Project Director (Temporary Opportunity up to 35 months)
Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW
Job category: Senior Executive
Job location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2020
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Employment type: Fixed Term Full-Time
Salary range: An attractive remuneration package
You're passionate about a career delivering solutions that impact millions
You’re ready to play an essential role behind the scenes by providing vital support, ensuring seamless project execution, and playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of transportation
In this role you will:
- Play a pivotal role in providing technology project management and delivery leadership for the planning and implementation of the $66m Bus Transport Management System (BTMS) project.
- Provide high-level professional guidance and coordination for technology streams within the BTMS project that is being co-delivered with the Opal Next-Gen (ONG) program which is upgrading the ticketing system.
- Lead multi-functional technology teams in the delivery of the project through procurement, commissioning and intermediate phases.
- Manage and support engagements with business and technical stakeholders, vendors, bus operators and other programs.
- Work closely with the ONG program to deliver joint outcomes.
- Direct the development of project schedules, resource plans and budgets to deliver outcomes that meet the BTMS strategic and operational needs.
- Coordinate project approval, cost planning, commercial and procurement processes
- Oversee risk and issue management, as well as reporting and governance in alignment with the BTMS project and ONG program requirements.
- Provide leadership and direction to a variable number of indirect technology delivery team reports in a matrix reporting line context.
- You are a tenacious and hands-on senior project leader.
- You are recognised for delivering large-scale, high-profile technology projects into complex, matrix business environments.
- You seek a role with real impact!
- You are ready to ensure seamless project execution and support to reshape the future of bus technology in NSW.
You possess expertise in:
- Working at a senior or executive level in a complex organisation, delivering specialist and authoritative advice to executive leadership.
- Exceptional project planning and project management experience and full technology project life cycle capability.
- Leadership and management skills, including the ability to strategically lead, influence and motivate highly skilled direct and indirect technical staff to deliver desired outcomes.
- Effective collaboration with other teams across the organisation and with other programs to overcome barriers and manage inter-program dependencies and blockers
- Managing and delivering technology projects with complex vendor engagements (experience delivering transportation technologies and solutions well regarded).
- Engaging with business and technical stakeholders across all levels and in balancing the competing needs and expectations of stakeholders within rapid-paced and agile environments.
- Building trust, influencing and effectively communicating on strategic and operational matters with senior stakeholders, vendors and team members at all levels applying a commercial and customer centric mindset.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.
This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team’s home base location with remote days.
For more information about this role, please contact
Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply.
Transport acknowledges the Aboriginal people of the country on which we work, their traditions, culture and a shared history and identity. We also pay our respects to Elders past and present and recognise the continued connection to country.
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