Project Manager at Blue Label Telecoms

About the job
Job Purpose:

• Responsible to manage, coordinate and facilitate organisational projects including monitoring project status, cross projects dependencies, and delivery progress on an ongoing basic

Responsibilities

Project Governance

• Mitigate the risk “blockers” related to product deliveries
• Ensure project governance processes and decisions are applied consistently
• Provide input to budgeting process per project portfolio
• Work closely with Head: PMO, Technology, Business Units and other stakeholders to facilitate delivery and remove impediments.
• Provide input into streamlining, adapting and standardizing new processes and artifacts across SA Distribution.
• Drive high quality of all deliverables across complete life cycle.
• Coordinate and facilitate project audits as needed.
• Managing customer expectations for project deliverables.
• Perform risk assessments to develop and measure response strategies, reporting, cost time quality delivery, and adherence to standards.
• Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.

Process Management

• Manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Project and Process Management.
• Support the process of business model rethinking by analyzing processes, practices, and procedures using prescribed methodologies.
• Build competency with Project teams and Operations teams in developing project metrics.
• Provide leadership with meaningful performance metrics and status reports utilizing dashboards and other tools.
• Identify risks proactively, drive timely mitigation, and escalate to management appropriately.
• Work with Business Analysis Team to document various business processes with flowcharts, manuals and other documentation outlining current practices.

Project Planning and Management

• Manage project lifecycle including (where appropriate to the project, the technical elements.)
• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value.
• Supporting stakeholders in planning sprint iterations
• Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
• Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
• Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
• Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel.
• Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Establish and execute a project communication plan.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings related to projects.
• Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans.
• Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.
• Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.
• Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.
• Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Project Management (PMP) or related discipline
• Prince Certification
• Agile and Waterfall (SDLC)
• Minimum of 6 years of project management experience required, with at least 3 years using Lean/Agile methodologies
• Knowledge MS Project and advanced MS Office skills
• Proven track of record managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven track record of delivery and strong work ethic