Senior Project Manager – Internal Firm Services
pricewaterhousecoopers
📍 auckland - nzl new zealand🕐 1mo ago🔗 workday
Job Description
**Management Level**
Manager
**Job Description & Summary**
Kia ora,
Innovate. Build. Reinvent. Make your tech skills count at PwC New Zealand.
At PwC, our purpose is clear: to build trust in society and solve important problems.
This is a place to keep growing. You’ll learn from the best, take on meaningful challenges, and make a lasting impact for our clients, our communities, and Aotearoa.
**Ngā kōrero mo tēnei tūranga / About the role**
People are what make us the leading professional services firm in New Zealand, and we are a firm full of energy, challenge, innovation and opportunities. We live our values of care, working together, acting with integrity, reimagining the possible, and making a difference, and pride ourselves on the vision and expertise we provide for our clients, which include many of the world’s top-tier companies and leading government organisations.
As a Senior Project Manager in NZiT, you will plan and lead multiple complex projects, ensuring scope, schedule, cost. Quality and benefits are rigorously controlled while navigating a learn resourcing model.
**Your day-to-day could include:**
* Full accountability for delivering agreed project outcomes
* Maintaining a high standard of delivery assurance through creation and maintenance of consistent controls, artefacts and management disciplines, supporting effective delivery, timely escalation, informed decision‑making when risks or issues arise.
* Relationships with your peers, your project team stakeholders and your leaders are productive, communication is professional, clear and timely.
**Ngā pūkenga ka kawea mai e koe, ka whakawhanakehia rānei i tēnei tūranga** **/ Skills you will bring or develop in this role A strong understanding of technology and how it can support better business outcomes.**
* Relevant project management certifications for example, PRINCE2, PMI, Agile.
* Tertiary qualification in Business, IT or management
* 6+ years’ of hands-on project management experience in the Information Technology or Transformation industry, including at least one large project or programme managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects
* Experience building and leading large project teams successfully.
* Strong commercial acumen and proven experience in managing significant project budgets, ensuring accuracy of financial forecasting and reporting, and managing within approved funding.
* Demonstrated success delivering in lean, fast‑moving environments and resolving complex issues under pressure.
* Coaching and mentor skills and shows a commitment to ongoing professional development.
**Ngā āhuatanga hirahira o te mahi ki PwC / Highlights of working at PwC NZ**
* **Rewards** - Discretionary bonus opportunities; generous referral bonuses; retail discounts & deals
* **Growth** - Global network; leadership development; A.I. tools and training; formal learning pathways
* **Wellbeing** - $250 annual wellbeing allowance; Life & income protection; Sonder/EAP/Headspace; 15 days’ paid sick leave; group-rate health insurance (eligibility applies)
* **Reputation** - PwC is known for shaping tomorrow. Join us and you’ll accelerate your career while helping clients and communities solve their most important problems.
* **Flexibility** - Flexible working; supportive coaching culture
* **Time off** - Two paid recognition days off provided each year during our annual summer shutdown period; purchase up to two extra weeks’ annual leave
* **Whānau & community** - Paid parental leave for all parents with flexible options and financial planning support; inclusive networks; paid volunteering leave
**Mō te aha tāu e tatari ana? / What are you waiting for?**
Hit Apply now. To learn how you can grow and shine in your career at PwC, visit our careers site at https://www.pwc.co.nz/careers.html.
Grow here. Go further.
**Ngā whakautu ki o pātai** _/_ **Your questions answered**
_Motuhake / Independence:_ _Maintaining independence is fundamental to demonstrating that PwC has not been influenced by any relationships or situations that undermine our objectivity. This role requires an independence review process._
_Tono tika mai / Please apply directly:_ _We’re not currently partnering with recruitment agencies for this role. If you’d like to be considered, please apply directly - we’d love to hear from you._
_Nau mai ngā tono wawe / We encourage early applications:_ _This role may close before the listed date if we identify a suitable candidate._
_Atamai hangahanga / A.I. usage:_ _Please note that secure, A.I.-enabled tools may support parts of our recruitment process, but all applications are reviewed and decisions made by our people._
**Travel Requirements**
Up to 20%
**Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?**
No
**Job Posting End Date**