Senior Project Manager: LIS Delivery
SafetyNet · 51-200 employees
What the role involves
- Leading delivery roadmap
- Managing suppliers
- Preparing delivery recommendations
What they ask for
Senior project delivery experience with live 24/7, safety-critical or high-availability services; telecommunications or systems-integration experience; cloud or application migrations; supplier management and contract delivery capability; relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
- Professional licence or registration
About the job
This is the accountable delivery lead for the LIS Transition Programme. You will bring supplier, operator and platform work into one executable roadmap and ensure every change to emergency caller location is tested, accepted and reversible.
Fixed Term until Dec 2028
The opportunity
- Lead the combined delivery roadmap across the new Mobile Location Centre, mobile network operators, Azure migrations and 5G work.
- Mobilise and manage suppliers against statements of work, milestones, change requests and acceptance requirements.
- Own integrated test, rehearsal, cutover, rollback and go-live evidence, working closely with the Senior Business Analyst and technical teams.
- Prepare delivery-readiness recommendations, run hypercare and hand services over to support with exit
criteria met.
- Provide reliable forecasts, risks, issues and milestone reporting into the integrated programme plan and governance.
What you will bring
- Senior project delivery experience with live 24/7, safety-critical or high-availability services.
- Strong telecommunications or systems-integration experience across multiple vendors and network operators.
- Experience delivering cloud or application migrations, with Azure experience advantageous.
- Demonstrated supplier management, contract delivery, change control and acceptance capability.
- A relevant qualification or equivalent experience; PRINCE2, MSP, PMP or agile certification is advantageous.
About SafetyNet
At SafetyNet, communication is more than technology. It helps keep people safe. We modernise critical communications for New Zealand's emergency services and wider public safety sector, working with agencies, technology partners and suppliers to deliver secure, reliable and resilient services when they matter most.
How to apply
This opportunity is being managed on SafetyNet’s behalf through external recruitment agencies.
- Submit a cover letter and your current CV through the link on this careers portal and it will be included in the agency consideration
- For a confidential discussion, contact Vanessa Ellis, Programme Manager
- Applications close 5pm, Tuesday 17 November 2026.
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