Business Project Manager (JG7) at Santam Insurance

What will you do?

The succesful candidate will be responsible for ensuring:

System Platforms Providers

• Strategic alignment of initiatives for Outsourced Business (OB) by the System Platform Providers (SPP) and the Binder Holders.
• They will also be responsible for relationship management between Santam and the SPP's through frequent engagements; including supporting the Outsourced Business and Business Integration teams

Principle accountabilities include

• Responsible for ensuring strategic alignment of initiatives for OB by the SPP and the Binder Holder
• Responsible for managing relationships between Santam and the SPP’s through frequent engagements
• Responsible for supporting the OB and Business Integration teams. Central point of contact at Santam for all SPP’s
• Maintaining and reporting on initiative backlog. Drive the implementation of various initiatives through the SPP and Binder Holder
• Compiling steerco pack for monthly meetings with the SPP’s. Chair, facilitate and minute the compulsory monthly Steerco meetings held with business
• Prioritisation of new initiatives with the Outsourced Business Committee
• Driving completion of initiatives timely and within budget
• Attend monthly prioritisation meetings and provide feedback on the implementation of various initiatives to the Outsourced Business team
• Responsible for managing the SPP initiative budget and estimation management; review of work orders and costing
• Reviewing of invoices against work orders and facilitation of invoice payment
• Attend meetings with Binders Holders, SPPs and Santam business teams relating to new deployments, migrations, issue resolution and provide guidance relating to requirements that may be required
• Prepare for quarterly planning meetings and drive the discussion and agreement to the initiatives
• Ad-hoc responsibilities as may be required from time to time

Qualifications and Experience

• Higher Certificate in Insurance
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in project management

Skills

• Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• QlikView and Qlik sense
• JIRA
• Confluence
• Understanding of the OB model would be an advantage

Competencies

• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Communication and strong facilitation skills
• Resilience
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Good project management skills
• Change management skills
• Innovative and creative skills
• Negotiating skills
• Ability to convince and influence
• Ability to drive project time-line