Strategic Programme Manager - Pinelands at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

The Strategic Programme Manager is responsible for the coordinated management and 
leadership of one or more complex and strategic programs (comprising multiple and/or 
related initiatives).
The role takes a strong strategic role in assisting business owners/sponsors with program 
conceptualisation and business case development and effective execution.
The role needs high levels of business, commercial and transformation acumen.
This role is tasked with setting up and managing programmes to support and align to the 
(OMiX in particular) organisation’s strategic objectives and long-term goals.

• Programme conceptulisation and business case formulation
• Strong Customer Servicing/Operations, Technology (Automation), Business and commercial experience.
• Effective financial management acumen at a programme level
• Excellent understanding of Programme and Portfolio Governance structures in large organisations preferably financial services.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and CXO groups to usure the programme achieves its objectives.
• Ability to analyse and synthesise business strategy/objectives and requirements with programme deliverables and support.
• Strategic stakeholder management planning and engagement approaches

Strategic Risk management: planning

• Excellent understanding and use of project management methodologies, techniques, tools, systems and templates e.g. Agile (JIRA and JIRA Align), MS Project, Gantt charts, dashboards and PPT
• Efficient Resource Management 
• Vendor and supplier management 
• Procurement governance 
• Change management.
• Change controls management. 
• Enterprise and Project governance 
• Quality control management 
• Performance Management and coaching
• Ability to lead a team to achieve goals.
• Chairing and facilitate meetings.
• Business operating models
• Opportunity identification and management

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED FOR

• Minimum: 3-year Tertiary Qualification (Degree);
• 8-15 years’ experience and relevant technical qualification
• Old Mutual exposure or experience will be highly advantageous.
• Preferably: 8 years+ strategic Programme Management experience, Recognised Programme Management accreditation/ qualification and Agile certifications
• Senior management/leadership experience
• 8 – 10 years’ experience in project/software delivery.
• Familiarity and experience in Agile/Scrum/Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Knowledge of Kanban/Lean desirable.
• Knowledge and experience in using tracking and collaboration tools such as Jira and Miro. Knowledge and experience with typically used Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, etc