Senior Project Manager

At Arinco, we take a quality-driven approach to professional services and project delivery. Through strong attention to detail, exceeding expectations and developing good relationships with our customers we ensure quality and care is at the heart of what we do across a wide range of mid-size, government and enterprise customers.

Working at Arinco you’ll play an integral role within the broader team, working together to:

• Focus on developing cutting-edge technologies using modern delivery principles
• Contribute to our expert status as a Microsoft Specialised Partner and winner of the 2024 Microsoft Australian Partner of the Year
• Be part of a fun, supportive team culture with passionate individuals doing great work in a flexible environment

Founded in March 2019 and headquartered in Melbourne, we are a leading technology consulting business specialising in digital transformation. Our origins are in AI, and we proudly deliver marketing-leading solutions to customers in partnership with Microsoft, as one of their top AI partners.

With 5 Microsoft partner solution designations and 10 specialisations, we are the fastest-growing strategic partner of Microsoft ANZ and the 2024 Microsoft Australian Partner of the Year Award winner. We are also among the few GitHub Verified Partners in the ANZ region.

We are currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our AI Transformation practice.

What you’ll do: 

• Lead end-to-end project delivery in a customer facing role, ensuring seamless execution from initiation to completion 
• Apply project management best practices to keep project on track, balancing scope, time, cost and financial constraints, while ensuring customers satisfaction  
• Easily switch contexts between tasks and/or projects, adapting quickly to shifting priorities and business needs as required 
• Take ownership of project success, defining and driving ways of working, ensuring clear approaches, effective facilitation and tangible business value  
• Be a thought leader and trusted advisor, demonstrating stakeholder management across both technical teams/senior business leaders and C-level customers

Our ideal person will have: 

• Exposure to large technical projects specifically in the Cloud migration/AI/Data and Digital Transformation space
• Experience in risk management, identifying potential issues and implementing mitigation strategies
• The ability to lead a project not just manage it, with a strong understanding of modern technologies to effectively engage with technical teams and ensure seamless project execution 
• Significant demonstrable experience managing multiple/concurrent project streams 
• Experience working in large, complex organisations such as financial, government, mining and utilities – aligning with our diverse customer portfolio 
• Ability to adapt project management style, ensuring alignment with customer and business needs  
• Strong understanding of change management within transformation and/or complex projects 
• Strong accountability and ownership mindset, driving best practices and structured methodologies to maximise business impact 
• Ability to work in multi-vendor environments, ensuing collaboration and alignment across teams 
• Proven written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and build report with stakeholders at all levels in a clear, concise and personal manner  
• A collaborative approach, leveraging the collective knowledge and experience of internal teams to provide industry-leading solutions  
• Ideally strong MS tech stack knowledge aligned with our Arinco services
• Experience working in cloud migration/separation type projects would be highly beneficial

What we offer:  

• People first culture – We are an authentic and empowered crew, where everyone has a voice and we succeed together
• Crew connection – Regular squad outings, Crew musters, social interest groups and Crew events
• A focus on learning and development –Internal development initiatives and a $2,000 L&D budget for certifications, licences, conferences or anything else you need to grow
• Tech done your way - We provide a $2,500 annual allowance for you to spend on the hardware or home office equipment of your choice