Strategic Project Manager at The Unlimited

Job Description

Purpose of the Role

• To co-create and lead a specialist team to interpret and decipher the organisation's long term strategies and identify the manner (process, people and system methodology) in which they will be achieved.
• To co-create and lead a specialist team in the development of strategic plans, and solutions to business challenges, to achieve delivery of the business long term goals.
• To co-create and lead a specialist team in the design and implementation of the process and methodology.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Reviews service delivery processes and methodologies bi-annually across the business and the organisation’s strategic partners.
• Translate strategy into action – design and diagnostics - ensure execution against this.
• Project sponsor and manager on all projects related to above.
• In depth understanding of the business brand key to ensure alignment across all projects delivery.
• Ensures strategic partner service delivery relationships.
• Drives service delivery and support enhancement across the organisation.
• Development of the units of work that is required to execute on the organisation's strategy.
• Executing against the units of work in a timeous manner.
• Business wide collaboration around the development process.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• 5+ Years relevant experience.
• Advanced experience in business modelling.
• Experience in the interpretation of operational strategies and processes in a medium size business.

Skill Competencies:

• Project Management
• Process development
• Scenario planning
• Strategic Planning
• Drafting Business Cases
• Analytics
• Negotiation skills.
• Commercial/Business acumen.
• Stakeholder management.
• Relationship management.
• Budget management.
• Problem resolution and root cause analysis
• Strong Leadership skills
• Personal Characteristics
• Driven to Succeed
• Action Oriented
• Self-Motivated
• Ability to handle conflict in an appropriate manner
• Simple and Agile
• Open to Change
• Ambitious
• Entrepreneurial
• Hunger to do a physical goal.

PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO EMPLOYMENT EQUITY