Technical Project Manager at Salt South Africa

Job description

• Project Delivery Management
• Take a project from inception (idea stage), and organise a plan to deliver all aspects of the final working solution
• Define project objectives, scope, impacts, outputs, cost, benefits and success criteria in collaboration with business champions, business unit management and stakeholders and programme sponsor (where applicable)
• Manage the people, processes and technology required to deliver solutions effectively according to the project requirements
• Lead cross functional project teams by task assignment and follow up to ensure on-time completion
• Ensure delivery of the required output(s) for each phase or stage
• Create and control all project management related documents
• Conduct post implementation reviews (PIRs), define recommendations based on best practices and lessons learnt
• Understand and ensure that the business requirements have been understood and correctly interpreted
• Issues and Risk Management
• Identify and mitigate risks that may negatively impact the project
• Escalation of key decisions, unresolved issues and risks
• Budget Control
• Manage the project budget by forecasting requirements, analysing variances, and initiating corrective action
• People Management
• Mentor team members on structured methodology and best practices
• Provide regular and timely feedback to team members and their respective line managers
• Quality Management
• Apply quality management principles and processes
• Ensure all work is undertaken within the organisation standards and processes
• Ensure required documentation is complete, current and stored appropriately
• Communication/Reporting
• Conduct regular project reviews and accurately communicate the status of the project
• Produce management reports using established IT Portfolio Management methodology

Establish and update plans with actuals and forecasts

Minimum requirements

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Deep understanding and experience of IT Project Management methodologies
• Ability to develop Business Cases or Feasibility studies to justify initiatives for approval by the Executive team
• Ability to align the IT Projects being executed to Business Requirements throughout the programs and projects lifecycle
• Strong facilitation and communication skills at multiple stakeholder levels
• Strong collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and partners
• Strong leadership ability of direct and virtual teams
• Proactive Risk and Issue Management skills
• Ability to analyse the impact of change on the Business, Programs and Projects and put required actions in place
• Retail Business acumen
• Excellent multi-tasking ability
• Attention to detail and working to deadlines essential

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

• Relevant 3 year tertiary or NQF aligned qualification
• Project Management certification

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Up to 7 years’ experience in programme and project management
• Managed at least 5 IT or IT related projects through the complete project management lifecycle
• Agile Project Management experience
• Proven track record of delivering business application and infrastructure projects

Relevant retail industry experience and advantage

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.