Project Manager

3 days ago

Sandton, South Africa eSmart Group Full time

Job Purpose

To plan, direct and co-ordinate the activities of enterprise-wide projects to ensure that project goals are accomplished and to develop project plans specifying goal; strategy; staffing; scheduling; identification of risk; contingency plans and allocation of available resources; in line with the business strategy.

Job Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate cost estimation based on coverage of client requirements and project scope.
- Ensure project budget are managed within project scope
- Ensure projects are delivered on target within due date, budget and according to scope and project governance
- Ensure traceability of defined benefits throughout 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 and meet project requirements
- Manage project priorities effectively and ensured dependencies and catered for according to the project scope
- Ensure professional advice accepted and implemented
- Identify project stakeholders, communicate their roles, define their level of participation in project, and map their communication needs, communicate their roles and stakeholder engagement strategies throughout the project
- Ensure each stakeholder group is actively managed through the managed through the change cycle.
- Ensure business change impact is conducted across process, systems and technology in accordance with chance management plan
- Ensure roles and strategies are defined, and behaviours and operation are understood
- Ensure clients are informed
- Ensure the change management process is led and supported together with client
- Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope
- Manage delivery of large and complex project according to prevailing project management methodology
- Conduct effective resource negation and allocation

Qualification and minimum Experience Level
- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Professional Qualification / Honour’s Degree
- Working towards Programme Management certification (PGMP)
- PMP or Prince Certification
- 8 - 10 years of experience working in a Project Environment of which 2 -3 years working with medium to high complexity projects

Type of Exposure
- Built a high-performance culture
- Built and maintained stakeholder relationships
- Delivered compliance risk management programmes and advice
- Designed Workforce Planning Solutions
- Developed and Implemented Communications Strategy
- Improved Processes and Culture
- Manage internal process
- Managed Transformation and Innovation
- Managed Self and Team

Technical / Professional Knowledge
- Relevant regulatory knowledge
- Industry trends
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Research Methodology
- Principles of financial management
- Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
- Principles of project management
- Communication Strategies
- Decision-making process
- Governance, Risk and Controls

Behavioural Competencies
- Innovation
- High-Impact Communication
- Building partnerships
- Driving results
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Influencing
- Decision Making

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