Senior Manager: Strategy and Programme Management at South African Maritime Safety Authority

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Strategy Analysis, Design, Development and Deployment
• Analyse current corporate strategy in line with changes in legislative, strategic, policy environments.
• Perform regular analysis and external research to determine critical internal and external drivers of strategy.
• Analyse organisational performance, industry trends, applicable regulatory requirements and their impact on strategy and operations.
• Facilitate and coordinate new business strategy design, development or updates to existing strategies.
• Align, manage, monitor and evaluate strategic initiatives to ensure legislative, strategic and policy mandates delivery.
• Support leadership on strategy formulation, alignment, planning, implementation, execution, process improvements, and communication.
• Ensure organisational engagement and alignment on planning and strategic considerations.
• Set key strategic focus areas for SAMSA and track outcomes.
• Strategy Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation
• Facilitate closing gap to plan with tactical actions.
• Conduct benchmarking studies for organisational measures and targets.
• Compile Strategic and Annual Performance Plans.
• Design and monitor Centre Operational Plans within performance management.
• Establish effective corporate performance management system.
• Maintain compliance framework for corporate performance management.
• Monitor and report performance against Annual Plans quarterly and annually.
• Maintain Corporate Performance Information data integrity.
• Communicate Corporate Performance internally and externally.
• Evaluate corporate performance and success of strategic objectives.
• Managing Strategic Outcomes
• Analyse final corporate performance results, draw lessons learnt for corporate decisions.
• Prepare and implement Corporate Performance improvement plans.
• Programme & Project Leadership, Planning and Governance
• Develop Enterprise Programme and Project Management Frameworks including policy, strategy, and implementation plans.
• Identify productivity opportunities with Centre Heads.
• Develop short and long-term projects to advance strategic goals.
• Quality Management & Enterprise Business Process Management
• Oversee high priority projects requiring integration and resources.
• Partner with Centre Heads to implement projects successfully.
• Monitor project progress, make adjustments for timely completion.
• Maintain and report strategic project dashboards.
• Agree resource requirements for projects and secure them.
• Provide oversight and leadership in Quality Management System design and maintenance.
• Lead Quality Management System assessments, reviews and performance monitoring.
• Manage operational excellence principles and standards embedding.
• People Leadership
• Provide leadership aligned with SAMSA culture and values.
• Manage performance, productivity, development and well-being of Strategy and Performance team.
• Implement performance incentives and measures.
• Facilitate collaboration between Strategy, Planning, Reporting and Risk Management areas.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Matric Certificate (NQF 4) is essential
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration\Public Administration\Public Management\Business Management\Management (NQF 7) is essential
• Postgraduate Qualification in Business Administration\Public Administration\Public Management\Business Management\Management (NQF 8) is preferred
• Certificate in Project Management\Strategic Management is preferred
• Membership of recognized professional body is preferred.
• MBA would be an added advantage

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Seven (7) years of Strategy Management experience, of which three (3) years experience should be in Supervisory\Management with specific focus on Strategy Management.
• Experience managing organisational or divisional strategy development.
• Solid experience in risk management and large-scale project management.
• Experience with boardroom dynamics and strong presence.

CLOSING DATE: 23 MARCH 2026