Senior Manager: Project Management at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• To provide advanced project management services and to develop, maintain and enhance operational business relationships.

Job Description

Project Management:

• Monitors the progression of a project at every stage and ensure that the objectives of a project are met

Quality Assurance:

• Maintain a desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process of delivery or production
• Ensure that timelines are met
• Manage team in such a way that deadlines are met

Stakeholder management:

• Ensure that stakeholders are identified and engaged.

Qualifications and Experience:

• BSc Computer Science or equivalent 3 year IT qualification
• The candidate should have at least 3 - 5 years project management experience on a complex project.
• 2-3 years in a role delivering technology solutions (Scrum Maser, BA, SA, Developer, PM, Etc. )   
• Stakeholder engagement experience including at a junior, senior & executive levels.
• Experience in reporting information at different forums to meet the needs of the audience.
• Experience using tools like Power Point, MS Excel, MS Project, Jira & Confluence
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong drive for delivery/outcomes and mobilisation of resources.
• Strong knowledge of Agile ways of working
• Understanding of Scaled Agile Principles
• Experience in requesting feedback on required services and resolving impediments experienced by other team members
• Experience in retail and digital is ideal
• Demonstrated experience in presenting and interfacing with Senior Executives
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)