Senior Initiative Manager

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Nedbank Full time

Job Requisition Details

  • REQ# Location: Sandton, Johannesburg
Closing Date: 18 June 2023- Talent Acquisition: Bongiwe Mchunu- Job Family- Project, Process and Product

  • Career Stream
  • Projects


 Leadership Pipeline
  • Manage Self: Professional

Job Purpose

  • To manage and deliver medium projects from commencement to completion within the scope, budget and time agreed. Projects could be associated with any discipline e.g. property, engineering, information technology, in line with the business strategy. The Project Manager will play an active role in providing mentorship and coaching on agile best practices to junior staff. The Project Manager will also be ensuring the team is working on the right tasks at the right time, working closely with the product manager to translate epics, stories, and other items on the sprint list into actionable tasks for the delivery team.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality in accordance with business needs and strategic goals.
  • Provide expert level guidance to software project team in terms of process, system, tools, methods as well as communication, integration, and successful team dynamics through weekly facilitation sessions.
  • Integrate with diverse stakeholders by engaging and facilitate with multiple diverse groups across a spectrum of wants and needs.
  • Engage and facilitate with multiple diverse groups across a spectrum of wants and needs.
  • Build professional relationships though engagement and regular communication and feedback with all stakeholders using quality metrics and project status reports as drivers.
  • Ensure accurate cost estimation based on coverage of client requirements and project scope.
  • Manage project budget within project scope.
  • Deliver projects on target within due date, budget and according to scope and project governance.
  • Ensure traceability of defined benefits throughout lifecycle of the project and escalate any deviations.
  • Ensure management of scope including coverage of client requirements and based on estimations.
  • Manage delivery of project against agreed schedule.
  • Meet requirements by providing advice to clients on the most appropriate Project management approach, identify project stakeholders, communicate their roles, and define the level of participation in project, map their communication needs and manage stakeholder engagement strategies through the project plan.
  • Manage each stakeholder group actively through the change cycle.
  • Conduct business change impact across process, systems, and roles according to the change management plan.
  • Manage the stakeholders by ensuring an understanding of the behaviours and operations and by defining strategies in project schedule.
  • Keep clients and management informed.
  • Ensure the change management process is led and supported together with the client.
  • Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope and signed off by stakeholders.
  • Ensure satisfactory post implementation review and performing retrospectives/inspect & adapt sessions as required.
  • Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope and signed off by stakeholders.
  • Ensure sufficient resource allocation.
  • Manage delivery of medium projects according to prevailing Project Management methodology.

Preferred Experience

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

  • Provide insights, research and recommendations on possible improvements in the delivery process for projects to enable efficient and timeous delivery.
  • Promote new thinking, creative solutions and ways of working to address step change for strategic projects in the People Journey.

Reporting

  • Provide daily standup reporting of project progress for the defined period.
  • Report monthly and quarterly on progress with implementation of operational change plans to the People Journey Steerco.
  • Ensure regular and periodic reports are prepared and submitted as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.

Business Operations and Data Analysis

  • Analyse project specific data to provide MI reporting and possible opportunities to change overall outcomes within the strategic people project.
  • Manage a key business operation(s) within the division to help enable stakeholders in the working environment to be more productive.
  • Maintain and improve key SLA performance of the function and delivery of our commitments for the year.

People

  • Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
  • Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
  • Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and values, leading by example. Ensure issues raised in culture survey are addressed.
  • Provide guidance/coaching to peers and colleagues on core function.

Competencies:

  • Results orientation.
  • Business and Financial Acumen

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