ICT Project Manager X2 - Midrand at Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Key Responsibilities

ICT Project Initiation

• Contribute to strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation and coordination of the information and technology systems for the DBSA group.
• Determines appropriate revenue recognition, ensure timely and accurate invoicing, and monitors receivables for project.
• Contribute towards development and maintenance of enterprise systems architecture, defining standards and protocols for data exchange, communications, software and interconnection of DBSA network information systems.
• Implement and maintain information systems, ensuring appropriate investment in strategic and operational systems.
• Negotiate Information Technology implementation contracts, soliciting involvement and participation of other management team members as appropriate.
• Communicate ICT implementation plans and policies to project sponsors.
• Implement appropriate ICT project progress reporting to the project sponsor and project team
• Approve, coordinate, and control all projects related to selection, acquisition and development of major information systems for the DBSA group.
• Negotiates Information Technology service level agreements with Service Providers and monitors Information
• Technology systems performance to assure service levels are met.
• Researches and evaluates alternatives for the enhancement or re-engineering of Information Technology projects.
• Implements an appropriate Information Technology Governance Framework and ensures compliance to this framework.

Project Management

• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Provides quality service to end users in needs analysis, solution recommendation, vendor selection, implementation, training, and post-installation support.
• Ensures that information systems operate according to internal standards, external accrediting agency standards, and legal requirements.
• Tracks and reports team hours and expenses on a weekly basis.
• Responsible for monitoring managing project budget.
• Analyses project profitability, revenue, margins and utilisation.
• Responsible for Information Technology project activities and costs as related to the overall utilisation of resources required to meet strategic and operational requirements.
• Understands pricing model and billing procedures.
• Assures project legal documents are completed and signed.
• Accountable for leading and managing small to medium Information and Communication Technology projects
• Implement divisional objectives and targets for inclusion in the organisational balanced scorecard
• Implement project according to scope and budget. (Varies from project to project but not more than R5m per project).
• Reviews deliverables prepared by team.
• Prepare monthly and weekly progress report to team and project sponsor.
• Communicate to all team members.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Prepare project related report and motivations.
• Prepare Procurement Committee documents.
• Prepare project Service Level Agreement in line with the overall Service Level Agreement of the group.
• Facilitates team and client meetings effectively.
• Holds regular status meetings with project team.

Key Measures/KPIs

• Ability to negotiate Information Technology implementation contracts, soliciting involvement and participation of
• other management team members as appropriate.
• Ability to Determines appropriate revenue recognition, ensures timely and accurate invoicing, and monitors
• receivables for project.
• Ability to Implement project according to scope and budget. (Varies from project to project but not more than
• R5m per project).
• Ability to negotiates Information Technology service level agreements with Service Providers and monitors
• Information Technology systems performance to assure service levels are met.

Minimum Requirements

• A post graduate degree in ICT, Commerce or Engineering.
• Project Management qualification (PMBOK or Prince or Similar).
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the management of Information and Communication Technology projects.
• A minimum of 5 years in managing medium sized projects in an Information and Communication Technology
• environment.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a specialist position/s in a comparable environment.