Digital Consultant I Product Owner I Contract or Perm at IQbusiness

Education:

• Matric
• Qualification in Project delivery frameworks and methodologies: PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile
• Degree or Diploma in Business Management, Computer Science, Business Science or Engineering would be advantageous

Experience and Skills:

• 5 to 10 years’ working in delivering IT related projects, preferably managing IT, Process, Business, Organisational change or HR-related projects
• 3 or more years’ experience managing multiple teams across multiple projects
• Experience in Software Engineering or delivering on Software Solutions to customers
• Exposure to Agile, alternative delivery methodologies, scaling frameworks, and PMO structures and functions
• Exposure to Business and Process Analysis, Change management, system integration
• MS Office
• Product ownership experience will be advantageous
• Experience/Exposure to Customer Experience Management or User Experience Management

Key Responsibilities and/or output areas include, but are not limited to:

Project Initiation:

• Identify key stakeholders
• Consult broadly with clients (executives and delivery teams) and other stakeholders
• Identify and understand project needs and business value
• Identify and provide input in the form of a technology design, user/customer experience and guidance from business value perspective
• Develop a Project Charter
• Analyse and develop business cases

Project Planning:

• Facilitate the collection, documentation and analysis of requirements
• Document understanding of scope, complexity and dependencies
• Create WBS or product backlog
• Develop Project Management Plan or relevant management and delivery approach
• Define and sequence activities, or user stories
• Estimate activity resources and duration
• Develop schedules, flight plans and activity trackers
• Estimate and track costs and determine budget
• Identify and manage risks, issues and impediments
• Manage quality
• Plan and map out all communications
• Plan for procurement, resourcing, infrastructure and change management requirements

Project Execution Management:

• Design and Implement delivery approach
• Direct and manage general project execution
• Coordinate and oversee Change Management tasks
• Adopt and ensure correct Software engineering principles are adhered to
• Perform QA activities
• Acquire, develop and manage project team
• Distribute information
• Manage the delivery team
• Manage stakeholder expectations
• Conduct procurement as and when required

Project Monitoring and Control:

• Monitor and control project work
• Perform integrated change control
• Verify and control project scope
• Control project schedules
• Control costs
• Perform Quality Control
• Report on team and project performance
• Monitor and control risks
• Attend to all administration and reporting relating to procurement

Project Close-out:

• Close Project or phase
• Ensure that all relevant documentation and reports have been disseminated
• Close procurements
• Off-board project team members and complete close-out