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Job Summary

• Support end-to-end user experience design, including discovery, ideation, conception, detailed design, prototypes and validation across multiple products and areas.

Job Description

Service Delivery: Deliver IT Digital design services as per agreed performance contract | : Understand and apply existing best practice frameworks to assist in the implementation of identified subject matter processes and standards. | : Provide specialist advice and support in area of accountability to ensure that identified solutions and recommendations are appropriate and effective. | : Identify and recommend new innovative ways of achieving quality results. | : | : | : | :

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas  (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

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Job Summary

• To provide project management services and to develop, maintain and enhance operational business relationships.

Job Description

• Project Management: Monitors the progression of a project at every stage and ensure that the objectives of a project are met 

Administration 

• Manage the project schedule on MS Online and Absa Project Management Tools 
• Update project status, with milestone updates, flight plan updates, risks, and issues
• Update resourcing plans 
• Update financials to align to project progress, business case and change requests 
• Ensure PDLC (Product Development Life Cycle) artefacts are completed by project resources per phase 
• Manage change requests on the project ensuring that the impact of the change is reflected on the schedule, resourcing plan and risk and issue log (if required) 
• Consolidate all content for all governance and project forums 
• Ensure reporting for the portfolio manager and change governance capability is completed, adhering to the quality and timelines set out 
• Creating, maintaining, and adhering to communications plans and schedules set out by the project, portfolio, or group change
• Stakeholder Engagement and Communication 
• Timeous communication to key stakeholders regarding the status of the project
• Work with the project sponsor, team, and subject matter experts to develop an appropriate project delivery strategy
• Ensure that stakeholders are identified and engaged as per the stakeholder management plan

Project Execution 

• Implement the delivery strategy in a way that maximizes the business value of the project
• Have daily progress meetings with project team leads on tracking against the schedule, identifying and managing risks and issues 
• Integrate plans across the SME’s, product owners, technical teams and business analysis and design teams 
• Have weekly sponsor sessions to review the progress, risks, and issues (related to scope, schedule, costs, quality, and resources) 
• With regards to risks, issues and decisions required, collate all applicable data to ensure the appropriate decisions and recommendations are listed for a project

Financial Management 

• Ensure that the non-financial and financial benefits are reviewed regularly by the sponsor, business managers and product managers. Highlight any project execution issues or risks that could impact the benefits 
• Ensure funding requests are submitted timeously to the change forum 
• Manage the project budget (forecasts and actuals) and highlight any risks or changes 

Quality Assurance

• Maintain a desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process of delivery or production

Experience Required 

• 5 to 8 years working as a Project Manager
• 2 years working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• 3 years proven experience in managing digital and technology projects

Qualifications 

• A bachelor's degree in organisational management, engineering, finance, information technology or project management
• PMI Project Management Professional or Prince 2 Foundation
• Agile Project Management
• PMI Risk Management Professional (Optional - will be advantageous)
• Agile Scrum Master (Optional - will be advantageous)

Skills Required:  

• Timeliness - Make time to plan thoroughly and prioritize diligently.
• Communication - Having finely tuned communication skills using multiple methods (e.g., verbal, written, and nonverbal). Communicating predictably and consistently. Making communications concise, clear, complete, simple, relevant, and tailored. 
• Relationship skills – building extensive networks of people throughout the project 
• Knowledge Gathering - Being able to sift through massive amounts of information to obtain the most important information.
• Strategic - Having a holistic and systemic view of the project, taking into account internal and external factors equally
• Critical Thinking - apply critical thinking (e.g., application of analytical methods to reach decisions) 
• Leadership - Being able to build effective teams, be service-oriented, and have fun and share humor effectively with team members.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)