Programme Manager

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Network Contracting Full time

**Are you a Programme Manager looking for new opportunity**

**THE JOB AT A GLANCE**

As the Programme Manager, you will be responsible for the coordination and management of programmes and change initiatives to achieve beneficial change. You must have expertise in additional services required by programmes, such as portfolio management, supporting change management, benefits realisation, and project interfaces. You will be required to support the Head of PMO in the establishment of the PPM practices to improve the level of maturity.

**WHAT WILL YOU DO?**
- Successfully planning and designing the programme and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
- Defining the programme's governance arrangements
- Ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the programme - focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the programme, and outwardly on its coherence with infrastructure planning, interfaces with other programmes and corporate, technical and specialist standards
- Managing the programme's budget on behalf of the Sponsor, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the programme progresses
- Facilitating the appointment of individuals to project teams
- Ensuring the delivery of new products or services from projects is to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the programme plan and programme governance arrangements
- Ensuring there is allocation of common resources and skills within the programme's individual projects
- Managing third party (internal teams and external suppliers) contributions to the programme
- Managing communications with all stakeholders
- Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects
- Managing risks to the programme's successful outcome
- Working with the business change manager or equivalent on the transition to the new business as usual position
- Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the programme are identified or issues arise
- Reporting the progress of the programme at regular intervals to the required and various governance forums
- Support the Head of PMO in the establishment of PPM practices to improve the PMOs maturity, including portfolio, programme and project management processes, tools and techniques
- Provide guidance, in the form of coaching and mentoring, to project managers and other project team members where necessary

**REQUIREMENTS**
- NQF Level 7: Bachelors degree in BSc or BCom
- Qualification in project management or equivalent is a must
- Post graduate qualification is advantageous.
- Programme Management certification advantageous
- Experience with various project and programme management frameworks, e.g. PMBOK, PRINCE, Agile, SAFe, etc.
- At least 8 years or more Programme and Project Management experience
- Direct work experience in programme management capacity
- Sound experience planning, managing, and delivering complex large programmes
- Solid experience in establishing project management offices and the associated processes, tools, and techniques.
- Solid experience mentoring and coaching project teams.
- Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project and programme management
- Knowledge of project and programme management techniques and tools
- Understanding of programme support functions, including portfolio management, change management, financial management, contract management, procurement.
- Business acumen and understanding of operations in the financial services.
- Strategic thinking and ability to translate strategy to operational plans.
- Experience with managing multiple projects | programme simultaneously.
- Excellent communication: verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Ability to effectively deal with all stakeholders including junior, senior and executive level roles.
- Ability to translate and simplify concepts to practical delivery plans.
- Follow through on delivery from planning, to execution, to close-out and post implementation monitoring.


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