ICT Project Manager (2642) at The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• A relevant Bachelor’s degree or an Advanced Diploma at an NQF level 7.
• At least five (5) years of relevant experience in project management for a large-scale complex infrastructure and systems development projects.
• At least three (3) years of management experience.
• A Project Management qualification: PMP / PMBOK / Prince2.

ADVANTAGEOUS

• Agile certification.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• In-depth knowledge of portfolio and project management within government/state-owned enterprises.
• Experience of managing complex infrastructure and systems development programmes and projects to quality, time and budget.
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (Waterfall and Iterative methodologies), processes, tools, and best practices to deliver new or enhanced applications.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies, processes, tools, and best practices.
• Extensive technical knowledge of information technology and general knowledge of specific ICT services, solutions, systems and processes.
• Extensive knowledge of contract management and subcontractor engagement processes.
• Using project planning tools and software packages to create, manage, and track project results.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Engagement

• Consult with senior leadership to validate strategic alignment of project(s) to the overall business strategy and objectives.
• Establish the required processes and tools to coordinate delivery between the delivery partners and internal stakeholders throughout the delivery of projects.
• Facilitate measurement and reporting of value achieved and business benefits realized through projects.
• Manage delivery by ICT delivery partners including managing performance against the set direction and providing support and advice to ensure efficient and effective delivery against the contractual agreement.

Project Scope Management

• Conduct feasibility studies, business case compilation, and document project scope specification artefacts required to assess and validate project scope at project initiation.
• Understand, manage and influence project scope and outcomes to be delivered between delivery partners and internal stakeholders to rebalance resources, manage variances, improve compliance and ensure project success.
• Facilitate, manage and monitor stakeholder participation and contribution throughout project delivery to ensure delivery against the correct scope.

Project Delivery Management

• Lead ICT projects with delivery partners (internal/external) to ensure delivery within time, budget, quality and specifications. This includes managing project performance against delivery risks and issues to assess and manage the impact on solution delivery commitments, inter-project dependencies and contractual implications (where applicable)
• Agree and establish delivery and management processes to be adopted with the delivery partner, set internal tools required to enable delivery, and assess the stakeholder goals and expectations throughout the project phases
• Support delivery partners or internal delivery teams in the design, development, and implementation of business perspective work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports for projects.
• Perform project delivery management including coordination of internal resource capacity to balance resource utilization, facilitating deliverable sign off processes, facilitating escalation processes and ensuring quality standards are maintained during project execution and delivery.
• Facilitate project change management and support project transition processes to ensure successful acceptance by business.
• Oversee and manage delivery of the Project Closure Report and ensure project close-out activities are completed.

Project Reporting

• Perform project reporting focused on performance against expectation and explaining variances. This includes collection, review and validation of performance status complied by delivery partners.
• Monitor and interpret the integrity and consistency of reporting data and document trends for decision making.