Company Description
UP Education is the largest private tertiary provider in New Zealand, with a rapidly growing presence in Australia. We have 50+ campuses in 15 locations across New Zealand and Australia. Our education offering includes Accredited Vocational Education & Training and Higher Education, University Partnerships, and Online Learning from institutions such as Yoobee Colleges and NZMA in New Zealand, and Acknowledge Education and Endeavour College of Natural Health in Australia, among many more.
Our global sales force and agent network spans 21 locations including Asia, South America, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
In a world where change happens faster with each new day, education forges pathways for the future. At UP Education, we are on a mission: to elevate and empower people to unlock their potential. We believe learning should be defined by the exceptional, and at UP Education we have an ongoing commitment to the development of our staff.
Job Description
We are seeking a motivated, confident and experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in delivering technical solutions to the education or service sector in New Zealand and/or Australia. These solutions should have elements of applications, integrations, data migrations and business change. It is expected that your skills, experience, and technical knowledge will enable you to quickly adapt and contribute to similar projects, while your motivation to learn and achieve will drive your self-directed learning and upskilling.
The Project Manager is accountable to UP Education Group IT and the respective provider companies for the successful delivery of multiple projects in tandem from conception to closure. You will be responsible for the direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals. An excellent motivated multitasker who can apply her/his skills and experience to all the project management principles, throughout the project lifecycle. And importantly to effective problem solving, guiding stakeholder decisions and building collaborative cross functional project teams with across the business, Group IT and vendors.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5+ years’ proven hands-on working experience in end-to-end IT project management.
• Proven track record delivering complex technical solutions with strong technical understanding of business applications, Integrations, and/or Data migration.
• Proven experience of managing multiple projects in tandem successfully.
• Skilled and self-sufficient in using Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Proficiency in a range of project management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet, Trello or equivalent.
• Practical experience delivering projects using Waterfall, Agile, and/or hybrid methodologies.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
• Excellent client-facing, vendor management and internal communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience creating detailed delivery plans and schedules, managing dependencies, and adjusting as needed.
• Strong facilitation, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and decision-making abilities.
• Valid project management certification(s) such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or AgilePM.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Delivered success IT project in the New Zealand and/or Australian education sector.
• Understanding of Student Management Systems (SMS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), CRM platforms, and related integration projects.
• Familiarity with New Zealand / Australia’s education system and regulatory requirements is highly desirable.
• Experience in vendor selection and contract negotiation.
• Exposure to business case development and benefits realisation tracking.

• Develop project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical and business feasibility. Ensure alignment with organizational goals and measurable value outcomes.
• Build each project delivery approach based on the project objectives, solution, budget and resources. Apply the appropriate delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, hybrid).
• Create and maintain the necessary project control mechanisms or tools that will allow you effectively drive the project. Such as detailed project plans, schedules, and resource allocation; Jira – tasks, plans, timelines, roadmaps; Regular project planning, stand-ups and reviews; Project Teams channels and SharePoint document repository; and Collaboration tools, such as Lucid charts, Miro Boards.
• Set-up, manage and build project teams or workstreams with resources from the business, Group IT and vendors.
• Ensure productive, collaborative and regular interactions with progress, expectations and dependencies clearly communicated.
• Assign tasks, owners, and timelines; ensure accountability.
• Ensure that all teams and team members are focused on the right thing and the right time.
• Establish governance and process to manage risks, issues and change (RACI / Steering Committee / Risk and Issues management process and register / Change management process and register)
• Set-up and manage project budgets, forecast spend, and reporting.
• Last but most importantly, ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
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