Project Manager

Operations      ·      Brisbane/ Remote     ·    Full time

This role is available for applicants based in Brisbane as well as for remote candidates within Australia.

Why Max Kelsen?

We are a rapidly growing company that believes in providing opportunities for career progression. Culturally we want our team to be open, honest, and challenge each other to be better. This does not mean we are perfect, but it does mean that we have a burning desire to keep on improving.

When you come on board at Max Kelsen, you will tackle challenging problems and work with interesting clients including Fortune 500 companies, often building solutions that have never been implemented before. Recently, these have included an application that helps to slow degenerative eye disease in children and another that improves the effectiveness of skin cancer therapies.

The Role:

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our growing Professional Services team, working across multiple clients and managing end-to-end projects. In this role you will ensure that the projects we undertake are delivered as efficiently as possible, by defining and maintaining a clear plan (and organising the chaos, at times), enforcing and encouraging teamwork and fostering engagement with the customer. Our project management approach is an Agile one that is supported by some typical Prince 2 type practices.

What You’ll Do: 

• Provides Work Breakdown Schedule estimations on the project Statement of Work for PMO work items
• Reports project status to the project board
• Raises, documents & manages issues & risks effectively
• Ensures project decisions & actions are captured within all project meetings & circulates them to meeting members  
• Follows up on progress of Actions, Risks & Issues on behalf of the project team
• Identifies key meetings required by the team & facilitates coordination to ensure they occur (aligned to Agile methodology)
• Allocates & facilitates the onboarding of team members to the project 
• Collects Lessons Learned from Retrospectives of prior projects of similar nature & from the same client to share with the Project Management Team
• Monitors project budget, timelines & deliverables, takes corrective action when a project runs off plan & communicates this to the customer through Risk/Issues Notification & Status Reporting 
• Engages in stakeholder management to ensure Customer remains satisfied & expectations are managed throughout the project
• Ensures Work planned & completed by the project team is within the scope of the Project Contract and where outside of scope seeks a variation.
• Ensures the project has the right people to complete the work in scope
• Conducts Business Analyst activities if there is not Business Analyst on the project

Max Kelsen is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are aware that some individuals tend to only apply for jobs when they meet 100% of the criteria. If you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit!

Expected Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years proven experience in Project Management (Program & Portfolio highly desirable)
• 1 or more Project or Business qualifications (AGILE, PRINCE2, PmBok or others)
• 5+ years of experience working with senior business stakeholders within a cross-functional environment
• Strong understanding of AGILE Software Development & SDLC
• Experience working in a Project Management Office (PMO)
• Proficient in use of Atlassian tools (JIRA and Confluence)
• Excellent planning, time management and communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills & problem solving capabilities

About Max Kelsen:

Some companies are product or service centric, but we are people centric. Without our unique, diverse team we wouldn’t be able to do the work we do. Every day we strive to make Max Kelsen a place where everyone feels seen, heard and valued. Our team is encouraged to ask questions, offer solutions and be included in our journey.

In terms of working remotely or from home, we fully endorse this and support our teams to work from wherever they do their best work. We provide all the necessary equipment to work from home including monitors, keyboard, mice, and noise cancelling headphones. Our focus is delivering great outcomes for our clients, not clocking up excessive hours each week.

Enjoy an additional day of birthday leave, 2 days of charity leave to support a cause you’re passionate about, and utilise 5 days of professional development leave to ensure your career prospects continue to grow.

We value spending time together and creating strong connections, so we bring the team together a few days a month for what we call Deep Bond Days. We hold a monthly Town Hall and team BBQ at the office to ensure everyone is kept up to date on changes across the organisation. We also have an active social club with frequent lunches, talks and free social events. Previous events have included private cinema screenings, trivia nights, various sporting activities, and more.

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