Business Project Manager - Johannesburg at TransUnion

What You'll Bring:

• Work closely with sponsors, 3rd parties, suppliers, internal stakeholders, the wider business and operational teams to understand their requirements, developing effective working relationships and on-going management processes for the projects and service delivery.
• Be seen as the leader of the Program, representing the best interests of the Sponsor at various governance and prioritization meetings.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the program or project.
• Manage, monitor, and motivate the cross functional international teams assigned to the project.
• Creation and management of plans, resource schedules and financial reports; with a focus on creating realistic schedules.
• Prepare project communications to keep stakeholders up to date with progress.
• Evaluate risks and develop strategies to overcome project obstacles.
• Identify and implement appropriate quality standards to ensure project quality.
• Ensure the project knowledgebase is captured, current and stored appropriately.
• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
• Manage requests for change, ensuring that implications on timelines, cost and scope are clearly articulated.
• Ensure post-project reviews take place and feedback loop followed.
• Follow the TU delivery governance framework, taking into consideration any data, regulatory and compliance considerations.

Impact You'll Make:

• Excellent Project Management skills
• Excellent Change Management skills
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Strong Stakeholder Management skills
• Ability to lead and develop a project team.
• Ability to develop and lead process improvements.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to challenge and propose alternatives.
• Methodical, thorough, and diligent
• Risk identifier and manager
• Excellent documentation skills
• Results driven; forward thinking with a problem-solving mentality.
• Significant knowledge of the Microsoft Office application suite

Essential Qualifications:

• Degree level or equivalent experience
• Program/Project Management qualification such as APM, PMI, MSP, Prince2

Desirable Qualifications:

• Change Management
• Management of Risk
• BPR/Lean/SixSigma methodologies

Essential Experience:

• Minimum 3 years project management experience
• Proven ability to deliver organisational and process change, ideally across international regions
• Demonstrable knowledge of Project Management methodologies