About the position
My client based in Bellville (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to join them on a fixed term contract
IT / Finance
Responsibilities
- Develop project plans, including scope, goals, deliverables, timelines, resources, and budget
- Lead project teams to execute plans effectively, ensuring milestones are met on time and within budget
- Monitor and report on project progress, identifying risks and taking corrective actions as needed
- Establish and maintain relationships with project stakeholders, including clients, team members, and third-party vendors
- Communicate project updates, risks, and issues to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure alignment with project objectives
- Allocate resources effectively to ensure project tasks are completed efficiently
- Coordinate with department managers to assign appropriate team members to project tasks
- Manage resource conflicts and resolve any issues that may arise during project execution
- Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize their impact
- Proactively manage risks throughout the project lifecycle, monitoring for new risks and adjusting plans as necessary
- Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and customer expectations
- Implement quality assurance processes and procedures to validate project outcomes
- Develop and manage project budgets, tracking expenses and ensuring that projects are delivered within budget
- Identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements
- Provide leadership and guidance to project team members, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment
- Motivate team members to achieve project goals and overcome challenges
- Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback to team members as needed
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement best practices to optimize project management processes
- Conduct post-project reviews to capture lessons learned and apply them to future projects
Experience
- IT Degree or Diploma
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or another recognized project management certification
- Minimum 10 years of experience in the IT industry, with at least 5 years focused on software development
- Demonstrate experience and sound knowledge of the system development lifecycle processes and methods from business concept to deployment stages
- Experience working in the Financial Services or Insurance industry is a significant advantage
- Sound experience working with stakeholders at different levels across organisations / divisions, both on-shore and off-shore, face-to-face and remote
- Demonstrate experience in applying industry-standard project management methodologies and processes
- Working in an Agile environment, with knowledge of the Scrum method strongly preferred
- Experience in using JIRA, and Confluence
Competencies
- Drives results
- Client Focus
- Collaborates
- Flexible and adaptable
- Relating and networking.
- Applying expertise and technology
- Project Oversight, Planning, Project Management Tools, Project Tracking and Reporting, Project Portfolio Management
- Organisational Savvy
- Decision Quality
- Plan and Aligns
- Manages complexity
If you are ready for the next exciting step in your career, and would like to apply, please send us your updated CV to review
Desired Skills:
- Project plan
- Project budget
- Managing Project Budgets
- Software Project Management
- MS Project
- Project resources
- Project Management
- APMP
- Agile
- Jira
