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| POSITION DESCRIPTION | AUSTRALIAN IT SPECIALISTS NOVEMBER 2008 |
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Project Manager - Applications - $6+ million |
| Position Code: | 11 | | Career Level: | 6 |
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Responsible for
Managing the end-to-end delivery of large applications / development projects, that require a high level of project integration. Combined value of more than $6 million. |
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Reports To
Project Director/Program Manager, General Manager - Applications Services |
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Supervises
Project Team Leaders, Project employees including business analysts, developers. |
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Main Activities
Establishing and managing effective project operations to deliver quality outcomes.
Managing a team(s) of project employees operating on complex/large applications development projects, typically in a complex, multi-platform technical environment.
Controlling project design and planning activities associated with large, complex applications development projects.
Defining, sourcing & managing necessary project resources.
Controlling project schedules to ensure that necessary modules and programs are completed according to the project plan.
Preparing project budgets, attaining necessary approvals in a timely manner and monitoring project financials and the realisation of defined project benefits
Effectively controlling and managing the issues, risks, dependencies and changes in scope associated with large, complex IT projects
Establishing, managing and reporting on project budget(s), analysing budget variances and recommending appropriate action.
Exceeding stakeholder expectations through the application of stakeholder management disciplines
Developing and managing vendor contracts / agreements associated with projects under management
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Key Skills
Strong understanding and application of Project Management competencies including scope, time, costs, quality, HR, communications, risk, procurement, and integration
Strong understanding and application of change management competencies.
Effective leadership, coordination, motivational, negotiation and dispute resolution skills
Strong understanding of business requirements and technical limitations as determined by the organisation’s enterprise architecture.
Ability to apply analytical skill and conceptual thinking to operations and system planning across a range of technologies.
Negotiation and dispute resolution skills.
Financial literacy to forecast and manage project budgets.
Ability to manage the competing demands of multiple, simultaneous projects.
Strong skills with Microsoft Office tools particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project
Ability to influence and build productive relationships with industry providers and stakeholders.
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Internal Contacts
IT Executive, Line Management, User Groups, Finance and Administration, Human Resources, IT Infrastructure. |
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External Contacts
Consultants, Contractors, Hardware and Software Vendors. |
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Typical Experience
At least 10 years of experience in Information Technology, with at least 5 years of Applications Project Management experience, coupled with tertiary level qualifications in Computer Science, Business or an associated discipline. May have formal project management qualifications. |
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Other Comments
Has successfully delivered large client/server and/or mainframe development projects requiring a high level of integration. Project Managers matched to this role must be 'specialists', managing Applications projects. 'Generalist' IT Project Managers covering both Infrastructure and Applications projects in this budgetary range should be matched to Position Code 411 - IT Project Manager - $6+ million. |
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