Project Manager

SUMMARY:
A well established and fast growing Commercial Bank is looking for an experienced Project Manager to join their team.

POSITION INFO:

Responsible for the successful management and delivery of large and complex, high-priority projects or a combination of projects from commencement to completion within the scope, budget and time agreed to. These projects often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration, including the co-ordination of different groups of people from varying disciplines (across business and IT), associated with the project. 

Project Management 

• Responsible, in conjunction with the Project Sponsor, for the successful management and delivery of complex high-priority projects or a combination of projects from commencement to completion within the scope, and time agreed to by the project team:
• Leads a project from inception to execution
• Facilitate a common understanding of the project definition & scope
• Plan, direct and coordinate the people, deliverables and dependencies within a project
• Management and collaboration of project team member relations
• Foresee and measure project risks, dependencies & impediments throughout the lifetime of a project
• Monitoring and reporting on project progress against an agreed release plan
• Change agents within a project
• Retain focus on the end goal
• Stakeholder communication throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Defining the project governance and communication arrangements
• Contribute to the development of the Project Services department within the Bank
• Provide process and procedural enhancements from working experience
• Provide input into standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation
• Research and share industry best practices and changing trends.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 / Matric with university exemption
• A relevant project management qualification / certification (i.e. Prince 2 Foundation, Prince 2 Practitioner, Agile Project Manager, DSDM Atern Project Manager) 
• PMI accredited project management qualification o DSDM / Agile accredited certification
• PRINCE2 Practitioner certif

Experience:

• At least 8 -10 years’ proven project management experience  
• Knowledge of project management systems and procedures (i.e. MS Project; PowerPoint; EPM)
• Knowledge of project management related terminology & guidelines (i.e. Prince 2; Agile DSDM)
• Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Project management methodologies
• Project Management systems and procedures (e.g. EPM, JIRA)
• Project Management terminology and guidelines (e.g. PMBoK)
• Systems integration in an open IT system environment
• Banking industry knowledge  

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