Summary: The Senior Project Manager will lead the deployment of JIRA as a Project Portfolio Management tool within a leading financial services company. This role involves overseeing the entire implementation process, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and managing stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate will possess extensive project management experience and technical expertise in Atlassian products. The position is a 6-month contract based in Sydney.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the business owner, providing Atlassian subject matter expertise and ensuring the project delivers planned benefits while scoping future phases.
• Lead the implementation of JIRA as a PPM tool from the Business Case stage through to operationalisation, ensuring adherence to time, budget, scope, and quality constraints.
• Ensure smooth transition from the Discovery phase to planning and delivery, accelerating project execution.
• Prepare project cost estimates for funding approval and manage delivery against agreed costs to optimise efficiency and resource utilisation.
• Monitor benefits throughout the change programme, ensuring alignment with the original business case and managing dependencies across business units.
• Engage, inform, and negotiate with key stakeholders, including leadership, business owners, IT, and software development teams.
• Work closely with Atlassian partners to tailor the JIRA configuration to business requirements.
• Oversee vendor performance, ensuring adherence to schedules, quality standards, and contractual agreements.
• Ensure compliance with project governance frameworks and delivery methodologies.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues while communicating mitigation strategies to stakeholders.
• Drive project decision-making and escalation processes to achieve successful outcomes.
• Lead and mentor project team members to maximise resource utilisation and build project management capabilities across the organisation.
• Foster collaboration within cross-functional teams to ensure seamless project execution.

Key Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Project Management certification (e.g., PMI, Prince2, Agile) preferred.
• 10+ years of project management experience, managing budgets of $2M+ in an Agile environment.
• Proven experience in implementing and managing JIRA within an enterprise environment.
• Expertise in JIRA administration, including creating custom workflows, dashboards, and reports.
• Strong understanding of the Atlassian product suite (JIRA, Confluence, and various plugins).
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring solutions drive business value.
• Experience leading large-scale business transformation projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and negotiation skills, with a proven track record in stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Salary (Rate): 800

City: Sydney

Country: Australia

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: Other