Senior Manager: Project Management

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Khomeliwa Consulting Full time

**SENIOR MANAGER: PROJECT MANAGEMENT & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT**

**12 Months Fixed-term-contract, Cape Town**

**R1,17m - R1, 38m p/a, total Cost**

Our client is the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NASFAS), a state-owned entity mandated to provide eligible students with access to finance and other resources.

They seek to appoint the SENIOR MANAGER: PROJECT MANAGEMENT & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT to head the PMO on a, and to be based at their offices in.

**Job Purpose**:
The main purpose of the job is to lead the Project Management Office and will be responsible for designing the framework within which projects are created, managed, and completed. Create methodologies, standards, and dependencies according to which projects are designed. This includes championing Product Development initiatives in a highly demanding financial services space.

**Job requirements**
- A Masters degree in Project Management
- Project Management Certification
- Strong IT background, preferably a B degree in IT
- 10 years' experience in Managing projects and exercising portfolio oversight
- Experience in managing ICT Projects as well as leading project teams

**Skills and Competencies**

Management skills in running a PMO office

Proven experience developing products or product components within a team, delivering at least an R10m investment budget, or an R3-5m investment budget for innovative leading-edge products with a higher degree of difficulty.

Practical experience in product development

Exceptional knowledge of the product and software development cycle and project management methodologies

Working knowledge of budgeting and financial reporting for multiple products/projects

Solid business acumen, management, and marketing communication skills

Efficiencies in resource planning and task assignment Experience in agile development methodologies

Experience in coordinating/collaborating with multi-geo and multi-cultural teams.

Knowledge of risk management in the project space

**Responsibilities**

Policy, Systems & Procedure Development

To develop the governance framework for the management of projects

Create methodologies, standards for managing projects.

To manage the stakeholder challenges that emanate from the Beneficiary support value chain Product development environment.

To develop standards for project scoping, initiation, monitoring and reporting Establish a consistent approach to oversight and performance reporting of large-scale projects.

Core Strategic Objectives Development

Working alongside the Strategic Enablement Executive, ensure that special projects delivery strategy and transformation within the organisation.

To ensure Product Lifecycle Management is informed by business continuity and efficiency.

To ensure there is robust and effective project management delivery across the organisation.

Lead the design and set up of the Project Management office and establishing PMO as a central function.

Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure robust project management principles are

embedded in key processes (eg. Programme development and mobilisation)

Act as an advisory to business units to ensure smooth execution of projects principles.

Develop comprehensive dashboard reports for tracking of projects.

Responsible for the success and failures of projects

Champion continuous improvement and participate in change management processes in the delivery of new projects.

**People Management & Ethical leadership**

To manage and/or delegate participation in the recruitment and selection of unit vacancies in line with EE targets.

To lead and manage the unit team to achieve the set and agreed product roadmap.

To direct, inspire, coach and mentor subordinates to deliver quality products in line with NSFAS Values

To lead and manage the individual performance contracting for subordinates.

To lead and manage disciplinary matters of the unit related to performance and conduct issues.

To manage the staffing requirements which involves effective selection, training, appraisal and directing of people as per the approved organisational structure.

Directing which is a process of instructing, guiding, inspiring, counselling, overseeing and leading people toward the accomplishment of organisational goals.

Lead project Managers and assign to respective projects.

Lead capacity building initiatives to strengthen project management capabilities across the organisation.

**Stakeholder Management & Relationships**

To oversee the utilisation and implementation of the ongoing Beneficiary support policies, processes, efficiency channels and databases to resolve stakeholder queries and complaints.

To collaborate with internal stakeholders to enable the ongoing Beneficiary support programmes applicable to project office.

To manage contracts with Partners, Vendors, Contractors, Consultants, Third-party service providers.

To develop and maintain solid relationships with all internal stakeholders.

To develop an

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