Senior IS Project Manager

GHD is a company committed to empowering its employees to make a positive impact. They are seeking a Senior IS Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex Information Services projects, ensuring measurable business value and effective stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end to end delivery of complex IS projects, from initiation through to closure, ensuring outcomes are delivered within agreed scope, schedule, budget, and risk tolerance
• Establish and maintain fit for purpose delivery plans, governance, and controls aligned with GHD standards and enterprise expectations
• Proactively manage dependencies, risks, issues, and assumptions, escalating where required with clear options and recommendations
• Ensure delivery integrates effectively with platform, security, architecture, change, and business operations
• Act as the primary point of accountability for senior business and IS stakeholders, building trust through clear communication and reliable delivery
• Prepare and present executive ready reporting, decision briefs, and recommendations, as required
• Translate business objectives into delivery plans and clearly articulate trade offs, impacts, and delivery implications
• Manage approved project budgets and forecasts, ensuring accurate financial tracking and early identification of variances
• Support business case or charter development, funding approvals, and vendor engagement, where required
• Ensure third party delivery partners are effectively managed against contracted scope, outcomes, and performance expectations
• Apply appropriate project governance, assurance, and compliance controls commensurate with project size, risk, and regulatory requirements
• Ensure projects meet information security, risk, compliance, and audit obligations, particularly in regulated or high risk environments
• Drive disciplined delivery practices while remaining pragmatic and outcome focused
• Coach and support Project Managers and delivery team members, contributing to uplift in delivery maturity and capability
• Model GHD values and foster a collaborative, accountable, and delivery focused culture
• Contribute to continuous improvement of IS Project Management Methodology, delivery practices, standards, and templates

Requirements:

• 8-10+ years of demonstrated experience delivering complex, enterprise scale IS or technology projects in a global or matrixed environment
• Proven capability engaging with senior leaders and executives
• Advanced project management expertise across complex, multi stakeholder initiatives
• Strong executive level communication, influence, and decision framing
• High judgment and autonomy in navigating ambiguity and competing priorities
• Strong financial, risk, and dependency management capability
• Ability to connect delivery outcomes to enterprise strategy and business value
• Project management certification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, or equivalent) desirable
• Experience working across applications, platforms, infrastructure, data, or digital transformation initiatives
• For US candidates only, direct experience delivering US Federal compliance–related initiatives, including coordination of assurance activities, remediation planning, and executive reporting
• CMMC experience or related certification/training is highly desirable