Associate Project Manager

About the role

Kina Bank is looking for an Associate Project Manager to support its transformation journey, delivering projects that improve customer experience, operations and business growth. Working alongside experienced Project Managers and business leaders, you will coordinate project activities, manage key workstreams and keep projects on track through planning, reporting and stakeholder engagement. The role offers hands-on exposure to technology and business change initiatives and builds the skills needed to progress to an independent Project Management role.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate project planning and delivery: support planning, scheduling, resource coordination and day-to-day delivery of assigned workstreams and milestones.
• Maintain project controls and reporting: prepare status reports, meeting documentation and decision records, and keep governance, approvals and delivery tracking registers up to date.
• Manage risks, issues and delivery challenges: monitor risks, issues, dependencies and assumptions, escalate concerns and help find practical solutions.
• Support financial, vendor and implementation activities: track budgets, expenditure, vendor deliverables, testing, training, business readiness, implementation and operational handovers.
• Contribute to benefits realisation and capability growth: support benefits tracking, project closure, lessons learned and continuous improvement, while building project management skills through coaching and knowledge sharing.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as business, information technology, project management or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Foundation project management training is desirable; willingness to undertake further training is required.
• Indicatively 1-3 years in project coordination, business analysis, technology delivery or a related operational role; relevant internal experience may also show readiness.
• Experience maintaining plans, action and meeting records and progress reports, and following up stakeholders to meet deadlines.
• Exposure to business change or technology projects; banking or other regulated industry experience is desirable.

Required skills

• Planning and organisation, accurate records and attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication and confident follow-up.
• Basic understanding of scope, schedules, costs, risks and dependencies.
• Working proficiency in spreadsheets, presentations and project tracking tools.
• Practical problem solving, willingness to learn and judgement about when to escalate.

To apply, send a single PDF expression of interest with your CV and the contact details of two referees to the bank's recruitment team by 5pm on 20 November 2026.