Delivery Lead, Project Manager – Open Polytechnic – Lower Hutt, Wellington

Tēnā koe. Nau mai ki te Kuratini Tuwhera.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

We are looking for a seasoned Project Manager to help our project teams deliver quality outcomes in line with the organisation’s strategic priorities. This is achieved through effective collaboration with product owners, key stakeholders, and 3rd party vendors. As an experienced Delivery Lead, you will operate as Project Manager.

You will:

• Define and agree project scope and objectives and check feasibility and benefits versus investment
• Define and agree deliverables, resources, schedule and budget
• Define and agree clear roles and responsibilities
• Define and agree project quality assurance and communication plans
• Identify actual and potential risks to project implementation, and develop strategies to minimise/eliminate them
• Provide guidance to the scrum team by collaborating with the Scrum Lead and ensuring work is executed based on the correct priority
• Create project approval documentation (Mandate, Business Case etc.)
• Manage and deliver project deliverables to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality standards ensuring project activities are aligned with key outcomes
• Develop detailed plans to track progress
• Manage significant project budgets (occasionally in excess of $500,000) and resources.
• Ensure the quality of the work meets overall project standards and the business requirements.

Ngā pūkenga mo te tūnga | What you will bring to the role

You will have a passion for impacting the lives of everyday people and seeing them achieve their educational goals and dreams. You will also constantly be striving to be the best you can be, just as our students do and you pride yourself on the quality of your work.

You will have:

• At least 10 years’ experience in a project setting (ideally in an IT setting)
• Industry recognised Project Management certification (Prince2, PMP, MSP)
• Experience working in Scrum/Agile teams
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and vendor delivery
• Excellent communication skills and experience working with a broad base of stakeholders
• Thorough understanding of project management frameworks and risk mitigation tactics.

Mō mātou | About us

The Kuratini Tuwhera is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading distance and online learning provider. We are also a subsidiary of Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, together with all other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Set up as part of the Government’s Reform of Vocational Education, Te Pūkenga is creating a national network of online, on-campus and on-job learning. Under this exciting new direction, Open Polytechnic will be fully incorporated within the new organisation from 2023.

We specialise in taking the learning to our students, focusing on enabling the success of approximately 30,000 students each year. We’re a place where you can make a difference.

We offer a wide range of learning disciplines from Real Estate to Social Work, Construction and Education. From our Academic Staff Members to our Student Journey Centre, we ensure our students are at the heart of everything we do, every step of the way.

Tono mai | Apply now

If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Applications must be submitted online via our career’s website. Contact Melissa Macdonald Melissa.Macdonald@openpolytechnic.ac.nz with any questions about the role. Applications close 11pm Monday 11 July 2022.

Noho ora mai. Tēnā koe.