Project Manager - Digital Product Delivery - Government Projects

Project planning and delivery

• Maintain and coordinate the integrated project plan, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions and actions.
• Track delivery progress against agreed scope, sprint commitments, milestones and release plans, and work with the team to address delays and dependencies.
• Coordinate release planning, cutover, operational readiness, post-production stabilisation and handover activities.

Agile delivery and team coordination

• Partner with the Product Manager, Product Owner and delivery teams to coordinate user research, agile ceremonies, release readiness, user adoption and post-launch support.
• Coordinate sprint planning sessions, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives, and follow up on agreed actions.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration across product, design, engineering, operations and business teams.

Governance, vendor and stakeholder management

• Track vendor performance and contractual deliverables, including progress reporting, deliverable acceptance, payment milestones and escalation of delivery concerns.
• Prepare project status updates, governance papers and decision materials for project committees and stakeholders.
• Maintain clear records of decisions, actions, risks and issues, and ensure timely follow-up and escalation where required.

Testing, cybersecurity and release readiness

• Plan, coordinate and track system integration testing, user acceptance testing, operational readiness testing and security assessments.
• Track defects, risks, remediation actions and exit criteria to support informed release-readiness decisions.
• Coordinate cybersecurity compliance and risk-management activities, including assessments, findings, remediation actions, risk acceptances and approvals.

Budget, procurement and post-launch transition

• Track project budgets, procurement activities, contract and payment milestones, invoices and project assets in accordance with organization financial and administrative processes.
• Coordinate user communications, education and adoption activities with the relevant product, business and communications teams.
• Coordinate post-launch support, defect triage and transition to the designated business and operations teams.

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  Experience supporting or managing the delivery of digital systems or products across planning, testing, launch and post-launch stabilisation.
• Experience coordinating project risks, issues, dependencies, vendors, budgets, procurement activities and stakeholder reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the preparation of meeting records, status reports, governance papers and project documentation.
• Highly meticulous and tenacious, with a demonstrated ability to follow through on actions to closure.
• Ability to work effectively and independently under pressure, prioritise competing demands and meet tight deadlines.
• Certifications such as Scrum Master, Product Owner or Business Analysis Professional are an advantage.
• A degree or diploma in computer science, information systems, project management, product management or a related discipline is an advantage.
• Experience with tools such as Confluence, Jira and Figma is an advantage.