Jobs at Parvana

What you will be doing:

• Lead and coordinate the end-to-end planning, implementation, and delivery of software and financial systems projects, ensuring adherence to quality, timeline, and scope standards.
• Drive Agile delivery frameworks across project workstreams, facilitating daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Act as the main point of contact for key client stakeholders and internal delivery teams, maintaining open communication channels and providing regular progress updates.
• Proactively monitor project progress against key milestones, identify potential delays early, and implement corrective measures to keep delivery on track.
• Identify, track, and manage project dependencies, risks, and blockers, ensuring swift resolution to support development teams.
• Champion delivery best practices and continually contribute to improving project management workflows and standards.

What our client is looking for:

• A relevant tertiary qualification (Degree or Diploma in IT, Business, or Finance) is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience in financial systems and software development environments.
• Proven hands-on Agile project management experience (Scrum/Kanban).
• Knowledge and experience within the Trust and/or Pension / Retirement Fund industry is a strong advantage.
• Strong critical thinking and proactive problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across technical and business stakeholders.
• High level of enthusiasm, adaptability, and dedication to successful outcomes.

Requirements

• Project Manager, Financial Systems, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Stakeholder Management, Software Development, Trust Industry, Pension Funds, Risk Management, Delivery

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What you will be doing:

• Lead and scale the overall implementation strategy across six core work streams.
• Provide high-level operational support and direction to ensure cross-functional work streams remain aligned and integrated.
• Identify bottlenecks, risks, and dependencies across delivery tracks, implementing proactive mitigation strategies.
• Maintain momentum across projects, stepping in to guide execution while leveraging support from leadership as required.
• Interface effectively with senior executives, stakeholders, and client leadership.
• Drive senior-level project steering meetings, providing clear, transparent reporting on progress, risks, and key performance milestones.
• Serve as the primary accountability anchor, ensuring all stream leads deliver against established deadlines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Apply deep Agile project management practices to foster continuous delivery and adaptive planning.
• Empower and support team leads while holding them accountable for performance outputs and deliverables.
• Cultivate a results-oriented, highly collaborative environment across technical and business work streams.

What our client is looking for:

• Proven track record as a Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager, or Delivery Manager overseeing multi-stream enterprise implementations.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex portfolios with multiple parallel work streams.
• Deep mastery of Agile methodologies, frameworks, and delivery practices.
• Proven experience engaging, negotiating, and reporting at the executive / C-suite level.
• Highly articulate with outstanding stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.
• Ability to quickly understand complex systems/processes and run with them independently.
• Strong leadership character with the ability to hold teams accountable in a constructive, delivery-focused manner.
• Energetic, resilient, and adaptable leadership style.

Requirements

• Programme Manager, Agile, Multi-stream Implementation, Executive Stakeholder Management, Delivery, Accountability, Strategic Leadership, Financial Services