ENVIRONMENT:

YOUR ability to work on multiple projects concurrently & broad knowledge of business and financial products is sought to fill the role of the next Project Manager wanted by a dynamic Financial Services Group. Your core role will be to successfully introduce and manage change into the business from project initiation through to project closure, by applying Strategic Project Office Methodology. The ideal candidate must possess a suitable Commercial/ Administration Degree with 5 years' work experience in a similar role including a basic understanding of ICT functional areas such as Development, Infrastructure and Service Management, a practical understanding of the system development lifecycle and product life cycle and Agile & Waterfall methodologies.

DUTIES:

• Support the business through the continuous review of challenges and ideas to ensure the correct projects are added to the roadmap and executed on.
• Co-ordinate the project to accomplish the project objectives (delivery on time, within budget and as per requirements and the project sponsor and business owner's expectations.) This might involve the management of multiple projects within medium to high complexity -
  • Responsible for facilitating the delivery of the full project scope by following the Strategic Project Office methodology.
  • Responsible for adherence to the governance requirements of the PM methodology.
  • Responsible for the most effective utilization of resources within a delivery portfolio (resource coordination).
  • Responsible for effective Risk & Issue Management.
  • On-going stakeholder management and communication (Acts as single point of contact throughout the project).
  • Where necessary, evaluate team member and project resources by identifying strengths and areas of development.
• Practice the Strategic Project Office methodology -
  • Assess and advise on an ongoing basis how the Strategic Project Office methodology should be enhanced based on specific project feedback.
  • Promote the methodology through the group.
• Business Transition Management, i.e. ensure that business change as a result of the relevant project(s) is managed in such a way that the disruption to the business is kept to a minimum. This is facilitated by the following: 
  • Stakeholder analysis, Project structure and team agreed and contracted, Communication plan, Implementation approach incorporating activities that have direct impact on end users, e.g. testing, training and actual implementation taking cognisance of the environment, etc. 
• Develop and maintain strong relationship networks.
• Perform the relevant controls within their own or other portfolios as required.

REQUIREMENTS:

Qualifications -

• Commercial/ Administration Degree.
• Business Analysis diploma (Optional).
• Project Management diploma (Optional).

Experience/Skills -

• A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Project Manager.
• Exposure to the Financial Services industry.
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Office, Visio).
• Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Basic understanding of ICT functional areas such as Development, Infrastructure and Service Management.
• Possess a broad knowledge of business and financial products
• Knowledge and thorough understanding of best practice Project Management methodologies.
• A practical understanding of the system development lifecycle and product life cycle.

Advantageous -

• Experience in Financial Services or Retail.