Project Manager - Cape Town at Boardroom Appointments

Minimum requirements:

• BCom or Related Degree
• ITIL Certified
• Project Management Qualifications (PMBOK / Prince2/Agile)
• Minimum of 5 Years Project, Programme & Portfolio Management Experience
• A minimum of 3-5 years of knowledge and experience in a collections environment is essential.
• Debt review experience is advantageous.
• Excellent understanding and experience of Waterfall & Agile Project Management Methodologies Excellent knowledge of Information Technology Functional areas/departments
• Sound knowledge of complex technical environments, the ability to challenge the norm and inspire creative solutions.
• Knowledge of MS Office and Project Management software (MS Project etc.)
• Proven ability to work effectively with IT Delivery Teams, Partners, and Suppliers
• Experience in engagements with subcontracted 3rd Parties to ensure they deliver to the contracted service.
• Budget Management - Experience of managing and controlling large budgets.

Responsibilities:

• Management of the teams that manage and deliver the Projects within IT.
• Project Management responsibility for delivering Projects and Programmes of work.
• Managing multiple Projects simultaneously.
• Budget management in relation to the Portfolio of Projects and Programmes being delivered.
• Ensure Standard Project Management Practices and Governances are followed.
• Accurate Project Implementation: Project Progress Reporting, Project Closure Reporting, quantifying and feedback on Project success to all Stakeholders.
• Can manage key dependencies, roles, and challenges.
• Responsible for successful Project outcomes.
• Responsible for driving clarity of the problem being solved.
• Delivers specified requirements and meets customer satisfaction.
• Delivers the required Deliverables for each Project, Phase or Stage.
• Ensures that quality is achieved as planned.
• Delivers to time and cost within agreed tolerances.
• Manages the people, work and budget involved.
• Identify, assess, and minimize project risks.
• Identification and engagement of resources required for the project team.
• Establishes and updates plans with actual and forecasts.
• Manages deviations from plan to keep the business/project sponsor appraised of issues/risks and provide alternatives where appropriate.
• Reports to respective Stakeholders.
• Provide coaching and guidance to the team members and junior Project Managers.
• Escalates decisions and/or unresolved issues and in doing so provides alternatives and or solutions.
• Integrates delivery and metrics across the people, process, finance and customer dimensions of the business.