Project Management Officer (CH722)

 

Recruiter:

CapitalH

Job Ref:

51979784

Date posted:

Friday, October 15, 2021

Location:

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Salary:

Negotiable


SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client is a technology company based in Stellenbosch, who develops mobile-enabled, cloud-hosted, enterprise software that is contributing towards creating productive societies across Africa. The company is a home-grown African company delivering value to the people of Africa and beyond and has market-leading expertise in the agricultural, health, financial inclusion and education spaces and works with mobile network operators to bring about positive change in the lives of people through the benefits of the digital dividend.

We are looking for a Project Management Officer to join their Agriculture Software Product team.

About the role

  • As the Project Management Officer of the Agricultural Software Product, you will support the product’s drive to enter into the Europe market and beyond.
  • You will support project progress by planning key milestones, tracking and influencing progress, and creating visibility and liaising with key stakeholders.
  • You will manage multiple global projects within strict budgets and timelines.
  • You will compile forecasting plans with stakeholder input and provide internal visibility to all stakeholders.
  • You will manage the planned critical path for successful delivery and report on project progress.
  • You will communicate and coordinate all responsible parties both internally and externally (clients, 3rd party, aggregators) for all activities and to expected timelines.
  • You will identify risks of project completion, implement changes and ensure project completion before the deadline and within budget constraints.
  • As the ideal individual, you will have the ability to manage multi-threaded timelines, have a high attention to detail and be able to manage risks.
  • You will be flexible, patient, understand iterative improvement cycles and a critical thinker. The idea of working with international stakeholders and setting processes in place would excite you.

Requirements

What you need

  • 6+ years of experience within a project management role.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Engineering, IT or any other relevant field
  • Flexible with working times since you will be working with international stakeholders within various time zones.
  • Excellent presentation, elicitation, negotiation, and communication skills
  • Knowledge of various project methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Critical Chain Project Management, etc.)
  • Experience in using project management tools (JIRA, Gantt Project, Asana, etc.)
  • Management skills and proactiveness
  • Good communication and negotiation skills
  • Cost management

Advantageous

  • Experience in the Agriculture industry
  • Experience with up scaling digital platforms that are used to support agricultural activities
  • Masters degree
  • EE candidate

General:

  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us after 30 days you may consider your application unsuccessful
  • In keeping with our client’s employment equity requirements, only South African citizens will be considered.
  • Please include your current salary and salary expectations.

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