Senior Project Manager

SUMMARY:
A Financial Institute in the Centre of Pretoria has a 12 month contract available for a Senior Project Manager

POSITION INFO:

The  main  purpose  of  this  position  is  to  strengthen  the  Reference  Rate  Reform Programme  with  an  experienced  Project  Manager  in  Agile

Define  the  project  scope  and  work  breakdown  structure  in  collaboration  with  key stakeholders to  ensure  a  common  understanding  of  deliverables  and  the  approach.

Facilitate  all  Agile  ceremonies,  including  product  backlog  refinement,  preplanning, planning,  daily  standup’s, sprint  reviews,  retrospectives.

Ownership  and  accountability  of  establishing  Agile  values,  methods,  principles  and practices  for the  delivery  of projects  and  products

Minimum qualification required:

A minimum of a B degree, advanced Diploma or equivalent;  

a minimum of five to eight years’ job-related experience; and 

Must have extensive experience in all key component of Project Management such as resource planning, budgeting, reporting, and project artefacts.

5+ IT and Financial industry experience essential 

4-5 years’ experience within an Agile development environment

Experience in a SAFe Agile environment will be advantageous.  

The following will be an added advantage:  

Project management certification, such as Prince2 or PMI.

Strong knowledge of Agile and Lean methodologies and the ability to propagate this into the teams and the organization

Strong Understanding of software development project management

Experienced working with different frameworks within Agile

Proven experience in leading teams with an Agile delivery

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