Senior Project Manager
Starfish Consulting Bullhorn ·www.starfishconsulting.co.nz
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We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of large, complex business application initiatives within a high-performing digital delivery environment, within a fast-paced utilities environment. This role plays a critical part in driving end-to-end project outcomes, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and delivering measurable business value.
You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, partnering closely with senior stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors to successfully deliver transformative programmes of work.
Key Responsibilities
You are a confident, delivery-focused Senior Project Manager with a strong track record of leading complex IT programmes.
You will bring:
The Team
You’ll be part of a Digital Delivery team responsible for enabling business and system change aligned to strategic outcomes. This team plays a key role in ensuring delivery excellence, governance, and executive visibility across a portfolio of initiatives.
What’s on Offer
Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion.
You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, partnering closely with senior stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors to successfully deliver transformative programmes of work.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of IT projects, from business case through implementation and post-delivery review
- Manage scope, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and decision frameworks
- Ensure alignment of delivery outcomes with organisational strategy and priorities
- Facilitate collaboration across technical teams, stakeholders, vendors, and partners
- Drive governance, reporting, and transparency for senior leadership and executive audiences
- Apply best-practice delivery approaches (Agile, PRINCE2, PMBOK) as appropriate
- Manage vendors, RFP processes, contracts, and commercial performance
- Mentor and support junior project managers and coordinators
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability
You are a confident, delivery-focused Senior Project Manager with a strong track record of leading complex IT programmes.
You will bring:
- 10 years’ project management experience
- Proven success delivering large-scale IT projects end-to-end
- Experience with CRM or Salesforce implementations (desirable)
- Strong knowledge of project governance, financials, and risk management
- Ability to manage vendors, contracts, and budgets effectively
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including presenting to Executives and Steering Committees
- Confidence in developing and presenting solution papers and driving stakeholder buy-in
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure
- Experience in sectors such as financial services, government, telecommunications, or technology (preferred)
- Relevant certification (PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or similar) is advantageous
- Iterative delivery experience using Kanban, Sprint or the like
The Team
You’ll be part of a Digital Delivery team responsible for enabling business and system change aligned to strategic outcomes. This team plays a key role in ensuring delivery excellence, governance, and executive visibility across a portfolio of initiatives.
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to lead high-impact, enterprise-level projects
- Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making
- A collaborative and forward-thinking delivery environment
- Competitive salary and benefits package
Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion.
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