Australian Payments Plus
Project Manager
The AP+ team strives to deliver world leading innovation, excellence in delivery, and customer experiences that delight and inspire us to build a better, stronger and more prosperous Australia.
Business operations
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.
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Why Australian Payments Plus
At AP+ we're changing the game! We're doing big things, and we can't do it alone. We're part of a big ecosystem, and we know teamwork and passion for our purpose is what will make us successful. We value the unique talents, perspectives, of all our employees. This includes people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, First Nations Peoples, people of all abilities and diverse backgrounds, as well as their families.
AP+ brings together Australia’s three domestic payment providers, BPAY Group, eftpos and NPP Australia, into one integrated entity. Bringing these businesses together enables AP+ to create a more competitive and coordinated Australian payments organisation that is strategically placed to respond to the impacts of regulatory and technological change today, and into the future.
About the role
The Role: In this role as the Project Manager, you will assist the Program Manager in organising and coordinating the delivery streams within the Program.
You will play a key role in strategic initiatives aimed at developing and enhancing future products and capabilities on the New Payments Platform. This position requires close collaboration with NPP squad members and other teams across the AP+ organisation.
Day to day, you can expect to:
- Support the Program Manager in coordinating and aligning project activities with overall program objectives, ensuring smooth execution and adherence to delivery framework standards.
- Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues, and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery.
- Ensure all delivery streams are progressing consistently and meeting key dates and milestones.
- Develop and maintain heatmap reporting for product enhancement capabilities to track Participant readiness status.
- Ensure effective project delivery governance and consistent application of the AP+ delivery methodology across the project environment.
- Cultivate and manage stakeholder relationships internally, while supporting external stakeholder engagement through effective relationship-building.
- Manage priorities and allocate resources to meet deliverables, ensuring the necessary skills and competencies align with the Program’s needs.
- Undertake additional duties as directed by the Program Manager.
- Liaise with sponsors and business owners to secure support, resource allocation, and stakeholder buy-in, ensuring project activities meet agreed outcomes.
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- Expertise in project management, and a successful track record in project management overseeing enterprise-wide projects, preferably within the payments industry.
- Experience with payment vendor applications (e.g. Swift, FIS) .
- Experience in working with the ISO 20022 standard and knowledge of the elements and business rule usage.
- Experience in payment industry working group coordination, participation, and reporting.
- Experience in guiding payment industry Participants through major change initiatives and tracking testing and readiness reporting status.
- Experience in building and managing customer/client relationships.
- Experience working with internal and external stakeholders, vendors.
What you'll be responsible for
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Project Initiation
Manage people, materials, and budget to ensure they are efficient and effective in achieving the project objectives
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Project Coordination
Coordinate people and processes to ensure the effective and timely running of a project
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Program and Project Risk Management
Identify, assess, and manage risks that may impact the program or project's success
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Prioritization
Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actions
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Verbal communication
Speaks clearly to convey information effectively to a target audience
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