Senior Project Manager - 24 month FTC

About the Position

Senior Project Manager - 24 month FTC

Location: Auckland

Employment Type: Fixed Term

Work Location Type: Hybrid

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Responsibilities

Day to day you will:

• Lead projects from initiation and planning through to design, delivery, and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, delivery approach, plans, milestones, resourcing, and success measures.
• Establish effective governance, reporting, decision-making, and change control throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams, vendors, and delivery partners to maintain momentum and accountability.
• Manage budgets, schedules, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and quality to support successful delivery.
• Communicate progress, risks, decisions, financial performance, and expectations clearly across stakeholder groups.
• Partner with sponsors and business owners to support business cases, benefits realization, organizational readiness, and adoption.
• Promote continuous improvement and strengthen project delivery practices.

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Requirements

• Seven or more years’ project management experience, including leading complex technology initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects within agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Strong capability in project planning, governance, financial management, reporting, and delivery assurance.
• Proven ability to anticipate and manage risks, issues, dependencies, competing priorities, and delivery constraints.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and working effectively with senior stakeholders, vendors, and technical specialists.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, problem-solving, negotiation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience in Agile, waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.
• Experience delivering Salesforce or SAP S/4HANA implementation projects would be advantageous.
• PRINCE2 or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is desirable.
• Comfortable working autonomously across multiple initiatives while navigating ambiguity, complexity, and organizational change.

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We Offer

• Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
• Opportunities for local and international secondments
• Hybrid working across a mix of office, client, and home hubs
• The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand
• Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
• A paid professional association membership of your choice
• Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees
• A wide range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
• The support, allyship, and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Affinity networks
• The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030
• An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family, and fundraising activities
• Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities
• An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidized sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources, and much more!

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About the Company

KPMG values diversity in the workforce and encourages candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply for roles, including individuals with a disability, additional mental health needs, chronic health conditions, or who identify as neurodiverse.

For disabled and neurodiverse candidates, if you encounter accessibility barriers or if you have access needs and require support to participate equitably in the recruitment process, please email Emma at [email protected].

For any general questions about the role or recruitment process, feel free to reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected].

We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients, and communities. Our goal is to be recognized as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation, or disability. Further info can be found on our website.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.