Senior Project Manager at BankservAfrica

PURPOSE

• The person in this role will be part of the Project Management Office and is responsible to provide Project Management skills, according to accepted BankservAfrica policies and standards, in support of the company’s business and product strategies.

You will engage with the following stakeholders:

• Banks
• Regulators (SARB and PASA)
• Banking Council
• Other BankservAfrica client organisations/ Retailers
• Management and Executive Management
• Business Unit and Product Owners
• IT Managers and Staff
• All staff

Your key responsibilities include:

Project Management

• Responsible for the overall planning, management, and completion of Projects and/ or Programs on a wide variety of business units, Programs and Portfolios
• Design, Develop and Monitor schedules and budgets for assigned projects/Programs
• Works with customers to develop project scope of work documents/ project and program management plans and schedules 
• Uses project management skills to manage project /Program resources, identify resource requirements, meet training needs, define project and program deliverables, provide customer satisfaction and reporting structures and ensure quality of projects and programs
• Identifies the approach to be used on a given project /Program
• Manages the project/program and development lifecycles 
• Implementation and control of project/program change management process

Reporting

• Provide input into the Project Office reporting, including updating the Project Management application
• Overall control, management and reporting on Project/Program Status, Costs, Issues and Risks

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE

• Project Management qualification
• PMP certification
• Knowledge of Agile Project Development
• Required computer literacy levels in the MS Office suite and applicable Project Management Applications

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in ICT Application development
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Project and Program management 
• Experience in Payments and Banking industry will be an advantage