ICT Project Manager

About Us

Theia Limited is an Auckland-based web design and software development company. We deliver tailored digital solutions for businesses across New Zealand, helping clients streamline operations and grow through technology.

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Position Summary

You will deliver end to end ICT & digital system implementation projects across the full software R&D lifecycle: scope definition, planning, budgeting, risk and quality management and stakeholder engagement. Applicants require minimum three years end to end ICT software project management experience covering full product R&D lifecycle, technical team leadership and on site client project delivery. You will lead technical teams and contractors to deliver projects on time, on budget and meeting quality requirements.

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Responsibilities

1.Project Planning and Management

o Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

o Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.

o Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

o Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.

o Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.

2.Team Leadership and Coordination

o Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.

o Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.

o Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

o Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

3.Budget and Resource Management

o Draft and submit ICT project budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.

o Determine and assess the need for additional technical staff and/or ICT consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

4.Quality Assurance and Risk Management

o Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, ICT functional requirements documentation.

o Proactively manage changes in ICT project scope, identify potential technical and business risks, and devise contingency plans.

o Define ICT system delivery project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties15 throughout project life cycle.

o Conduct ICT project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

5.Stakeholder Engagement

o Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.

o Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.

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Requirements

1. Bachelor’s degree or above in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems or related computing disciplines.

2. Minimum 3 years of end-to-end ICT software project management experience, covering full product R&D lifecycle, technical team leadership and client on-site project delivery.

3. Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional technical teams, with proven capability in product R&D coordination, budget control, risk assessment and nationwide project rollout.

4. Hands-on experience in backend software development, database architecture design and integrated hardware-software system deployment.

5. Working knowledge of New Zealand privacy regulations and payment cybersecurity compliance for commercial POS platforms.

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Why Join Us?

1. A highly competitive hourly rate.

2. Long-term career development

3. Opportunities to develop technical & project-management capabilities

4. Stable Monday to Friday working hours, excellent work-life balance

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Work time and location:

Minimum working hours: 40 hours per week, full-time

Location: Wellington