PMO Team Lead (Hardware, Software & Services)

• Associate with the world’s leading imaging organisation
• Opportunity to work with prestigious enterprise and government customers
• Manage a team of high performing Project Managers
• Flexible work from home options available – 4 days in office

About us

Canon is the world's leading imaging organisation. As a Fortune 500 Company, we actively inspire people with imaginative ideas that enable you to connect, communicate and achieve more than you thought possible. When you join Canon Australia, you’ll find a rewarding culture that values you. You’re empowered to focus on your career progression and turn your goals into reality. You’ll be an integral part of the group’s success.

About the Role

This is a hybrid role with project management and team leadership responsibilities. The projects will be centred around deploying printers, secure print software and managed services. The role is responsible for helping align the planned business objectives of both the customer as well as Canon. It also ensures that project management is delivered in a consistent and qualitative manner to customers while contributing to the continuous improvement in the project office.

As a Team Leader, the role will focus on managing lead responsibilities, sharing best practices between key stakeholders as well as looking after and motivating direct reportees on day-to-day activities to achieve goals and objectives. The role holder will validate and ensure that the services can be successfully delivered to our customers by the PMs and Support Resources.

This is a Macquarie Park based role reporting to the Manager – Project Management Office.

Scope of Role

Project Management –

• Defining, leading, planning, monitoring, controlling and delivering customer projects with the scope of completing these projects on-time, on-budget to the required quality and desired outcome of both the customer and Canon. 
• Coordinate customer projects following the project management methodology from the initial identification of the customer need through to project sign off.
• Develop, maintain, and track the project schedule to ensure timely delivery of milestones, manage dependencies, and adjust timelines as needed to keep the project on track.
• Act as primary nominated Canon representative to the customer with respect to participation in project related meetings.
• Plan, manage and own execution of PMO initiatives to ensure delivery of exceptional Project Management services and standardisation of customer project activities

Team Leadership –

• Continuously steer the team towards achieving required KPI's and business objectives
• Provide leadership across key areas and not limited to Team communication, Career planning, Canon values, Personal development program & training
• Work closely with PMO Manager National Manager - Client Services and Service Delivery team regarding future direction planning and compliance to key business objectives in Services and Support
• Provide timely reporting to management around performance of the team and direct reports
• Primary point of reference for escalations

About You

We are looking for someone who possesses strong project management experience and has managed small to medium sized team. Someone with a sound understanding of PMO frameworks and processes coupled with expertise in PMO Governance, relevant project management/technical training. You thrive on juggling multiple projects at once and you know how to put customers at the heart of what you do. Your working knowledge of PRINCE2 or other PM methodology and your experience of providing training to end users and business managers will stand you in good stead. You will have a growth mindset and an appetite to work with new and emerging technology. Your experience in hardware deployment projects is crucial to the functioning of this role. Key Skills & Experience include:

• 10+ years Project Management experience
• Experience in delivering Hardware related projects
• Experience presenting Project Management & Transition methodologies, frameworks and operational processes to customers
• Team Management

In return you will get the chance to work for a multinational company, with a real opportunity to take your skills to the next level. We look after you with training and development, progression and promotion, recognition, and reward and you’ll have all the tools and support you need to grow, to bring your ideas to life and achieve your successes.

If this sounds like you, apply today!

We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce. We trust you will bring your authentic self to work and we will focus on making sure that together, we make a strong contribution to the broader community in which we operate. Where possible, flexible working arrangements are the norm, as we know a better work-life balance can improve your motivation, performance, and productivity.

Benefits include but not limited to

• Parking at Canon’s Macquarie Park office
• Bonus Leave including:
  • Birthday leave, to celebrate, relax or do something special
  • Canon Day, an extra day of leave during the Christmas holidays
  • Kyosei Day, or volunteer leave to take a paid day off to do good in your community
• Flexible working arrangements, where possible
• Training and development opportunities to help you bring your goals to life
• Wellbeing benefits, including everything from discounted health insurance to flu vaccines to confidential counselling
• Performance recognition, in the form of quarterly and annual awards programs for high-performers
• Canon products offered at discounted rates
• Education assistance to support the cost of any external training that gives you new skills for your job

As an equal opportunity employer focused on strengthening our inclusive culture, all applicants will be considered and we welcome applications from people of all ages, cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, abilities, religious beliefs, national origin, sexual orientation and gender identities. Benefits/perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Canon Group and the country where you work. All applicants must be eligible to work in the country they are applying to at the time of application.

Looking to join this diverse team? Apply online now.

Successful applicants will be notified of next steps.

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