Software Project Manager

Company Description

Job Description

If you are a Delivery Lead/Project Manager and like the energy of a start-up, but also the feeling of support that a bigger company brings, then Vector Technology Solutions (VTS) might just be the perfect place for you. Vector has been going for 100 years, but today are more innovative than ever, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to help create a new energy future with VTS.

About the Role
Working directly with our customer facing project teams you will be responsible for delivery of multiple customer-facing and internal projects across the VTS portfolio, delivering tangible outcomes to both VTS and our customers. You be responsible for:

• Securing funding via business cases and managing governance processes
• Translating business cases and technical requirements into customer SOWs to ensure commercial clarity and security of project deliverables and costs
• Ensuring transparency and timely reporting on progress, status, risks and issues, and budget for pipeline, work-in-progress, and operational activities
• Providing financial analysis and reporting of projects to the Head of Delivery
• Ensuring transparency and timely reporting on progress, status, scope, and budget for pipeline, work-in-progress, and operational activities.

This is a full-time role that will require you to work in our Newmarket office 3 days per week.
Note: In alignment with our internal structure, the final role title may differ from the one advertised.

What you will bring to the role
You will be a Project Manager/Delivery Lead with at least 4 years’ project management experience in client-facing, software delivery roles, delivering end-to-end across the SDLC using scaled agile methodologies. An expert in scope and cost management, you will be responsible for multiple projects at a value of $1m or greater. You will also bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Experience delivering software projects utilising scaled agile and core principles and frameworks of project management and governance within a fast-paced business environment
• The ability to promote effective communication, encourage participation, and extract actions and decisions
• Tangible experience in leading/facilitating client-facing project meetings and workshops
• Business analysis experience, including capturing and documenting customer requirements, defining business cases and SOWs
• Experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, SAP, and Microsoft applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to a broad audience.

Why us?

Whether it’s the opportunity to work on challenges on a truly global scale in collaboration with leading technology firms, or to build a legacy for Auckland and New Zealand through your work; or perhaps to work in an innovative and transformative sector, or our commitment to supporting your development, there’s a myriad of reasons to choose a career with VTS.

Find out more about working with us here.

We also offer:

• A fun, flexible and stimulating work environment, full of interesting work being done by smart and innovative people
• Flexibility, including the choice of working from home a couple of days a week, and flexible start and finish times so you can balance work and life
• Health and wellbeing support
• Great benefits that reflect the importance of family

Apply

Applications close on Sunday 13 October 2024; however, interviews may be held before, so apply today!

Vector engages a workforce made up of people and teams with diverse skills, values, backgrounds and experiences. We respect and value people who are different from each other, including gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, race and religion.  We are proud of what we have achieved so far:

• First corporate Living Wage Accredited employer
• First Accessibility Tick employer 
• Rainbow Tick accredited
• Winner of three gongs at the 2019 Diversity Awards NZ, including the Supreme Award in 2019 and 2020. 

If you require assistance or accessibility support from us during the application and selection process, please do get in touch with us on 06 272 7950

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