Project Manager at Santam Insurance

What will you do?

The PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT CENTRE (PMC) has a position available for a PROJECT MANAGER who will be based in Bellville Head Office. The person will typically be allocated to a project with budget of more than R3million to deliver over a 12-36 month period with a medium/large sized team of resources (10-15 full time people). The person will typically manage cross-functional level Digital projects which introduce substantial change where there is some resistance to change and the project priority and urgency is high.

Key Areas Of Responsibility

• Project Definition, Inception and Kick-off (kick-off sessions; definition of charter; facilitate definition of requirements and user stories).
• Project Planning (scoping, conceptual sprint planning and development; project and work stream definition; sizing and estimating; sprint, release and milestone management).
• Responsible for Project Financial and Cost management (accurate budgeting, actuals tracking, forecast projections, monitoring and control of expenses, invoicing and payment).
• Managing Project Scope (understanding project scope and product backlog; monitoring scope).
• Project level Risk, Issue and Decision management (including Dependency management and escalation).
• Project Reporting (reporting on status, financials, schedule, risk, blockers and issues, reporting on metrics including burn up/down charts, team velocity; updating Agile/PMC reporting and management tools).
• Defining and implementing the project’s Governance framework
• Quality Management
• Project Success management (agree and regularly review project measures of success).
• Adherence to the Agile framework, governance, standards for reporting and Tools (JIRA, Confluence).

What will make you successful in this role?

• Relevant 3+ year degree or equivalent qualification.
• Certificate or Diploma in Project Management from an industry recognized training institution.
• At least 6-10 years’ experience in managing projects and/or change initiatives.
• At least 3 years’ experience working in the Financial Services and/or Insurance industry to demonstrate understanding of the business context.
• Demonstrate experience in the application of industry standard project management methodologies and processes; and working in an Agile environment with Scrum method knowledge strongly preferred.
• Experience using the Tools and Techniques in alignment with the agreed Santam ways of working. Including but not limited to, PPO, JIRA, Confluence, Portfolio for JIRA and SharePoint.
• Demonstrate experience and sound knowledge of the system development lifecycle processes and methods from business concept to deployment stages.
• Digital solution implementation experience recommended.
• Ability to act as Scrum Master supporting the scrum teams to ensure the delivery of sprint goals and measureable business value. Includes: partnering with the business Product Owner determining the product backlog and the on-going refinement and prioritization of the backlog that ensures the availability of work for the development team; proactively work to eliminate blockers/impediments and other barriers for the development team; guide the team members on best practices and facilitate scrum ceremonies.

Qualification And Experience

• Degree with 8 to 10 years related project management experience.

Knowledge And Skills

• Project Oversight
• Project Planning
• Project Management Tools
• Project Tracking and Reporting
• Project Portfolio Management