Software Project Manager

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa BlueSky Full time

Description
We are looking for a passionate Project Manager to join our Delivery Team.

As a Project Manager at BlueSky, you will be responsible for delivering digital cloud-based projects according to agreed client requirements from discovery to delivery to enable client business goals achievement.

Able to strategically plan and align the internal and external project delivery processes between client and the BlueSky team.


A BlueSky Project Manager is a critical part of the delivery function, and will play multiple roles during the course of each project - including but not limited to project and change management, people leadership and allocation, client liaison, and anything else ethical and correct in assisting with getting the project over the line successfully.


You will be given the opportunity to gain experience across varied industries and clients, and will work across all of BlueSky's business units.

You can expect meaningful growth and challenges, in a helpful and down-to-earth environment

Key Responsibilities

Client/Customer:

  • Create a single point of ownership with the client
  • Analyse relevant business intelligence to identify, justify through business cases, and drive continuous improvement initiatives for clients.
  • Identify and manage stakeholder relationships.
  • Develop trust relationship with client
  • Establish brand with clients.
  • Ensure relevant client experience and change management practices in order to support successful client project delivery

Delivery:

  • Ensure the project based on client requirements are facilitated through to completion within the required value, time frame and budgets
  • Provide project management support to the client from initial briefing and scoping phase, through to planning, estimating and budgeting, resource scheduling, design and development and full implementation of the project plans
  • Able to choose appropriate delivery methods i.e. agile, waterfall etc. that enables delivery and project success
  • Deliver operational excellence with the ability to anticipate potential issues and dependencies, highlight project risks, and manage and change against any business and technical requirements by effectively suggesting solutions or contingency plans at the appropriate stage of projects.
  • Ability to schedule, track and prioritise the work correctly against critical deadlines and milestones
  • Be the custodian of the project change management process. i.e. identifying scope creep and ensuring any changes/new requirements are documented, agreed and updated into the existing project plan
  • Effectively communicate the project status to both internal and external stakeholders during meetings, working through respective plans and key stakeholder deliverables.
  • Optimising and improving project management processes and the overall approach where necessary to find efficiency.
  • Manage project team to deliver objectives of the project.
  • Document and facilitate project closeout activities for handover to clients

Requirements:

Minimum Qualification:

  • Bachelor's Degrees and/or Advanced Diplomas

Preferred Qualification:

  • Bachelor's Degrees with Honours and/or Advanced Diplomas

Minimum Experience:

  • 35 years' experience in a similar environment
Advantageous Certifications

  • Agilebased certifications
  • Designthinking / Customer experience certifications

Personal Attributes

  • Ability to learn fast and adapt well in unfamiliar situations.
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize
  • Ability to think in a creative and strategic way, but adept at delivering operationally.
  • Ability to think strategically and plan ahead
  • Analysis and judgement
  • Attention to detail
  • Business acumen
  • Collaborative
  • Conscientious
  • Coordinate and facilitate meetings and reviews
  • Critical thinking
  • Customer Orientated
  • Drive and energy
  • Excellence Orientation
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders
  • Get things done
  • Goal
- and results-drive

  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal Problem Solving
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Manage crossfunctional teams
  • Multitasking
  • Passionate about delivering simply outstanding digital client experiences.
  • Personal resilience
  • Planning and Organising
  • Problem solver
  • Query handling
  • Simplify complex workflows
  • Strong analytical skills and datadriven thinking.
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Strong people management skills with the ability to lead multiple complex projects in a fastpaced, deadlinedriven environment with multiple stakeholders.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Team leadership
  • Techsavvy

Benefits


Our team inspires progress in each other and in our customers through our relentless pursuit of excellence; you will work with leaders who promote learning and personal development.

We offer competitive salaries, bonus incentives, benefits, flexible hours, and mentoring

OUR CULTURE
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