong customer focus.
• Deep knowledge of project delivery lifecycles, with experience in applying diverse project delivery approaches e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban, Design Thinking etc
• Expert in managing vendors and professional service contracts and arrangements.
• Well-developed critical and analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and to find and implement solutions to challenges