Programme Manager at Bizmod Consulting

The Role

Bizmod Consulting is looking for senior Programme Manager candidates for a contract position in a corporate, telecommunications environment. The Programme Manager will assist on complex ICT Programme and Project Delivery; and will be designated to work with account management in the Public Sector, servicing clients that are typically state-owned entities (SOEs). A minimum of 5+ years’ relevant experience is imperative. 

Key Requirements:

• 5+ years’ Programme Management experience
• Previous working experience account managing SOEs
• Experience working on complex ICT Programme and Project Delivery

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma or similar qualification
• Programme Management certification / equivalent qualification (PMBOK / Prince II / APMP / RPM level 4 / CAPM / PMI)
• MSP certification is highly desirable

Experience:

• Project / Programme Management experience using leading methodologies and processes
• Understand budgetary control and resource allocation procedures
• Experience managing multiple parties including Senior Project Managers and third-party Vendors
• Managing large teams across multiple locations
• Complementary business and leadership experience
• Business Analysis exposure
• Change Management exposure

General Programme Management Responsibilities

• Plan, define, monitor and execute programmes in accordance with the Programme Director’s strategic direction.
• Co-ordinate programme integration points and interdependencies.
• Recommend on project and programme initiation readiness.
• Ensure that delivery of new products or services from the projects-environment is to the appropriate levels of quality; within the set time frames; within budgets; and in accordance with the programme plan.
• Manage third party contributions to the projects and programme as appropriate.
• Manage both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects within and across the domains.
• Manage the programmes budget on behalf of the strategy and programme owner; monitoring the expenditures and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the programme progresses.
• Structure the roles and responsibilities of prioritised projects and programmes within the domain.
• Define the programme objectives, ensuring quality throughout the programme domain.
• Demonstrate a key understanding of widely accepted project and programme management methodologies in order to appropriately execute projects and programmes in line with the business requirements.
• Align internal resources (people; processes; procedures and systems) with programme requirements.
• Ensure the effective delivery of the requirements by ensuring that the appropriate guidelines / frameworks are provided; deadlines are set; budgets are approved and appropriately managed; resources are available and targets and measurements are agreed.

Programme Planning

• Initiate, plan and manage activities within the specified domain.
• Steward of project planning and management documentation of all the activities within the domain (e.g. consistent status reporting; issues and risk identification; monitoring; escalation and resolution / mitigation plans and processes).
• Participate in the estimation, preparation, monitoring, and control of cost budgets for all projects / programmes in the domain.

Project Management

• Give input into- and integrate projects plans relevant to the programme.
• Monitor projects’ progress against project and programme plans.

Stakeholder Management

• Manage stakeholders both upward and downward.
• Identify and Manage all programme level stakeholder relationships and ensure they are continually informed of the programme status, time, and cost.

Scope Management

• Manage Scope – develop programme definition and scope management documents including, but not limited to the scope statement, programme objectives, scope change control, programme plan.
• Work with the Project Managers to define and manage related projects’ scope in accordance with the programme scope.

Communication Management

• Responsible for timely communications / reporting to project governance and overall governance within the domain.
• Set and manage all communications across the programme.
• Ensure all relevant written and/or verbal communication is relevant and specific to the programme.

Risk & Issue Identification and Management

• Manage the delivery risk to ensure a successful outcome.
• Manage programme risks by collating project risks and issues, as well as identifying; creating mitigation strategies and following proper risk management documentation processes.

Quality Management

• Be Responsible for the quality assurance and overall integrity of the projects and programs within the relevant domains.
• Ensure all quality standards are identified and outputs adhere to these standards.

Governance

• Define programme governance and related controls.

Reporting

• Provide on-going reports on the progress of the programme and projects within the programme domain to the programme sponsor.

Proactive Team Support

• Ensure knowledge sharing within the domain and across projects.
• Build; manage and motivate the programme team.