Senior Project Manager

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full time

**Key purpose**:
As an Senior Project Manager, you'll be responsible for the smooth running of agile projects. You will also be working on Agile processes such as Scrum and Kanban which involve creating project plans, testing work in progress and delivery of products or services to meet customer needs within a set timeframe. You should have experience with software development methodologies including Scrum and XP (Agile), understanding different ways to manage projects using tools such as Jira and Confluence, ideally having worked in an agile environment before.

**Duties and responsibilities**:

- Ensure accurate cost estimation based on coverage of client requirements and project scope
- Ensure project budget are managed within project scope
- Ensure projects are delivered on target within due date, budget and according to scope and project governance
- Ensure traceability of defined benefits throughout the lifecycle of the project and escalate any deviations
- Ensure management of scope, including coverage of client requirements, are created based on estimations
- Manage delivery of project against agreed schedule and meet project requirements.
- Ensure professional advice accepted and implemented
- Identify project stakeholders, communicate their roles, define their level of participation in project, and map their communication needs and stakeholder engagement strategies throughout the project plan.
- Ensure each stakeholder group is actively managed through the change cycle
- Ensure business change impact is conducted across process, systems and technology in accordance with change management plan
- Manage delivery of large and complex projects according to prevailing project management methodology
- Conduct effective resource negotiation and allocation

**Qualifications and experience**:

- Degree or diploma in the relevant field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Project Management.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
- 8 years experience working in a project environment of which 4 years working with medium to high complexity projects
- SAFe Certification and experience essential
- Scrum master certification and experience essential
- Financial services industry experience preferred

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