Project Assurance Lead

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Indipath Recruitment Full time
Provide input into the holistic Operational execution strategy and plan, with a focus on Delivery Assurance and Project Management effectiveness

  • Design and implement the Project and Delivery Assurance framework, ensuring incremental maturity improvement
  • Define Delivery and Assurance function goals and contributions and lead the PMO effort and measurements across all projects
  • Lead the Delivery Assurance efforts and measurements, providing an endtoend view of project performance and the ongoing client experience (e.g., milestones met/missed, client key stakeholder engaged/mapped, schedule on track, stage plans approved)
  • Develop a view of delivery quality, reporting this to relevant stakeholders
  • In the event of project underperformance / misalignment with business goals, define and lead (through others) necessary actions to remediate
  • Maintain overall responsibility for systems, processes and practices, tools, material and administration relevant to Project and Delivery Assurance function, and continuously work to improve these
  • Design and implement a robust wayofworking to monitor the projects inflight against baselines (project and commercial models)
  • Monitor, track and report on performance, risks and compliance to internal stakeholders
  • Develop, maintain and monitor the key assurance processes incl. Risk Management, Quality Assurance, Stakeholder Management, Client Service levels and project/portfolio performance (Scope, Schedule, Budget)
  • Provide assurance that key projects and portfolios meet the clients specified benefit realisation goals
  • Provide project delivery input in preproject execution opportunities
  • Ensure that appropriate risk and assurance training and guidelines are in place
  • Provide guidance and career support to PMO team members.

Skills & Qualifications

  • 810 years consulting experience in a project delivery environment
  • Matric and relevant tertiary education (e.g., BCom Information Systems / Informatics, BSc Eng, BEng, etc.)
  • Relevant Programme Certifications (incl. PMBOK / PRINCE2 / Agile methodologies / PMPGP, etc.) is preferred
  • Leadership of skilled delivery teams
  • Executive level stakeholder management
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong report writing, positioning capabilities and negotiation skills
  • Ability to convey a technical solution to senior management in a clear and concise manner
  • Strategic thinker with proven analytical and problemsolving abilities
  • A team player who is hardworking and selfmotivated
  • Ability to effectively plan and prioritize workloads, and to measure and report on current progress


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