Simon O'Rourke
Senior Principal Consultant - Project Services & Digital Transformation
Expertise: Project Services & Digital Transformation
Principal by name but not by nature, Simon loves a bit of office banter. He is one of our more experienced recruiters responsible for hiring strategies, but he also loves getting stuck into placements and helping to support the team. Simon is on a personal mission this year to grow a successful Project Services Team and he is always available for a catch up, coffee or beer!
No.1 interview tip: Interviews are about demonstrating what you’ve done in previous roles so just be confident in yourself and your work. If you haven’t done the role before, be positive and show you are enthusiastic to learn.
Recent Assignments & Placements: PMO, Portfolio Manager, Project Manager, Portfolio Coordinator, Transformation Lead, Agile Lead, Delivery Lead, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Iteration Manager, Head of QA, Automation Engineer, QA Engineer.
Testimonials
Read success stories from start-ups, enterprises, and technology businesses of all sizes between.
Just wanted to say thanks again for all your hard work with this entire process. This entire process has seriously been one of the smoothest, fastest, and overall best experiences I’ve ever had.
From day one, literally, hours after I’d submitted my CV, the communications from you have been absolutely on point, continually making sure that I was in the loop of all happening and discussions, never pending waiting for more information or wondering where I was in the process.
Your transparency, openness, and overall friendliness greatly helped relieve the stress of applying for a new position.
Candidate
Agile Consultant, Digital Transformation Consultancy
Simon has been invaluable during a very heavy recruiting period with the Technology team of EDG. Always available at a moment’s notice and quick to action expedited roles we require filling. Simon has taken the time to truly understand our strategy and upcoming requirements as well as the culture and brand we are trying to build out in the market which is seen through the calibre of almost all candidates provided.
It is also refreshing working with Simon in terms of his approach. You certainly see the effort of pre-screening he does through the fact we are not bombarded with several CVs for roles just the best 1 or 2 candidates Simon feels will fit our requirements and business culture.
It’s been a pleasure working with him and I look forward to continuing in the future.
Paul Hazelhurst
PMO Lead, Endeavour Group
As an Executive recruiting for niche capability in the market with constrained timelines, I have used Simon O’Rourke at TheDriveGroup for the past 4 years. Simon has been able to identify and locate candidates that are vetted and highly capable for the roles being recruited for. He is knowledgeable in Technology roles and has been an absolute pleasure to work with.
I would recommend him for anyone looking for PD’s, PM’s, BA’s, Developers and Testers!
Client
Head of Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise Services at Westpac Group