About the client:
Our client is a major enterprise focused on delivering robust data management and governance solutions for large-scale banking projects. This role is pivotal in supporting data-driven initiatives and ensuring high standards of data quality and integrity.
About the role:
The Project Manager is responsible for leading project teams in delivering solutions according to project charter or client project contracts for Data initiatives
Key Responsibilities:
- The Project Manager – Testing Environments role focuses on leading the delivery and uplift of testing environments across a complex enterprise landscape. The role is critical in supporting a large-scale transformation aimed at simplifying systems, improving customer and employee experience, and reducing operational risk.
- The Project Manager is responsible for managing end‑to‑end delivery, including project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and execution while ensuring alignment with program objectives. The role requires close collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders such as program managers, architects, infrastructure leads, QA teams, and vendors to coordinate environment setup, application integration, and testing readiness.
- Key responsibilities include proactive risk and issue management, stakeholder engagement, and providing structured reporting on project health, milestones, and financials. The role also involves overseeing governance processes, ensuring compliance with enterprise frameworks, and managing vendor performance.
- The ideal candidate brings strong experience in delivering complex technical projects, preferably in the banking domain, with expertise in infrastructure deployment, test environment management, and Agile delivery.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills are essential to manage multiple concurrent workstreams effectively while ensuring delivery stability and quality outcomes.
- Proven experience as a Project Manager delivering complex technical projects within large enterprise transformation programs, preferably in banking or financial services
- Knowledge of project governance, delivery lifecycles, stakeholder engagement, and vendor management
- Ability to read and interpret technical documentation such as architecture diagrams and system flows
- Solid experience managing end-to-end project delivery uplifting and deploying new Infrastructure, onboarding applications, and integrating with existing services
- Experience working with internal teams and third-party vendors to facilitate and manage delivery
- Excellent proactiveness, stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to gather requirements, facilitate workshops and drive outcomes
- Confident working with technical stakeholders and translating between business and IT domains
- Provide structured and concise reporting to Program Managers and key stakeholders on RAG status, milestones, risks, issues and finances
- High attention to detail and organisational skills, comfortable managing multiple concurrent streams
- A collaborative team player with excellent communication, interpersonal skills and strong resilience
Desirable Skills:
- Experience working in complex environments with a large number of applications requiring integration into existing systems (E.g. Data Platforms, APIs, upstream & downstream systems)
- Solid understanding of test environments management
- Exposure to Traditional, Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies
- Familiar with a variety of project delivery and collaboration tools (e.g. MS Project, Jira, Confluence)
- Comfortable stepping into ambiguity
- A Team player, highly accountable, proactive, and flexible, with a willingness to go above and beyond
This is a contract role based in Sydney, with immediate start available. You’ll play a key role in delivering robust, secure, and innovative data solutions in a dynamic, high-impact banking environment.
How to Apply
Please upload your CV to apply.
For direct enquiries about the role, contact George Wright at georgew@whizdom.com.au or 0480 011 549.
Suitable candidates will be contacted with next steps. You may be required to complete selection criteria as part of the application process.
