Project Manager - Lean/Agile methodologies - Sandton (EE required)

Project Manager

Responsible to manage, coordinate and facilitate organisational projects including monitoring project status, cross projects dependencies, and delivery progress on an ongoing basis.

Responsibilities:

Project Governance

Mitigate the risk “blockers” related to product deliveries

Ensure project governance processes and decisions are applied consistently

Provide input to budgeting process per project portfolio

Work closely with Head: PMO, Technology, Business Units and other stakeholders to facilitate delivery and remove impediments.

Provide input into streamlining, adapting and standardizing new processes and artifacts across the business.

Drive high quality of all deliverables across complete life cycle.

Coordinate and facilitate project audits as needed.

Managing customer expectations for project deliverables.

Perform risk assessments to develop and measure response strategies, reporting, cost time quality delivery, and adherence to standards.

Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback

Process Management

Manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Project and Process Management.

Support the process of business model rethinking by analyzing processes, practices, and procedures using prescribed methodologies.

Build competency with Project teams and Operations teams in developing project metrics.

Provide leadership with meaningful performance metrics and status reports utilizing dashboards and other tools.

Identify risks proactively, drive timely mitigation, and escalate to management appropriately.

Work with Business Analysis Team to document various business processes with flowcharts, manuals and other documentation outlining current practices.

Project Planning and Management

Manage project lifecycle including (where appropriate to the project, the technical elements.)

Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.

Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value.

Supporting stakeholders in planning sprint iterations

Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.

Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.

Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.

Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.

Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel.

Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel.

Stakeholder Engagement

Establish and execute a project communication plan.

Schedule and facilitate meetings related to projects.

Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans.

Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.

Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.

Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.

Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.

Self-Management

Set an example through personal quality and productivity standards and ways of working with others.

Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures. Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands.

Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change. Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organisational and team needs.

EDUCATION

Qualification in Project Management (PMP) or related discipline

Prince Certification

Agile and Waterfall (SDLC)

EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 6 years of project management experience required, with at least 3 years using Lean/Agile methodologies

Knowledge MS Project and advanced MS Office skills

Proven track of record managing multiple projects simultaneously

Proven track record of delivery and strong work ethic

Salary - R750 - R850 000p.a CTC

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