Project Manager

One New Zealand

Project Manager managing NZTA portfolio projects from initiation to delivery at One NZ. Leading project planning, governance, and stakeholder engagement.

Posted 8/3/2026full-time🇳🇿 New ZealandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in project management within technology environments, focusing on project planning, governance, and stakeholder engagement. Proficient in managing risks, issues, and dependencies while ensuring delivery readiness and operational handover.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Project Management ExperienceProject Planning and SchedulingStakeholder EngagementChange Governance and Release ManagementJira and MS Project Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Project ManagementRisk ManagementIssue ManagementDependency ManagementChange ManagementDelivery AssuranceAnalytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsGovernance ReportingFinancial Tracking

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsFacilitation Skills

Tools & Technologies

JiraMS ProjectServiceNowTeamsSharePointSentientSAP

Industry Keywords

NZTA ProjectsCustomer-Facing Technology ProjectsService TransitionOperational ReadinessBAU Handover

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver NZTA projects and work packages within agreed scope, time, quality and governance expectations.
Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, risks, issues and dependencies.
Coordinate internal delivery teams, vendors, suppliers and customer stakeholders.
Manage project governance, reporting, delivery assurance and project administration.
Support financial tracking, billing inputs and commercial administration.
Lead project meetings, delivery reviews, stakeholder forums and project closure activities.
Manage project risks, issues, changes and dependencies throughout delivery.
Coordinate change and release activities, including planning and implementation readiness.
Prepare CAB/TCAB submissions, RFC documentation, communication and rollback plans.
Ensure deployment readiness, approvals and prerequisite activities are completed.
Maintain Jira, delivery trackers, dashboards and change records.
Coordinate outage communications, deployment notifications and post-implementation reporting.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least three years' project management experience within a technology environment.
Proven experience delivering customer-facing technology projects or work packages.
Strong project planning, scheduling, governance and reporting capability.
Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, scope and delivery priorities.
Understanding of change governance, release management and CAB/TCAB processes.
Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and facilitation skills.
Experience coordinating vendors, suppliers, technical and operational teams.
Working knowledge of Jira, MS Project, ServiceNow, Teams, SharePoint, Sentient or SAP.
Understanding of service transition, operational readiness and BAU handover.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and delivery assurance skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A fully subsidised Southern Cross health insurance cover for you and your family.
Lifestyle leave, giving you the option to purchase an extra week or two of annual leave.
Discounts on One New Zealand products, services and much more!