Senior IT Project Manager

2 weeks ago

Parktown, South Africa eSoft Development and Technologies Full time

An IT Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing projects within the Information Technology (IT) domain. They oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects, ensuring that they are completed on time, within budget, and meet the specified requirements. IT Project Managers coordinate cross-functional teams, communicate with stakeholders, and mitigate risks to drive successful project outcomes.

**INHERENT REQUIREMENTS**:

- Matric essential
- Degree in Information Technology advantageous
- Formal qualification/s in Project Management advantageous
- PMBOK or Prince2 experience will be advantageous
- Agile/Scrum/Kanban experience advantageous
- Formal courses in Agile development advantageous
- Proven experience as an IT Project Manager, preferably for at least 5 years, including being responsible for implementation of projects, facilitating project and related workshops and effectively communicating with all project stakeholders
- Proven experience as a Project Manager, facilitating and integrating a project across multiple divisions within an organisation
- Extensive experience with using Project management tools including MS Project, JIRA, DevOps, etc
- Extensive understanding of IT software products / development
- Proven experience and understanding of organisational change and / or transformation and the tools / frameworks to manage change through the organisation
- Must be competent in workshop facilitation techniques

**PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS**
- SDLC and Implementation experience
- Experience in testing and QA environments
- Formal courses in IT Software Development or IT Software Products advantageous
- Formal exposure to human management sciences, including time management, conflict management, team management and creativity techniques preferable
- Ability to build strong and effective relationships with business partners by understanding their needs and goals as well as what motivates and engages them.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Manage projects from start to finish throughout the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), in line with the department’s project management methodology and framework
- Specifying and overseeing project planning, analysis, execution, implementation and post implementation support
- Measure, control and report on all project activities related to milestones and budgets
- Liaise with Business, Analysts, Testers and the Developers to coordinate the project and deliverables
- Managing projects and relationships through effective and efficient communication amongst all stakeholders
- Ensuring all necessary documentation is in place and project management governance is followed
- Managing project delivery from third parties, including external vendors providers and channels
- Attendance at and contribution to the Project Steerco
- Compiling and managing the project plan/schedule
- Managing the changes requested, Scope Management
- Managing the impact of change on the organisation
- Managing the budget
- Managing project resources
- Managing the scope and quality
- Managing project risks

**CHARACTER TRAITS**:

- Strong desire to lead people
- Must have a passion for projects
- Assertive - contributor to discussions and supporting principles of collaboration
- Team player - concern for the people
- Persistent and able to deal with pressure
- Flexible - able to work in an ever changing environment
- Able to adjust to change in priorities / project scope
- Must be delivery focussed
- Must be a motivator and be passionate about the work being done
- Must be emotionally mature and able to deal with staff issues
- Must be professional, well spoken and professionally presented

**WORKING HOURS**:
08h00 to 16h30 (Monday to Friday) _Overtime as and when required_

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Experience**:

- Project Manager: 6 years (preferred)

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