Latest Recruitment at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• The ART Project Manager is responsible for the management and delivery of operational Epics from Inception throughout the development and operational readiness phases. This role will report to the Project & Portfolio Management Competency Lead. The incumbent will be expected to use their in-depth experience and expertise in Project Management across waterfall and agile methods.

ART Project manager

• Assists Business Owners with developing a strong Lean Business Case & Epic benefit hypothesis for small business changes
• Project management of Epics that span across multiple agile delivery teams and/or external teams
• Ensures that the Delivery framework, practices, processes and governances is followed
• Effective and appropriate Stakeholder Management & engagement with all levels of stakeholders.
• Produce reporting as required and present and relevant forums (Scrum of Scrums, Portfolio Sync etc.)
• Attend relevant Portfolio level forums
• Manages & resolves key dependencies, risks & Impediments
• Responsible for delivering successful EPIC outcomes.
• Drafting and maintaining financial budgets

Release Co-ordination

• Creates & co-ordination of the Release implementation plan per PI (Portfolio Increment)
• Schedules & facilitates weekly release management meetings with all stakeholders
• Co-ordinate all release days: logistical & support to teams etc.

Requirements 

• Relevant tertiary or Project Management qualification

Relevant Agile certification

• 5+ years’ experience in Project Management
• 3+ years’ working experience in an Agile or SAFe environment
• Additional requirements:
• Is passionate about delivering value to the customer
• Owns personal development & keeping skills relevant
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Stakeholder management and engagement
• Ability to operate in a fast and ever-changing environment

Skills

• Agile Framework, Agile Kanban, Agile Principles, Budgeting, Business Readiness, Delivering Value, Extensive Project Management Skills – SCRUM or other Agile Methodologies, Management Reporting, Project Management, Release Management, Stakeholder Management, Written Communication

Education

• Advanced Diploma (AdvDip): Project Management (Required)