We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia.

 
We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently.

We are Vicinity.

Role purpose

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading a set of cross-functional workstreams in the successful planning, execution, and completion of Project Optimus, a high-profile transformation project. They will co-ordinate the successful implementation including production transition beyond an initial Hypercare period. The Senior Project Manager ensures that workstreams are delivered on time, within scope, and meet the highest quality standards, using a combination of waterfall, agile and hybrid methodologies dependent on the workstream.

Key Accountabilities

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Cultivate strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Solicit feedback and incorporate input to enhance project outcomes

Project Planning and Initiation:

• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables

• Work with the Product Owner to Manage and prioritise the product backlog

• Develop comprehensive project plans and schedules, outlining tasks, timelines, and resource requirements

• Evaluate whether there are any deviations from the project plan, identifying nature of the deviations, reasons and impacts. Determine and implement corrective actions to ensure the project is set back on track .

Project Team Leadership:

• Lead and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.

• Foster a collaborative and positive team environment, across internal and external resources

Execution Management:

• Manage the activities required to achieve the outcome

• Implement and enforce agile best practices, including the use of agile project management tools and techniques and execute projects in an iterative delivery manner.

• Conduct thorough quality assessments to guarantee project deliverables meet established standards.

• Implement continuous improvement by identifying and implementing initiatives based on project feedback to enhance team efficiency and delivery

Risk Management:

• Identify and assess potential risks and challenges.

• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.

• Proactively address issues to prevent project delays

Communication:

• Facilitate clear and effective communication among team members and stakeholders.

• Provide regular project updates to management and stakeholders

Budget Management:

• Develop and manage project budgets, tracking expenses and resource allocation.

• Ensure projects are delivered within budgetary constraints.

Key Role Relationships

• Project Optimus Program Lead

• Project Optimus Program Manager

• Project Optimus Business Lead

• Project Optimus Product Owner

• Project Optimus Test Manager

• Core Systems Lead

• Transition Operations Lead

• Salesforce Application Build Delivery Lead

Capability and Experience

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE (what you have done)

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager, with a minimum of ten years in successful Technology project delivery

• Experience in the successful implementation of a large-scale application transformation project inclusive of production transition beyond an initial Hypercare period

• Experience in working on a Program of Work with complex testing needs across all Testing phases

• Developing project deliverables and planning for Implementation phase i.e.: Run sheet

• Track record of delivering complex projects successfully, on time and within budget

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, internal and external

CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE (what you need to know)

• Education and Certifications: A relevant educational background, such as a degree in project management, or a related field, and certifications in Agile and product management

• Agile Methodology: Proficiency in agile methodologies, and how practices can be adapted to support project objectives. Ability to blend agile and waterfall methodologies to suit the workstream, the business needs and the outcomes required.

• Proficient in project management tools and software

• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, where introduction of new technology and change management are required, including management of both Waterfall and Agile projects from initiation to closure

CAPABILITIES (what you can do)

• Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills with a demonstrated ability to work with senior technology and business stakeholders

• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills

• Significant experience in making sound decisions and judgements (to resolve project roadblocks and issues)

• Enthusiastic, willing to learn and has continuous improvement and best practice attitude

• Calm under pressure

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES (who you are)

You consistently demonstrate and role model the behaviours that bring the Vicinity values to life:

Respect:

• We listen to and acknowledge each other's views

• We have difficult conversations with care

Integrity:

• We back our words with the right actions

• We do the right thing, no matter the situation

Customer Focus:

• We nurture a genuine connection with our customers

• We consider customer needs when making decisions

Collaboration:

• We invite the right people to the table

• We balance consensus with decisive actions

Excellence:

• We always strive to improve

• We share our challenges and celebrate the wins

Why Vicinity?

Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes:

• Flexible working options 
• Birthday leave & purchased additional leave
• $1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members
• Internal mentoring program
• Generous Parental Leave

We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence.  They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.

At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

Our people and our Employee Advocacy Groups (Gender Balance, Cultural Diversity, Disability & Access and Pride & Allies) actively build community and provide allyship within Vicinity. If you’d like to speak to someone to understand what it’s like firsthand to work here, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team.

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Email: [email protected]

Phone: +61 3 7001 4000 (request to speak to our Talent Acquisition team)

Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.