Agile Project Manager

4 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Nedbank Full time
Job Summary

As an Agile Project Manager at Nedbank, you will be responsible for delivering medium-sized projects from commencement to completion within the agreed scope, budget, and time. You will play a key role in providing mentorship and coaching on agile best practices to junior staff and ensuring the team is working on the right tasks at the right time.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality in accordance with business needs and strategic goals.
  • Provide expert-level guidance to software project teams in terms of process, system, tools, methods, communication, integration, and successful team dynamics through weekly facilitation sessions.
  • Integrate with diverse stakeholders by engaging and facilitating with multiple diverse groups across a spectrum of wants and needs.
  • Build professional relationships through engagement and regular communication and feedback with all stakeholders using quality metrics and project status reports as drivers.
  • Ensure accurate cost estimation based on coverage of client requirements and project scope.
  • Manage project budget within project scope.
  • Deliver projects 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 and based on estimations.
  • Manage delivery of project against agreed schedule.
  • Meet requirements by providing advice to clients on the most appropriate Project management approach, identify project stakeholders, communicate their roles, and define the level of participation in project, map their communication needs, and manage stakeholder engagement strategies through the project plan.
  • Manage each stakeholder group actively through the change cycle.
  • Conduct business change impact across process, systems, and roles according to the change management plan.
  • Manage the stakeholders by ensuring an understanding of the behaviors and operations and by defining strategies in project schedule.
  • Keep clients and management informed.
  • Ensure the change management process is led and supported together with the client.
  • Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope and signed off by stakeholders.
  • Ensure satisfactory post-implementation review and performing retrospectives/inspect & adapt sessions as required.
  • Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope and signed off by stakeholders.
  • Ensure sufficient resource allocation.
  • Manage delivery of medium projects according to prevailing Project Management methodology.
Requirements
  • Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
  • Professional Qualifications/Honour's Degree
Preferred Qualifications
  • NQF level 7 qualification or Honours degree in Project Management or Business management
Essential Certifications
  • Relevant certification in PM practices or methodology (PRINCE/ PMBOK ETC)
Preferred Certifications
  • Project Management or closely related Certified Scrum Master and Scaled Agile certification
Minimum Experience Level
  • 5-8 years working experience in project environment of which 5 years in a PM role
Technical / Professional Knowledge
  • Industry trends
  • Relevant software and systems knowledge
  • Principles of financial management
  • Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
  • Principles of project management
  • Communication Strategies
  • Decision-making process
  • Governance, Risk and Controls
  • Financial management
  • Information Technology concepts
Behavioural Competencies
  • Influencing
  • Customer Orientation
  • Earning Trust
  • Continuous Learning
  • Monitoring Information
  • Leveraging Feedback
  • Planning and Organizing
Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566

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