Regulatory Programme Manager at Old Mutual

This role is responsible for managing a Programme or a number of complex projects within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost, within the MFC Project Office. This role is accountable for achieving results through other managers and their teams (manages service delivery through layers), over periods of 6 months to 2 years.

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Delivery Management

• Responsible for the end to end management of a Strategic Programme or number of complex projects within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost.
• Ensures that delivery is achieved through managers and employees
• Ensures delivery of the required outputs & benefits for programme and projects.
• Ensures delivery within time, quality, scope and cost tolerances.
• Is able to effectively lead a project through traditional and agile methodologies.
• Ensures Strategic picture is understood, articulated and linked back to deliveries.

Budget Control

• Ensures effective management of finances at a Programme level.

Governance

• Ensures integration, coordination, timing and consistency of project management processes throughout the lifecycle of the programme.
• Ensures the programme governance procedures and correct project management structures are in place and that correct work streams are defined and managed.
• Organises the transfer of care, custody and control of the entire work upon completion (operational readiness).
• Responsible for the overall integrity and coherence of the programme and develops and maintains the programme environment to support each individual project within it.
• Ensures all Project Management areas are managed and controlled (Planning, Dependency, Scope, Delivery, Budget, Quality, Resources and Stakeholder management).

Management Effectiveness

• Drives operational excellence through area of supervision.
• Holds first line Project managers accountable for delivery of their relevant Projects.
• Individually accountable for execution of strategy for periods of 6 months up to 2 years.
• Manages service delivery through a team of managers for periods of 6 months to 2 years across various lines of business.
• Selects potential MOs to sustain pipeline.
• Removes obstacles and hurdles which prevent the team from delivering their goals.

Quality Management

• Delivers to specified requirements and meets customer expectations.
• Ensures that quality is planned in solutions, measured and achieved.

Reporting

• Establishes and updates financial reports with actuals and forecasts.
• Produces required reports to respective stakeholders and forums as per the MFC Project Office Governance Framework requirements.

Resource Development

• Ensures appropriate job rotation and multi-skilling of resources takes place across the programme
• Ensures ongoing performance management of project managers under leadership
• Successfully coaches and mentors intermediate & senior Project Managers

Risk & Issue Management

• Ensures that all dependencies, risks and issues are actively managed and recommends and implements resolution plans.
• Ensures that the programme is kept free of risk and achieve favourable audit results.
• Concludes the work upon completion or premature cessation.
• Escalates decisions and unresolved risks & issues to Product Owner, Business Owner or Sponsors.
• Actively manages any deviations from baseline plans.
• Ability to solve complex problems and implement creativity & adaptive thinking

Job Requirements

• Grade12 (Matric)
• Degree/equivalent
• 5 -7 years’ Project Management experience
• Accredited Project Manager qualification/equivalent
• Experience in the Financial Services Business
• 3 years’ experience in Programme Management of large Programmes
• 3-5 years’ team and people management
• Experience in utilising project management tools & methodologies
• Old Mutual experience will be advantageous
   

Additional Details

Competencies

• Strategic Thinking
• Leading with Influence
• Collaboration (Relating)
• Customer First
• Execution
• Innovation (Perspective)
• Personal Mastery (Learning)