Senior Specialist: Project Manager(Gauteng&Cape Town at Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Role Description

• Develop, plan and execute according to project schedule and proactively monitor their overall progress, resolving issues, risks, dependencies and assumptions and initiating corrective action as appropriate. Ensure all projects are tracked on necessary project management tools. Coordination of the projects across multiple functional and business domains and manage their interdependencies by building integrated plans, communication plans, risk logs for all projects.
•  Setting project goals and coming up with plans to meet those goals. Assure the participation and commitment of project stakeholders for all 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 Projects. Manage changes to the project scope throughput the project lifecycle. Baseline the scope of work to be delivered. Track and manage project requirements during the project lifecycle and incorporate changes to requirements through an established change management process.
•  Contributes to intellectual property by documenting and logging all project information in the appropriate knowledge base. Developing and implementing the governance framework for all projects which include post implementation review. Ensure all projects are managed and executed as per Liquid Project Management Methodology across all OPCO’s.Develop and utilise templates for Project Management documentation and artefacts.
• Deliver projects as per the schedule, cost and agreed criteria. Implement software life-cycle methodology. Support and manage the execution of required testing tasks. Accurately identifies and escalates project risks, issues and any unresolved issues via the Project Escalation Channel. Ensure that the delivery of task from the Projects is in line with the strategic objectives of the business. Work closely with the business and in some cases external service providers to deliver against project outputs.
• Responsible for assembling key stakeholders on the project team. Lead the project team in and act as the liaison between and business by ensuring all outputs from projects are of an excellent quality. Ensure customer satisfaction through post-project debrief with clients. Lead and facilitate steerco meetings. Provide regular updates to all project stakeholders on the progress of the project and provide necessary support to all project stakeholders.
• 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, Report on risks and issues on an ad-hoc [as and when escalations are pending or have been raised. Upload all Project Governance Artefacts to the Central Repository. Provide timeous reports on project plans and progress to management and all internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Relevant industry certification (e.g. PMP, Prince2): Essential
• Related University degree (e.g. B degree in Commerce or appropriate NQF level qualification): Essential
• Business Analysis qualification: Desirable
• 5 years Demonstrated experience in leading project teams; Essential.
• 3 years Telecommunication or ICT experience with at least 3 years in managing IT projects: Essential.
• 3 years Extensive experience at successfully managing challenging and complex projects and outsourced vendors: Essential.
• 5 years Has proven, relationship, communication and presentation skills: Essential.
• 3 years Influence and manage all project stakeholders to get to the end goal: Essential.
• All Appointments are subject to the Labour Legislation in the respective country.