Snr Specialist: Project Management at BCX

Core Description

• Manage the day-to-day running and delivery of large/strategic projects with BCX customers within the specified and agreed upon scope, timeframe, budget and quality requirements.

Key Deliverables / Primary Functions

• Define project plans incorporating scope, budget and timeframes to ensure quality and successful project execution.
• Manage the delivery of large/strategic project/s and/or transitions to successful completion in accordance with scope, budget, timeframe and service level agreements.
• Monitor governance and quality of the projects, including adoption of PMO methodologies, principles, tools, standards and processes.
• Provide onsite guidance for the project team to build and motivate team members to meet project milestones. Resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables, and escalate as and when required.
• Track and report on project status and performance, monitoring project overheads and capital expenses, project deliverables, dependencies and timeframes.
• Identify and mitigate risks within the project and manage project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives to improve project delivery.
• Collaborate and facilitate optimum engagement between and within BCX Divisions and establish and enhance relationships and network with partners, customers and vendors in support of market dominance.
• Motivate and coach project teams in support of performance excellence, employee engagement, innovation and transformation.

Core Functional Skills & Capabilities

• Agile Methodology
• Process Orientation
• Process Re-engineering
• Problem management
• Risk Management

Core Behavioural Competencies

• Job Match
• Adapting & Responding to change
• Achieving personal work goals & objectives
• Delivering Results & Meeting customer expectations
• Planning & Organising
• Working with people

Minimum Qualifications

• NQF 6: 3 year Degree/ Diploma/ National Diploma in Business or Information Technology
• OR NQF 4: Grade 12

Additional Education -Preferred /Advantage

Experience

• 7 Years experience in relevant field working on and managing IT projects, preferably within a large and highly complex ICT organisation, of which 2 years is at management level.

Or     

• 9 Years experience in relevant field working on and managing IT projects, preferably within a large and highly complex ICT organisation, of which 2 years is at management level.

Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or Prince2 or PMBOK or equivalent

Professional Memberships in Relevant Industry

Level of Engagement & Span of Control

Special Requirements / Employment Condition

• Valid Drivers license

Workplace / Physical Requirements

• Hybrid Remote Worker
• Billable