Business Programme Manager p Pinelands at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

This role is responsible for ensuring successful delivery of several projects and initiatives within the OMEM programme management governance framework, as well as within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost. This role is accountable for achieving results through other managers and their respective teams.

• Manages delivery of multiple projects within a programme on time, budget and to the quality and specifications agreed with clients
• Ensures projects are resourced appropriately
• Manages vendors and staff from multiple areas within and outside the organization together with their respective service delivery
• Provides coaching and guidance to the project managers and team members
• Change and communication management
• Reports on programme status
• Ensures business cases and plans are to standard
• Ensures targets are clear and deliverables well-structured and understood
• Ensures that all organisational elements of the programme are addressed and integrated
• Identifies dependencies and inter-dependencies between projects/programmes
• Ability to comprehend information in verbal communication
• Responsible for communication & identifying of change management
• Obtains sign-off of all major programme deliverables
• Runs Management Board/Steering Committee and Programme team meetings
• Facilitates decision making

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum: 3-year Tertiary Qualification (Degree);
• 5-10 years’ experience and relevant technical qualification
• Old Mutual exposure or experience will be highly advantageous.
• Preferably: 5 years+ strategic Programme Management experience, Recognised Programme Management accreditation/ qualification and Agile certifications
• Senior management/leadership experience
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in project/software delivery.
• Familiarity and experience in Agile/Scrum/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Knowledge of Kanban/Lean desirable.
• Knowledge and experience in using tracking and collaboration tools such as Jira and Miro. Knowledge and experience with typically used Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, etc