Technical Programme Manager

Recruiter:

Network Contracting

Job Ref:

NCM002376/TS

Date posted:

Monday, August 25, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

600 Hourly

SUMMARY:
New contract opportunity available - 6 Months with extension - For top tier Financial Services company,

Technical Project Manager to lead and deliver a multi-year software modernization program. The role requires end-to-end accountability for planning, execution, governance, and delivery of modernization initiatives—ranging from legacy system transformation to adoption of modern cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps practices, and enterprise integration. The successful candidate will act as the bridge between business stakeholders, architecture, development teams, and operations, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and regulatory compliance.

POSITION INFO:
New contract opportunity available - 6 Months with extension - For top tier Financial Services company,

Technical Project Manager to lead and deliver a multi-year software modernization program. The role requires end-to-end accountability for planning, execution, governance, and delivery of modernization initiatives—ranging from legacy system transformation to adoption of modern cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps practices, and enterprise integration. The successful candidate will act as the bridge between business stakeholders, architecture, development teams, and operations, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and regulatory compliance.

Required experience:

Certificate in Associate Project Management (CAPM) – advantageous
Project Management Professional (PMP)
PRINCE 2 Foundation and Practitioner – advantageous
Agile Certification – advantageous
Project/Program Management: 7–10+ years in IT project management, with at least 3–5 years leading complex software modernization or transformation initiatives;
7–10+ years + experience in Infrastructure and Development projects both Waterfall and Agile
3 Experience in partnering with and influencing directors or executives and cross-functional stakeholders financial industry experience – advantageous
Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), API-driven architectures, microservices, DevSecOps, CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes

Knowledge:

Focus on technology-driven projects (e.g., software development, infrastructure upgrades, cloud migrations)
Have strong technical background (often in engineering, IT, or software development)
Can understand and contribute to technical discussions
Works closely with developers, engineers, and architects
Often helps with technical scoping, solution design, and risk assessment
May write or review technical documentation, specs, or architecture diagrams
Translating business requirements into technical tasks
Managing sprints, releases, and development cycles
Coordinating with DevOps, QA, and engineering teams
Manage delivery of a large-scale software modernization project (legacy to cloud migration)
Drive planning, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation across multiple workstreams
Establish and maintain program governance, steering committees, and stakeholder reporting
Ensuring technical feasibility and scalability of solutions
Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architects to align modernization roadmap with business and GT strategy
Ensure technical teams adopt industry best practices (DevSecOps, CI/CD, containerization, API-first integration, automated testing)
Oversee vendor performance and delivery
Serve as the primary interface between GT, business units, operations, and external partners
Translate business requirements into actionable technical deliverables
Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and executive status updates
Identify, track, and mitigate program risks, dependencies, and issues
Ensure compliance with security, data privacy, and regulatory requirements
Manage change control, release planning, and cut-over strategies
Lead cross-functional project teams (vendor/developers, application managers, QA, operations support)
Define RACI roles, responsibilities, and workflows across modernization streams
Drive cultural change toward agile, product-centric, and continuous delivery mindsets
Professionally liaise with project sponsors, project executive owners and Head: EPMO to drive the remediation/resolution of project escalations
Work effectively and efficiently to achieve outcomes
Verbal and/or written communication to provide the business with regular progress and feedback on projects that have been logged needs to be at an understandable level
Verbal and/or written communication to a variety of stakeholders
Appropriate Governance for programmes in line with AF standards and best practice
Budget management
Facilitation of all meetings, work session and engagements
Work with multiple dimensions and complexities in programme at the same time
Track programme benefits
Ensure execution within programme scope, time, cost, and overall risk management
Customer Service Orientation/Client Focus (Internal and External)
Strong ability to Self-Management (Planning, Prioritising & Time Management
Enable and drive change required to ensure programme overall success
Ability to be Assertive (Includes willingness to challenge and confront)
Programme management in a hybrid working environment
Excellent organisational and monitoring skills with a strong focus on managing deadlines
Programme administration and reporting
Decision making and planning
Make appropriate and timely decisions
Resolve conflict within own team as well as with all External Stakeholders

Resposibilities:

Modernization program milestones delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards
Reduction in legacy application complexity and cost
Improved system performance, scalability, and security posture
Enhanced developer productivity and adoption of modern practices
Positive stakeholder, vendor and end-user feedback
All aspects related to project management – ten knowledge areas of the PMBok i.e.
o Scope management
o Time management
o Cost management
o Quality management
o Human resources
o Integration management
o Risk management
o Procurement management
o Communication management
o Stakeholder management
Monitoring and tracking the effective delivery of the programmes and / or projects assigned
Ensuring that benefits and appropriate measurements are defined in Business Cases and are realised by tracking it against project deliverables
Managing project closure and ensure post-implementation review meetings are held and formal handover to OPS is completed
To draft, monitor and manage associated project risk
Passing all certifications for training scheduled during the financial year
Completing all E-Learning training as per the specified date
Coaching project administrators that are assigned to any projects managed
To identify business opportunities & introduce innovations that will significantly and positively impact the respective area / project / initiative
To ensure that data for EPMO reporting for programmes and / or projects assigned is updated on a weekly basis
To ensure that all stakeholders are kept up to date with regular progress including the updating of project dashboards
To manage the formal change control process on all projects
Managing costs within the approved budget allocations for all programmes and / or projects assigned
Identifying any cost saving initiatives within the PMO finance
Referral to Line Manager for approval
o All staff related matters
o All exceptions not consistently adhered too
o Budget decisions
o Strategic guidance
o Any and all escalations
o Personal development discussions
o Career discussions
o Issues that cannot be resolved internally
o Policy and procedure related to the Project Delivery Framework (PDF)
Functional ambassadorship
Positive engagement in function and with all other internal and external stakeholders and colleagues

Contact me at the detail provided below to apply.

Thank you,

Theresa Steenkamp
Key Account Manager - Network Contracting Solutions
tsteenkamp at networkcontracting c.o.z.a.

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