Senior Specialist: IT Project Manager - Gauteng at Liquid Intelligent Technologies

ROLE PURPOSE

• Manage and deliver I.T.  Projects with a full overview of project requirements to ensure all projects are delivered to scope, on time, within budget and of high-quality standards. Responsible for managing, controlling and coordinating all the activities related to the implementation of IT projects. Responsible for leading, planning, organising, governing and controlling resources, procedures, and timing of IT project implementation.

Leadership and Planning

• Develop, plan and execute according to project schedule and proactively monitor overall progress - resolve issues, risks, dependencies and initiate corrective action where appropriate.
• Ensure all projects are tracked on necessary project management tools.
• Coordinate projects across multiple functional and business domains and manage their interdependencies by building integrated plans, communication plans, risk logs. 
• Set project goals and plans to achieve goals.
• Assure the participation and commitment of project stakeholders for all IT related projects which includes resolving any risk, project costs, project changes and other issues that may arise as the project progresses. 
• Effectively manage, communicate and ascertain agreement on the project scope for IT Projects and manage changes to the project scope throughput the project lifecycle.

Monitoring and Controlling

• Track and manage project requirements during the project lifecycle and incorporate changes to requirements through an established change management process Project Management Plan, Approved Change Requests & Change Log.
• Contribute to intellectual property by documenting and logging all project information in the appropriate knowledge base.
• Develop and implement the governance framework for all projects which include post implementation review.
• Develop and utilise templates for Project Management documentation and artefacts.

Delivery and Support

• Deliver projects as per the schedule, cost and agreed criteria, support and manage the execution of required testing tasks.
• Accurately identify and escalate project risks, issues via the Project Escalation Channel.
• Work closely with the business and in some cases external service providers to deliver against project outputs.
• Lead the project team in and act as the liaison between IT and business by ensuring all outputs from projects are of an excellent quality.
• Ensure customer satisfaction through post-project debrief with clients and project deliverables are signed off.
• Lead and facilitate steerco meetings, provide regular updates to all project stakeholders.

Reporting, Governance and Compliance

• Comply with and complete due diligence to ensure that the Change Management processes are adhered to.  Comply with existing Governance processes and ensure all artefacts and project documents are signed-off and stored for audit purposes.  Responsible and accountable to ensure that all projects will pass a Project Audit.
• Continuously improve on Project Governance processes and ascertain buy-in from Top Management and Business to comply.
• Provide weekly status updates, Exco reporting, reporting on risks and issues.
• Upload all Project Governance Artefacts to the Central Repository

Manage all technically complex multi-vendor IT projects on time, within budget and of high quality

• Develop and deliver a project management program encompassing all the details of a project to the team members.
• Responsible for managing, controlling and coordinating all the activities related to the implementation of IT projects in area of responsibility and across all Liquid operating companies. 
• Diverse technical skills management across opcos. 
• Accountable for the coordination and management of change and release management. 

Requirements

• Relevant industry certification (PMP / Prince2)
• Related University Degree (B.Degree in Commerce or IT or appropriate NQF level qualification)
• Business Analysis qualification advantageous 
• At least 5 years' demonstrated experience in leading project teams with Telecommunication or ICT experience
• Extensive experience successfully managing challenging and complex IT projects and outsourced vendors
• Knowledge of project management methodology and experience with major defined PM approaches (for example, PMI, Prince II or Agile)
• Knowledge of the Project Management Life Cycles, Software Delivery Life Cycles, Business and Systems Analysis, Change Enablement Principles
• Knowledge of IT BSS/ OSS Application and Telecom processes