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Department: Vector Technology Solutions (VTS) Job DescriptionDo Yourself a Power of Good Vector is collaborating with AWS and other leading global technology firms—right here in Aotearoa New Zealand—to tackle some of the world’s biggest energy challenges. In 2020, Vector and Amazon Web Services (AWS) formed an alliance to co-develop Diverge, a cloud-native data platform. This partnership evolved into Vector Technology Services (VTS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Vector, New Zealand’s largest distributor of electricity and gas. As VTS continues to grow, we’re expanding our Delivery team to accelerate our mission: building commercially valuable, cloud-native platforms and products that address the energy challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re looking for a seasoned Software Project Manager ready for something more meaningful than routine delivery. If you're motivated by complex, high-impact work and want to collaborate with a sharp, energised team solving real-world problems—this could be the challenge you’ve been looking for. The Opportunity As our new Project Manager at VTS (your title will beDelivery Leadwithin our business), you’ll work closely alongside your VTS colleagues in the Delivery, Engineering and Product teams, as well as with our customers across metering and network management and planning to deliver multiple initiatives across the VTS portfolio. You’ll own projects end-to-end, ensuring strong governance, commercial viability, and meaningful outcomes for both VTS and our customers. At VTS, today you might run a defect meeting, pull together a Statement of Work, and review your budgets. Tomorrow you could run a risk assessment workshop, make sure the teams are delivering to plan, and provide a progress update to your stakeholders. Does this sound like you? You’ll be responsible for: Securing project funding through robust business cases and owning governance processes Translating business cases and technical requirements into commercially clear Statements of Work (SOWs) alongside Engineering and Product teams Working with Product Owners and Technical Leads alongside development teams, responsible for delivering back end front end software changes to our Diverge platform and other systems, Managing delivery reporting including project status, risks, issues, and budgets across pipeline, in-progress, and operational activities Providing financial reporting and analysis on projects to the Head of Delivery What You’ll Bring A proven track record in implementing software change in SaaS platforms, ideally with experience in AWS, cloud-native, or serverless environments At least 5 years of solid experience in the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) and scaled agile methodologies Demonstratable history of managing multiple, concurrent projects with budgets over $1M, while maintaining strong governance and timely delivery in a fast-paced environment Strength in stakeholder engagement across complex, matrixed organisations A collaborative, “roll-up-your-sleeves” attitude and experience navigating cross-functional team dynamics Natural communication skills, with a track record of leading client-facing meetings, facilitating workshops, and driving action from stakeholders Preferred background in Utilities or Telecommunications, with SAP or metering experience an added bonus Strong business analysis capabilities, including requirement gathering, SOW and business case definition. We Also Offer: A fun, flexible, and stimulating work environment, filled with interesting work being done by smart and innovative people Flexibility, including the option to work from home a couple of days a week, and flexible start and finish times to help balance work and life Health and wellbeing support Great benefits that reflect the importance of family Apply Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so if you’re interested in joining the team at Vector and this role has piqued your interest, don’t delay in applying! Vector engages a workforce made up of people and teams with diverse skills, values, backgrounds, and experiences. We respect and value people who are different from each other, including gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, race, and religion. We are proud of what we have achieved so far: First corporate Living Wage Accredited employer First Accessibility Tick employer Rainbow Tick accredited Winner of three gongs at the 2019 Diversity Awards NZ, including the Supreme Award in 2019 and 2020 If you require assistance or accessibility support from us during the application and selection process, please get in touch with us at 06 272 7950.#J-18808-Ljbffr