Applications Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced IT Applications Project Manager for an initial six-month contract with a well-established organisation undergoing significant business and technology change.
 
In this exciting role you will take ownership of several concurrent application projects that must be delivered over the coming months. These initiatives include application migrations, the implementation of new enterprise platforms and the replacement of an important business system.
 
This is a hands-on delivery role for a Project Manager who can work confidently across business stakeholders, application teams, vendors and international delivery partners.
 
The role
You will manage the business and technology coordination required to deliver several focused application initiatives.

While specialist internal teams and external partners will perform much of the technical implementation, you will be responsible for bringing the overall delivery together. This will include:

• Establishing clear scope, plans, responsibilities and delivery milestones
• Coordinating business stakeholders, application teams and external vendors
• Clarifying business requirements and challenging assumptions where needed
• Identifying application, integration, data and operational dependencies
• Managing risks, issues, decisions and competing priorities
• Coordinating testing, defect resolution and business acceptance
• Providing clear reporting and escalating issues before they affect delivery

What you will bring
You are a practical and commercially minded Applications Project Manager who is comfortable working across both business and technology, including: 

• 7-10+ years' experience as an Applications Project Manager delivering application implementations, migrations or replacements
• Exposure to finance systems, CMS/web platforms or Salesforce implementations
• Strong understanding of the application delivery lifecycle
• Experience managing integrations and dependencies between business systems
• Excellent stakeholder management and vendor coordination skills
• Strong planning, governance, risk, issue and dependency management capability
• The ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and changing priorities

What's in it for you?
 
This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of a varied portfolio of application projects with visible and achievable outcomes.
 
You will work closely with business and technology leaders, influence how new applications are introduced and help ensure that each solution is technically coordinated, operationally ready and genuinely meets the needs of the business.
 
If you are an experienced Applications Project Manager who can bring structure to ambiguity, build trusted relationships and keep multiple delivery streams moving, then please apply now!