Programme Manager

19 hours ago

Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

**Business Unit**:Discovery Insure

**Function**:Insurance (Short Term)

**Date**:23 May 2025

**Discovery Insure**

**Programme Manager - Vitality Drive International**

**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 global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

**About Discovery Insure**

Discovery Insure is committed to creating a nation of great drivers through our innovative Shared-value Insurance model. Discovery Insure is South Africa’s fastest growing short-term insurance company with comprehensive products that provide protection against current and emerging risks facing clients in the motor and home insurance sectors. Vitality Drive, an internationally-recognised and award-winning programme, is a key differentiator in the market that incentivises and rewards clients for driving well. The Vitality Drive programme has been scaled to local and international markets which now include Europe and the Middle East. The company employs over 1 000 people who are committed to putting our customers and financial advisers first by providing unique and innovative solutions and cover.

**Key Purpose**
- The Programme Manager can be thought of as a “super” project manager. His or her role is mainly operational since this person is responsible for planning and governance and for overseeing the successful delivery of the programme’s output/product.

Although knowledge of the business is important, there is more stress on his or her project and programme management skills. The programme manager must have practical experience of having been a project manager for large and complex initiatives.

**Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to**
- Daily programme management throughout the program life cycle;
- Defining the programme governance (controls);
- Planning the overall programme and monitoring the progress;
- Managing the project/programme’s budget;
- Managing risks and issues and taking corrective measurements;
- Coordinating the projects and their interdependencies;
- Managing and utilising resources across projects;
- Managing stakeholders’ communication;
- Aligning the deliverables (outputs) to the programme’s “outcome”;
- Working closely with other Project Managers in respective projects within the programme.

**Skills and Knowledge**:

- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel

**Education and Experience**

**Education**:

- Matric (Essential)
- Bachelor’s degree
- Agile Project Management certificate (Advantageous)

**Minimum Experience**:

- 5-7 years in Project Management (Good track record of handling large, strategic and complex projects)
- Expert in planning, communication (written and verbal), presentation, negotiation, facilitation
- Relationship management experience (Advantageous)
- EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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