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Project Manager

XPT Software Australia Pty
Contract
On-site
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Mandatory skills/experience :


-        Stakeholder Engagement

-        Microsoft Project Planned (MPP)

-        Risk Management

-        Project planning, Execution & reporting

-        Delivery Management

-        Team Management

-        Vendors and third party coordination and management

               PMP certified is added value

Responsibilities include:

·        Coordinate resources for the effective execution of projects

·        Ensure that projects are delivered successfully to agreed scope, budget and timelines

·        Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility

·        Ensure resource availability and allocation

·        Develop detailed and comprehensive project plans to monitor and track progress

·        Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs

·        Manage IT delivery program of works, organisational change, project and process integration

·        scope in conjunction with third parties and Woodside business stakeholders. 

·        Measure project performance

·        Report and escalate to Woodside management as needed

·        Manage the relationship with all stakeholders and their expectations accordingly

·        Risk & Issue Management: Perform risk management to minimise project risks and resolve project issues

·        Manage release plans, change requests and status reporting for the project. 

·        Create and maintain project documentation

·        Timely and accurate communication and distribution of project information to all appropriate stakeholders

·        Ensure successful implementation of services for the designated products and projects - following and complying to DDS process and other relevant Woodside standards and procedures

·        Proactively identify and removes blockers, limits work in progress and prevents distractions

·        Facilitate frequent retrospectives, sharing metrics to identify and implement project

·        improvements. 

·        Conflict management - Identify differences in understanding and issues as they arise and elevate them to the team for resolution, or to management if needed

·        Work with Product Owners to ensure that testing and feedback is completed in a timely manner and meeting the Sprint timelines

·        Accountability - Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and pro-actively managing priorities

·        Growth mindset - improve based on lessons learned / feedback

 

Skills:

·        Able to work with distributed teams and able to achieve outcomes

·        Attention to detail and ability to interact with a diverse group of senior stakeholders, managers and subject matter experts

·        Accountability - Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and pro-actively managing priorities

·        Growth mindset - to improve based on lessons learned / feedback

·        Open to new ways of working – focus on setting fit for purpose agile models rather than enforcing core agile principles if it is not useful

·        Excellent communication skills

·        Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·        Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills

·        Resilience - Ability to handle resistance to change

 

General requirements:

·        Proven working experience in project management

·        Experience/knowledge of IT project delivery, operations and support framework ie ITIL

·        Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification (not necessary the right qualification)

·        Relevant tertiary qualification/s

·        Over 10 years of experience

·        Experience in managing Agile/Waterfall projects - release planning, budgets, forecasting and status reporting

·        Experience in using Microsoft Office, SharePoint, MS-Project, Jira and Confluence

Operating Assets requirements:

·        Travel: travel to operating sites is required twice a month or as required for project and stakeholder management

·        Asset Escalation with Digital: Leverage knowledge and relationships across the multiple disciplines within Digital including applications, AV, telecommunications, cyber, OT and networks to support escalations and requests from Asset VIP’s.

·        Engaging with Asset stakeholders: Regularly communicating with Asset leaders and stakeholders to understand their needs and objectives, which may include travel to site to build and maintain key relationships.

·        Engaging with IT stakeholders: Facilitate conversations between Asset stakeholders and IT service lines to support delivery of outcomes for the Asset.

·        Planning and Safety: Supporting teams in communicating with site stakeholders on impacts of IT changes, via Engineering MOC and IAP, to deliver work safely on site.

Deliverables:

∙ Project Execution Plan and Schedule 

∙ Project Interface Management Plan 

∙ Project Communications and Engagement Plan 

∙ Project Risk and Issues Register  

∙ Project Decision Register 

∙ Project Status Reports