Auckland – Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand & Wellington – Te Whanganui-a-Tara, New Zealand
Project Manager
At AKQA, our Delivery Discipline sets the approach and standard for project delivery and governance, ensuring that clients maximise their return on investment. Responsible for team performance, they provide team members with the tools, support and training essential to delivering the most effective result possible.
As a Project Manager, you will partner with our existing client base to build award-winning brands and solve business problems creatively. You will be adept at managing a wide array of stakeholders, internal and external, while consistently ensuring that projects meet all scope, time and budget requirements.
At AKQA, you’ll work in an innovative and inclusive culture surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn and grow within a creative and technically advanced team, and have access to ongoing personal and professional development. At AKQA, we are committed to both your career growth and your work/life balance, working in a hybrid in-studio/WFH model.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- Experience overseeing the delivery of digital projects, specifically websites
- Deliver and own work with autonomy, from initiation to close
- Lead the day-to-day delivery of our maintenance and support contracts and medium digital projects with accountability for time, budget, quality and maintain high-quality data for reporting and governance
- Manage all core documentation: scopes, SOWs, estimates, timelines, risks, and status reports
- Anticipate delivery risks and escalate them proactively to a Lead for support managing and mitigating them
- Act as the central point of contact across client, design and tech teams
- Drive momentum through clear communication, milestone tracking, and team facilitation
- Experience managing both waterfall and agile delivery
- Own the creation of Statements of Work and associated project plans
- Own the financial performance of projects
- Understand the client’s business and key drivers
- Identify growth opportunities and support account expansion
QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
- Champion AKQA’s values in everything we do
- Focussed on delivering quality work
- Strong commitment to excellence in client service, foster strong relationships with our clients
- Organised with great attention to detail
- Confident
- Collaborative across disciplines to foster alignment and high-performance delivery
- Ability to guide internal and client conversations to ensure alignment
- Constructively challenge direction and propose alternative solutions
- Build confidence and trust with the AKQA team and our clients
- Seek opportunities to connect clients with AKQA’s wider capabilities
- Embrace a mindset of continuous improvement across projects and processes
We believe great work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach including required in-office days. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
AKQA is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
