Project Manager- JHB at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To lead the end-to-end delivery of BCB strategic and business initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered within approved scope, budget, and timelines, while embedding strong PMO governance, financial discipline, and data integrity.

The role is accountable for:

• Driving execution discipline across the project lifecycle
• Ensuring QBR-ready reporting, risk management, and decision enablement
• Managing stakeholder engagement, change impact, and benefits realisation
• Embedding PMO standards, tools, and governance practices across initiatives

The Project Manager acts as a critical enabler of delivery performance, ensuring that projects are not only tracked, but actively managed to successful outcomes aligned to BCB strategy.

Job Responsibilities

End-to-End Project Delivery

• Lead projects from initiation through to implementation and benefit realisation
• Deliver projects within approved scope, budget, and timelines
• Ensure clear delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, and ownership structures
• Proactively manage delivery performance and course correction

PMO Governance & Execution Discipline

• Apply PMO governance frameworks (plans, RAID logs, stage gates, reporting) consistently
• Ensure all project artefacts are complete, accurate, and audit-ready
• Enforce no delivery outside agreed governance frameworks without approval
• Maintain full visibility across project health (RAG, risks, dependencies)

Financial Management & Governance

• Manage project budgets aligned to approved business cases
• Track financial performance, variances, and forecasts monthly
• Identify and escalate financial risks and deviations early
  Ensure benefits tracking aligned to defined value outcomes

QBR Readiness & Executive Reporting

• Ensure all project inputs are accurate, complete, and submitted on time for QBR cycles
• Translate project status into clear, decision-ready insights
• Highlight risks, dependencies, and escalation points with impact articulation
• Track actions, decisions, and conditions through to closure

Stakeholder Management & Engagement

• Identify and manage key stakeholders across business, Group, and delivery teams
• Build trusted relationships through structured engagement and reporting
• Facilitate alignment across business owners, sponsors, and delivery teams
• Provide transparency on delivery status, risks, and performance

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

• Identify risks early and implement proactive mitigation strategies
• Ensure all risks, issues, and dependencies are tracked, managed, and escalated

Change Management & Business Readiness

• Assess and manage business change impact across processes, systems, and roles
• Ensure stakeholder readiness and adoption of new capabilities
• Support post-implementation reviews, retrospectives, and lessons learnt

PMO Tool Adoption & Data Integrity

• Use PMO tools as the single source of truth for all project data
• Ensure project data is accurate, complete, and updated in line with reporting cycles

Contribution to PMO & Team Capability

• Support the development of PMO governance capability and best practices
• Share knowledge and drive continuous improvement in project delivery

Essential Qualifications (NQF Level)

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Relevant Diploma/ Degree in Business / Finance / Engineering / Project Management or related field

Preferred Qualification

• NQF level 7 qualification or Honours degree in Project Management or Business management

Essential Certifications (Advantageous)

• Project Management certification (PMBOK, Scaled SAFe Agile)

Preferred Certifications

• Agile / Scrum certification
• PMO or Programme Management certification

Minimum Experience Level

• 5–7 years’ experience in a project environment

Experience in:

• Business / transformation programmes
• Portfolio / PMO environments
• Financial services or banking (preferred)

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Project and programme management methodologies
• Financial management and budgeting
• Governance, risk, and controls
• Portfolio management and PMO practices
• Data quality and reporting standards
• Stakeholder engagement and communication strategies
• Change management principles

Behavioural Competencies

• Influencing
• Customer Orientation
• Earning Trust
• Continuous Learning
• Monitoring Information
• Leveraging Feedback
• Planning and Organising
• Decision-making under pressure
• Accountability & ownership
• Delivery focus & execution discipline

Closing Date: 1 June 2026