Tait Communications

ICT Senior Project Manager

Tait Communications  •  New Zealand (Onsite)  •  27 days ago
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Job Description

We Go Beyond for A Safer World

At Tait Communications, our values guide everything we do: Commitment to Listen, Courage to Act, and Integrity to Deliver These principles shape how we work with our customers, partners, and each other, helping to build safer, more resilient communities worldwide.

Te Tūranga – The Role

Reporting to the Digital and ICT Programme Manager, the ICT Senior Project Manager plays a critical role in delivering meaningful improvements across business systems, services, and platforms for Tait staff, stakeholders, and customers globally.

As part of our Digital and ICT Project Services Team, you will lead the planning, management, and delivery of a diverse portfolio of digital and ICT projects. These projects span internal and external customers and cover a wide range of platforms and services.

You will also contribute to the evolution of our project management capability supporting frameworks, methodologies, and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with agile principles.

The duties of the role will include:

  • Leading the planning and successful delivery of complex Digital and ICT projects
  • Delivering projects on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards
  • Developing robust business cases aligned with best practice
  • Building and managing project budgets, schedules, and resource plans
  • Evaluating and improving business processes, recommending practical solutions
  • Managing project risks, issues, and dependencies, including mitigation strategies
  • Implementing effective change control processes
  • Ensuring high-quality project documentation and capturing lessons learned
  • Supporting the development and adoption of fit-for-purpose project methodologies
  • Establishing and embedding value management practices across ICT initiatives
  • Preparing and delivering clear reporting on project status, risks, and outcomes

Stakeholder Management

  • Conduct stakeholder analysis and develop engagement strategies
  • Build and maintain strong relationships across internal and external stakeholders
  • Communicate effectively on progress, value delivery, risks, and solutions
  • Influence and negotiate at a senior level to achieve project outcomes
  • Gather feedback and continuously improve stakeholder satisfaction

Ō pūkenga – About You

To be successful in this role, you will have a bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

As well as:

Required:

  • 5+ years' experience in Digital and ICT project or programme management, delivering complex initiatives
  • Proven ability to lead end-to-end project delivery across multiple workstreams
  • Strong skills in project planning, budgeting, reporting, and risk management
  • Experience in business process evaluation and improvement
  • Solid understanding of Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies
  • Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills
  • Ability to operate confidently at a senior level within a complex organisation

Preferred:

  • PRINCE2 and/or Agile certifications

Ngā paingaWhat's in it for you?

We are committed to making a difference for families and communities while supporting our people to build rewarding careers.

  • Health insurance for you and your Family after 12 months, annual flu vaccinations, and additional sick leave in your first year
  • Modern office facilities with onsite parking, gym, and café
  • Long service recognition
  • Active social club and a supportive team environment
  • Ongoing development to support a high-performance culture

Ko wai mātou – About Us

For more than 50 years, Tait Communications has been designing, delivering, and supporting critical communications networks for public safety, transportation, and utility customers around the world.

Founded in Christchurch by Sir Angus Tait, we are now a global organisation with a strong reputation for innovation and reliability. Our people are passionate about delivering technology solutions that make a real difference-and supporting each other to grow along the way.

Ko koe pea tēnei? – Sound like your kind of role?

If you're ready to take the next step in your project management career and thrive in a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and cover letter. Applications will be assessed as they are received and close on Friday 8th May 2026.

For more information, visit: www.taitcommunications.com

Tait Communications

About Tait Communications

Our clients protect communities, power cities, move citizens, harness resources and save lives all over the world. We work with them to create, support and unify the critical communication solutions they depend on to do their jobs.

Digital wireless communication forms the central nervous system of everything we do. Around this resilient, robust core we design, develop, manufacture, test, deploy, support and manage innovative communication environments for organizations that have to put their total trust in the systems and people they work with.

We’ve worked hard to develop genuine insight into our clients’ worlds, and have pursued engineering, operational and services excellence for more than 40 years. This understanding, and our belief in championing open-standards technology, means we can give our clients the best possible choice and value to achieve the human outcomes they’re driven by.

We’re not simply aligned with our clients; we’re devoted to their cause.

Tait Communications’ sole dividend receiving shareholder is a charitable trust which shares the company’s operating profits across several donation and investment streams responsible for research and development, regional reinvestment and education. This rare model means clients can rely on Tait Communications to be an independent long-term player in the critical communications industry and to continue to play its role of ‘open-standards champion’.

Industry
Telecommunications
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Christchurch, NZ
Year Founded
1969
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