Murex Project Manager, Johannesburg at Luxoft

Responsibilities

• Manage IT project(s) for Murex/MLC; overseeing the design, build, test and implementation related activities
• Manage IT Project teams throughout the project life cycle, including setting and controlling project parameters, producing detailed project plans, anticipating resource usage and availability, scheduling for optimum efficiency while maintaining project controls and managing team member contributions.
• Acts as an advisor, and builds and maintains relationships across the wider stakeholder community
• Manages and coordinates dependencies across the projects and resolves conflicts.
• Provides direction and day-to-day management for project team members, and manages external and internal stakeholders.
• Manages project risks, issues, risks and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, budget, scope and quality) are achieved
• Manages the integration of vendor/subcontractor tasks, and track and review vendor/subcontractor deliverables, if appropriate for the project
• Ensures compliance with project management and other internal standards, processes and other requirements.
• Manages project changes as per established project change control processes.

Skills
Must have

• Strong Management and Leadership Skills
• Strong Project Planning Skills
• Functional/Technical Knowledge of Murex /MLC
• Project implementation experience on Murex/Global Markets
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Senior Stakeholder Management
• Technical project management
• Change Management
• Time and Quality Management
• Vendor management
• Analytical ability and conceptual thinking
• Team player and collaborative
• Ability to establish strong working relationships at appropriate levels of authority
• Ability to work under pressure and willingness to go the extra mile to meet the project timelines/goals
• Good handle on Project Planning tools such as MS Project. Visio, PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• 8-12 years of experience