Project Manager at African Ideas Corporation (Pty) Ltd

Requirements:

The role of the Project Manager/Scrum Master encompasses many activities including (but not limited to):

• Project managing multiple projects utilising the WCG Prince 2 and Project Management Body of Knowledge framework;
• Managing project scope, activities, resourcing, budgets, documentation;
• Providing reports at various levels as required by the WCG;
• Reporting and capturing on the provincial enterprise project management system;
• Management of risks, issues and project milestones;
• Managing business expectations and ensuring overall project delivery;
• Ensuring quality control of deliverables; and
• Eliciting support and authority of senior management to ensure project delivery
• Find methods to effectively manage the product backlog;
• Help communicate the owner’s wish list to the project team;
• Arrange and optimise product backlog;
• Organise scrum events as necessary;
• Lead and coach scrum adoption;
• Plan scrum implementation;
• Implement changes and steps to increase the team’s productivity;
• Collaborate with other scrum masters to improve the methodologies’ efficiency;
• Guide and train teams on agile development methodologies

Minimum Competencies

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or applicable courses; and
• Minimum of 7+ years’ experience in a project manager or equivalent role;
• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in Scrum Master or equivalent role; and
• Knowledge of Scrum Methodologies and DevOps will be advantageous