Head: Project Management Office & Business Analysis

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Head: Project Management Office & Business Analysis

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Head: Project Management Office & Business Analysis

Rosebank, Johannesburg

• Implementation of Project Management and Business Analysis methodologies, processes and systems.
• Management of cross functional relationships and resource dependencies.
• Contribution to the achievement of strategic objectives of the Business by facilitating delivery of projects.
• Drive the prioritisation of projects, based on input from the relevant business cases.
• Manage competing priorities with diplomacy and flexibility while paying close attention to timelines and expected results.
• Review Business Requirement Specifications (BRS) to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Assist with issues related to business specifications, whilst ensuring the project objective and sokution is being clearly articulated and understood.
• Assist with alignment between the business analysts (BA''''s) and the technical interpretation thereof.
• Management of the project office and appropriate structure optimisation aligned to the project deliverables.
• Roll-out planning and delivery monitoring against agreed timelines.
• Critical Issue and Risk Management within programme management.
• Careful monitoring of expense budgets as well as project budgets.
• Portfolio reporting.
• Centralised delivery resource planning and management.
• Chair Steercoms, project forums and presentation at Exco meetings, workshops etc.
• Assist with the escalation and resolution of critical project constraints.
• Manages, mentors and develops a high performing team.
• Complete performance appraisals, take corrective action when appropriate, and participate in the hiring process and decisions.

• Matric and relevant tertiary education
• Agile project management qualification e.g. Agile practitioner, Safe 4 agilest
• Project Management qualification e.g. PMP, Prince 2
• Minimum 5 years'''' project management and 2 years'''' business analysis experience
• Programme/portfolio management experience in the financial services/insurance industry, with exposure to IT projects and business analysis will be advantageous

Degree or Diploma with 6 to 8 years related experience

Project Planning, directing and co-ordination

Service standards and business requirements

Project Management Tools

Reporting and Administration

Quality, compliance and risk managemen

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