Senior Project Manager

SUMMARY:

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic, energetic, Agile Senior Project Manager to join our team. We need someone very well versed in Project Management methodologies, such as Prince 2 or PMBOK. The core skill set is pure Project Management with Agile or SAFE experience.

This role is responsible for managing multiple proj...

POSITION INFO:

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic, energetic, Agile Senior Project Manager to join our team. We need someone very well versed in Project Management methodologies, such as Prince 2 or PMBOK. The core skill set is pure Project Management with Agile or SAFE experience.

This role is responsible for managing multiple projects within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost of the team/ department. This role is accountable for achieving results through various teams, integrating activities to manage the overall project delivery and deployment processes.

What you’ll do:

• Project Management: Lead and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery and specified quality outcomes.
• Benefits Management: Ensure that the Business Case ROI remains relevant updated. Forecast and track benefit(s), ensuring that epic delivery is linked to the company OKRs.
• Team Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams, providing guidance, motivation, and support to ensure collaboration and achievement of epics. Ensure that the team is aligned and focused on outcomes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Establish and maintain effective relationships and communication with stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations are understood, managed and addressed.
• Budget Management: Manage project budgets, perform accurate forecasting, track expenses, and ensure that the allocated budget is utilised effectively and efficiently.
• Risk Issue Management: Identify potential risks issues and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful project delivery.
• Quality Assurance: Implement and monitor quality control measures to guarantee the delivery of high-quality outcomes.
• Reporting and Documentation: Prepare high-quality reports, documentation, and presentations as required for relevant meetings, forums and stakeholders.
• Dependency Management: Identifies dependencies and inter-dependencies between projects and actively manages these.
• Continuous Improvement: Evaluate project effectiveness, identify areas for improvement, and implement enhancements to optimise outcomes.
• Capacity management: Ensure adequate capacity for the required Epic delivery.
• Vendor Management: May be required to manage 3rd party vendors together with their respective service delivery and standards.
• Operational Business Readiness: Ensures that all organisational elements of the programme are addressed, integrated and handed over to the relevant Business Owner.

Your expertise:

• Senior (7+ years as a Project Manager)
• 3+  years’ experience in people leadership of a medium to large team
• 3+ years’ working experience in an Agile or SAFe environment

Key skill requirements:

• Essential: Familiarity with both traditional and Agile project management tools and frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to comprehend information in verbal and written communication.
• Ability to operate in a highly pressured and ambiguous environment.
• Ability to build and maintain a healthy, collaborative and productive team culture.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills to foster collaboration across teams.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities, with the capacity to inspire and motivate teams toward common goals.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and thrive in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications:

• Matric
• Relevant Project Management Certificate
• Relevant Agile certification

Other information applicable to the opportunity:

• Contract Position
• Location: Cape Town

Why work for us?

Want to work for an organization that solves complex real-world problems with innovative software solutions? At iOCO, we believe anything is possible with modern technology, software, and development expertise. We are continuously pushing the boundaries of innovative solutions across multiple industries using an array of technologies. 

You will be part of a consultancy, working with some of the most knowledgeable minds in the industry on interesting solutions across different business domains. 

Our culture of continuous learning will ensure that you will have all the opportunities, tools, and support to hone and grow your craft. 

By joining IOCO you will have an open invitation to developer inspiring forums. A place where you will be able to connect and learn from and with your peers by sharing ideas, experiences, practices, and solutions. 

iOCO is an equal opportunity employer with an obligation to achieve its own unique EE objectives in the context of Employment Equity targets. Therefore, our employment strategy gives primary preference to previously disadvantaged individuals or groups.