Senior Project Manager

Job Description

About the role:

In this critical role, you will collaborate and partner with stakeholders to deliver large and complex projects specialising in Personal Loans and Credit Cards. You will establish and manage scope, schedule, financials, risks, quality and resources across multiple interdependent projects to ensure their completion to agreed quality, schedules, scopes and budgets.

Your success in this role will hinge on your ability to develop strong stakeholder relationships whilst directing cross functional project teams to deliver against realistic and robust project schedules.

Specifically, you will:

• Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) frameworks relating to the preparation of core project artefacts
• Collaborate with the project team and business stakeholders to ensure tasks are completed on time and to the right quality
• Raise and manage all project risks and issues, ensuring appropriate mitigation and controls are in place
• Maintain regular engagement with the business owner and executive sponsor on project progress, blockers
• Maintain regular project working groups or forums to keep the project team and stakeholders up -to-date on project progress, risks and issues
• Develop and maintain strong and close working relationships with operational and support colleagues to facilitate effective resource allocation and risk/issue mitigation and resolution
• Manage the project financials within approved budgets, ensuring accurate forecast and actual spend is captured
• Provide mentoring, support, guidance and assistance to junior or new members to the team
• Share project updates to the broader project delivery and EPMO team
• Ensure successful project closure, handover and business adoption at the completion of project activities

About you

You are a well experienced Project Manager within the Credit Cards and Personal Loans space with a proven track record of successfully delivering multiple complex projects and associated interdependencies using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid mythologies.

Previous experience as a Scrum Master would be advantageous

Additionally we seek:

• Significant experience in project implementation particularly managing project schedules, resource allocation, status reporting, risk and issue management and project budgets.
• Experience managing end-to-end project life cycle process from project identification and scoping through development of business cases and project plans to executing and closing projects
• Ability to successfully engage, collaborate and influence key stakeholders and customers

A workplace for you to be, you.

Come and work with a team that values your unique perspective, contribution, career development and growth.
Why you'll love working with us:
People First Bank - our new brand - says exactly what we're all about: people. We're committed to supporting and growing our team and creating an outstanding work environment.

You'll have access to financial and lifestyle benefits to support your success and individuality:

• Flexibility and hybrid working arrangements.
• Enhance your salary with discounts on banking, health insurance, and shopping across Australia.
• Advance your career with training, study support, and project opportunities.
• Competitive leave benefits that empower employees to take time for themselves and loved ones.
• Wellbeing support with our Employee Assistance Program, wellbeing leave, mental health app, and mental health ambassadors' program.
• Make a difference with paid volunteering, Workplace Giving, and diverse community initiatives.
• Be recognised for your contributions through our peer-driven recognition program.

A bit about People First Bank:
In March 2023, People's Choice and Heritage Bank merged to form Heritage and People's Choice Limited - Australia's leading mutual bank. We are now on an exciting journey to bring together our products, services, and technology under a single brand - People First Bank.

We have over 700,000 members and 1,900 employees, with dual head offices in Adelaide and Toowoomba, an Australian-based contract centre and branches across five states.

With a vision 'To deliver positive change through banking', People First Bank serves members and contributes to the community, while offering an inclusive, flexible work environment. We're big enough to make an impact; but agile enough to influence and do interesting work.
Apply online now:
If this sounds like you, this could be the next step in your career. Click 'Apply' now and submit your application, including a cover letter and current resume

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and support candidate requests for adjustments to enable everyone to equitably participate in our selection process.

Job ID 300000069086670