Delivery Lead (OS)

SUMMARY:
Job Spec Our Client in Cape Town requires a Delivery Lead (OS) for a contract role.

POSITION INFO:

The successful candidate will support the delivery of all initiatives for the specific portfolio of IT services aligned to a business unit or capability. To effectively support and manage the portfolio demand pipeline of projects, programmes, and product iterations required to develop and release IT services and features.

Qualifications

• 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)

Experience

• Minimum of 3+ year’s business or technology management
• In addition, 3 years of dedicated Project Portfolio & Programme Management
• Experience in supporting the delivery of large complex initiative

Responsibilities

Overall:

• 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

Portfolio Planning:

• Manage the technology demand portfolio and facilitates appropriate processes & methods for prioritising 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 prioritisation 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, co-ordinating with other functions to ensure organisational readiness for change. Technical planning for "go-live"

Portfolio Delivery:

• 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 relevant application suppliers to ensure delivery on work requests

Knowledge and Skills

• 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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