Senior Project Manager | Tygerwaterfront, Western Cape at PSG Konsult Ltd

Job description:

An opportunity exists for a Project Manager to work within a growing financial services organisation. The role requires an individual with IT project management experience particularly on software development projects using the agile methodology. The individual will assist in embedding agile practices and establishing the project management office competency within the organisation.

Responsibilities:

Overall Project Management responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to investigate the feasibility of projects that support the achievement of business objectives
• Define project scope in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that project deliverables and expectations are clearly articulated and aligned to business objectives
• Develop project plans which identify and sequence the activities and timelines needed to successfully complete the project
• Coordinate the implementation of project systems and processes in line with the required time, cost and quality standards
• Identify and assign resources and stakeholders required for the execution of the project
• Determine the project objectives and measures of success which will be used to evaluate project effectiveness
• Track and drive the implementation and delivery of the project plan in line with the scope, cost and time parameters of the project
• Identify risks and collaborate with stakeholders to manage the mitigation of risks
• Create channels that monitor project progress and deliver reports that accurately reflect the progress of the project
• Manage the project close out and the assessment of project effectiveness to make recommendations to improve project impact
• Manage project budgets
• Mentor graduate and junior project managers within the project management team
• Manage project teams to ensure collaboration to achieve optimal cross process integration
• Collaborate with project management team to continuously improve project delivery framework

Agile Specific responsibilities:

• Runs daily, weekly and monthly agile rituals efficiently and strictly
• Tracks work progress to identify blockages and developer divergence from allocated tasks
• Manage Business, Operational Staff and Product owners during SDLC process.
• Monitors channels for submission of development work requests
• Implements structure changes and strategy that are generated by agile retrospectives
• High velocity communicator - making sure that all information regarding changes in scope, delays & other detrimental events are communicated to those involved with the piece of work as soon as they arise
• Manage stories that do not contain the right level of detail from entering the Dev Structure

Minimum Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Project Manager, preferably for at least 5 years, including being responsible for implementation of projects, facilitating projects and related workshops and effectively communicating with all project stakeholders. 
• Proven experience facilitating a project across multiple divisions within an organisation. 
• PMBOK or Prince2 experience advantageous. 
• Agile/Scrum/Kanban experience preferable 
• Extensive understanding of IT software products/development 
• SDLC and Implementation experience 
• Experience in testing and QA environments 
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry 
• Must be competent in workshop facilitation techniques 
• IT Qualification equivalent to a BTech or BCom 

Competencies:

• Execution 
• Decision Making 
• Communication 
• Strategic 
• Influencing others 
• Critical Thinking  
• Business acumen 
• Personal Mastery 
• Collaboration 
• Initiating Action