Senior Project Manager

Headquartered in Melbourne since 2012, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. Southern Cross Systems employs 840 people across engineering hubs in Melbourne and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

The position:

Southern Cross Systems has a small PMO. You will own schedules, budgets, risks and status reporting for your projects. The Senior Project Manager runs cross-functional projects from kickoff to close, usually three or four at a time, with budgets between $250K and $2M. Our headquarters is in Melbourne, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. We engage team members in Bangladesh as full-time contractors. Most of our contractors have been with us for more than two years. Core hours overlap with Sydney business hours until mid-afternoon. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

Main duties:

Escalate blockers before they turn into missed dates. Handle change requests and their effect on scope, time and cost. Build and maintain project plans in Smartsheet or MS Project. Close projects with lessons learned and a clean handoff to operations. Manage project budgets and forecast spend to completion.

Required qualifications:

6+ years of project management experience. Comfortable running meetings with senior stakeholders. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Working knowledge of waterfall and Agile methods. Experience managing budgets and multiple projects at once. Organised, with a habit of following up.

Pay: $1,350 - $1,600 per month

Benefits:

Paid time off. Paid in USD. Monthly internet allowance. Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Southern Cross Systems.