Project Manager

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

**Business Unit**:Discovery Health

**Function**:Programme & Project Management (Technical)

**Date**:23 Jan 2025
- Discovery Health Systems (DHS)
- Junior Project Manager - DHS Project Management Team
- About Discovery
- Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As a global thought leader, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.
- About Discovery Health Systems (DHS)

The Discovery Health Systems (DHS) is a world-class software development house that enables the Discovery Health Business to use digital transformation as a competitive advantage. It focuses on rapid quality software delivery. Innovation and excellence are key attributes of all our initiatives. The skills and expertise of the team allow diverse product development on all strategic, tactical, and operational changes. Our environment is fast-paced and demands energy, drive, enthusiasm, ownership, and creativity, but it rewards with an extremely fulfilling and stimulating environment that actively supports career growth and development.
- Key Purpose
- The purpose of this role is to ensure the successful delivery of projects by planning, organising, and managing resources effectively, while aligning project outcomes with the organisation's strategic goals. The role is responsible for driving project objectives, coordinating activities, and maintaining adherence to quality standards, budgets, and timelines. By fostering collaboration, ensuring accountability, and promoting structured methodologies, this role plays a critical part in achieving both project-specific and broader organisational objectives, delivering value to stakeholders and supporting long-term success.
- Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

- **Project Delivery**
- Coordinate and facilitate kick-off meetings with key stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and approach.
- Collaborate with development managers, business analysts and technical teams to gather necessary input for initiation and planning documents.
- Plan, manage, and oversee the execution of project tasks with Systems and Business, ensuring alignment with timelines, objectives, and resource availability.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives to keep projects on track.
- Monitor progress, resolve blockers, and adjust plans as necessary to achieve project goals.
- Perform project implementation review workshops.
- **Resource and Budget Management**
- Assist in resource allocation to optimise team productivity and project outcomes.
- Monitor project budgets, track expenses, and identify variances for timely resolution.
- Provide input on resource requirements and support capacity planning.
- **Stakeholder Engagement and Communication**
- Serve as a point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring regular updates on project progress, risks, and outcomes.
- Prepare and deliver clear reports, presentations, and dashboards for project stakeholders.
- Foster strong relationships with internal Systems and Business teams, clients, and external partners to align expectations.
- **Risk and Issue Management**
- Identify potential risks or issues and manage or escalate them for resolution promptly.
- Collaborate with teams to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Maintain comprehensive logs for issues, risks, and decision points.
- **Project and Programme Reporting**
- Develop and maintain project and programme reporting structures, including progress updates, status dashboards, and metrics.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting to programme leads, senior management, PMO, and other stakeholders.
- Contribute to the preparation of portfolio-level reports that align with organisational goals and strategies.
- **Governance and Compliance**
- Ensure projects adhere to DHS governance frameworks and comply with organisational standards.
- Advocate for best practices to improve project delivery and team collaboration.
- Maintain alignment with risk, audit, and regulatory requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitor project activities to ensure deliverables meet quality standards and compliance expectations.
- Support testing, reviews, and retrospectives to continuously improve processes and outcomes.
- Skills and Competencies
- **Technical Skills**
- Proficiency in enabling and collaboration tools such as MS Project, Jira and Confluence.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and frameworks.
- Detailed knowledge of SDLC is **REQUIRED**.
- Business writing and executive reporting and presentation.
- **Behavioural Skills**
- Strong org


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