Senior Project Manager

Auckland | Long-Term Programme | Complex Change & Delivery Leadership

Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager who thrives in complex environments where strategic thinking, large-scale programme delivery, and organisational change intersect?

We are partnering with a major enterprise organisation undertaking a critical transformation programme that will shape the future delivery of logistics, asset management, maintenance, and supply chain services across a large and highly complex operational environment. This is a unique opportunity to lead a significant project from planning and option development through to implementation and business transition.

The Opportunity

This senior appointment will play a pivotal role in defining and delivering future logistics and support service models that align with long-term organisational objectives.

Working closely with executive stakeholders, you will lead project planning, governance, change delivery, stakeholder engagement, and implementation activities across multiple business units and operational functions. Success in this role will require you to balance strategic outcomes with practical delivery while navigating a complex stakeholder landscape.

What You'll Be Responsible For:

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans and delivery roadmaps

• Manage timelines, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and resources

• Lead option analysis and solution development activities

• Coordinate vendors, suppliers, and delivery partners

• Ensure successful implementation of approved solutions and business outcomes

Governance & Reporting

• Establish robust project governance frameworks

• Deliver high-quality executive reporting and insights

• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies

• Facilitate governance forums, steering groups, and decision-making processes

Organisational Change & Transformation

• Lead significant business change initiatives across a large enterprise environment

• Drive stakeholder engagement, communications, and readiness activities

• Support transition planning, adoption, and implementation

• Enable sustainable change outcomes through effective people-focused delivery

Stakeholder Management

• Influence and engage senior leaders and executives

• Build trusted relationships across diverse operational and corporate functions

• Navigate competing priorities and complex organisational dynamics

• Create alignment around strategic objectives and future-state operating models

What We're Looking For

To succeed in this role, you'll bring:

• 5+ years' experience delivering large-scale, complex projects and programmes

• Proven experience leading organisational change and business transformation initiatives

• Strong project planning, scheduling, and delivery management capability

• Expertise in risk, issue, dependency, and governance management

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong stakeholder engagement and executive influence capability

• Ability to think both strategically and operationally

• Experience working in fast-paced, politically nuanced, or highly regulated environments

Highly Desirable Experience

We would be particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience in:

• Enterprise logistics and supply chain transformation

• Maintenance, engineering, warehousing, or asset-intensive operations

• Contract transition or outsourced service delivery models

• Complex operational environments with multiple stakeholder groups

• Large-scale service redesign and operating model transformation

Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to lead a programme that will have long-term strategic impact across a large enterprise. You'll join a high-profile initiative where your ability to combine disciplined project delivery with exceptional change leadership will be critical to success.

If you're a Senior Project Manager with a track record of delivering complex transformation programmes and a strong understanding of logistics, operational services, and organisational change, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact Starfish Consulting for a confidential discussion.