Senior Manager: Project Management at Absa South Africa

Job Summary

Investment Bank Technology services three critical business areas in CIB, namely Markets, CPF & Investment Banking. There are critical strategic investment programmes in flight that require an experienced and strategic Project Manager to support with the execution of the projects, provide advanced project management services and to develop, maintain and enhance operational business relationships.

Job Description

Key critical requirements:

• Min 5 years Senior Project Management experience (managing long-term projects i.e at least 12 months in duration or multi-year projects)
• Project Management certification
• Knowledge of both waterfall and agile methodologies
• Project Steerco execution
• Stakeholder engagement at all levels
• Leadership potential

Preferred attributes:

• Banking industry experience
• IT project experience, or at least a working knowledge
• Knowledge of the Global Markets industry
• Resilience
• Ability to work independently, but also as a collaborative team-player

Key Accountabilities:

Project Management:

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

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

Education

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