Delivery Lead - 12 Months Contract

SUMMARY:
Our Client is currently in the process of recruiting for a Delivery Lead for a 12 Months project based in Cape Town to support the delivery of all initiatives for the specific portfolio of IT services aligned to a business unit or capability.

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities:

• To effectively support and manage the portfolio demand pipeline of projects, programmes, and product iterations required to develop and release IT services and features.
• Support and take ultimate accountability for a project or set of projects, enabling it to effectively deliver through active sponsorship, leadership and business involvement in specific initiatives to ensure they meet time, cost and quality requirements.
• Facilitates, manages and coordinates the coherent activities needed to design, develop, and release services or service changes.

• Manage the technology demand portfolio and facilitates appropriate processes and methods for prioritizing demand under constraints of time and resources.
• Manages the criteria and evaluation of inputs to aid both business and IT stakeholders to agree on the prioritization of new or changed services.
• Accountable for breaking down requirements into work schedules, for all delivery styles (waterfall, agile, hybrids).
• Manages resource availability and resource scheduling across projects and BAU activities, using appropriate tooling.
• Plans how new or changed services are transitioned into operations, coordinating with other functions to ensure organizational readiness for change. Technical planning for "go-live".

• Supports projects through delivery, using appropriate methodologies. Ensures delivery within sanctioned parameters and responsible for delivering objectives.
• Coaches and leads teams to deliver on time.
• Using best practice methods and tools ensures that programme/project risks and issues are appropriately identified, assessed and mitigated.
• Ensures effective communication to all internal and external stakeholders on programmes and projects.
• Ensures visibility of IT resources, workloads, allocation, availability, and skills.
• Manages resource scheduling in the most optimal and efficient way possible.
• To manage support activities within agreed SLAs.
• Manage the relationships of the relevant application suppliers to ensure delivery on work requests

• Matric - Grade 12 
• Relevant Tertiary Degree or Diploma in BBusSci, Bcom Information Systems/Informatics (Honours), or BSc Eng, BEng
• Certifications: e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, PMBOK and /or Agile related training (e.g. SCRUM or equivalent experience)
• Minimum of 3+ year’s business or technology management
• 3 years of dedicated Project Portfolio and Programme Management
• Experience in supporting the delivery of large complex initiative
• Project management skills
• Relevant business/retail knowledge
• Commercial Management and Negotiation skills
• Leadership of multi-disciplined/skilled delivery teams within Portfolio
• Executive-level stakeholder management experience
• Excellent communication skills

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