Ict Project Manager

The** **ICT Project Manager (PM) will implement Information Technology (IT) initiatives that improve cost effectiveness, service quality, and business efficiency in a constantly changing environment. The Project Manager will take lead in the project management of information systems to support the organisation’s internal and external business operations and models.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Contribute to strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation and coordination of the information and technology systems for the DBSA group.
- Determines appropriate revenue recognition, ensures timely and accurate invoicing, and monitors receivables for project.
- Contribute towards development and maintenance of enterprise systems architecture, defining standards and protocols for data exchange, communications, software and interconnection of DBSA network information systems.
- Implementation and maintenance of information systems, ensuring appropriate investment in strategic and operational systems.
- Negotiates Information Technology implementation contracts, soliciting involvement and participation of other management team members as appropriate.
- Communicates Information Technology implementation Plans and policies to project sponsors.
- Implements appropriate Information Technology project progress reporting to the Project Sponsor and Project Team
- Approves, coordinates, and controls all projects related to selection, acquisition and development of major information systems for the DBSA group.
- Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
- Negotiates Information Technology service level agreements with Service Providers and monitors Information Technology systems performance to assure service levels are met.
- Researches and evaluates alternatives for the enhancement or re-engineering of Information Technology projects.
- Provides quality service to end users in needs analysis, solution recommendation, vendor selection, implementation, training, and post-installation support.
- Ensures that information systems operate according to internal standards, external accrediting agency standards, and legal requirements.
- Implements an appropriate Information Technology Governance Framework and ensures compliance to this framework.
- Tracks and reports team hours and expenses on a weekly basis.
- Responsible for monitoring managing project budget. (varies from project to project but not more than R5m per project).
- Analyses project profitability, revenue, margins and utilisation.
- Responsible for Information Technology project activities and costs as related to the overall utilisation of resources required to meet strategic and operational requirements.
- Understands pricing model and billing procedures.
- Assures project legal documents are completed and signed.
- Accountable for leading and managing small to medium Information and Communication Technology projects
- Implement divisional objectives and targets for inclusion in the organisational balanced scorecard
- Implement project according scope and budget. (Varies from project to project but not more than R5m per project).
- Reviews deliverables prepared by team
- Prepare monthly and weekly progress report to team and project sponsor
- Communicate to all team members
- Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
- Prepare project related report and motivations
- Prepare Procurement Committee documents.
- Prepare project Service Level Agreement in line with the overall Service Level Agreement of the group.
- Facilitates team and client meetings effectively.
- Holds regular status meetings with project team

**Key Measures**

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- Ability to negotiate Information Technology implementation contracts, soliciting involvement and participation of other management team members as appropriate.
- Ability to Determines appropriate revenue recognition, ensures timely and accurate invoicing, and monitors receivables for project.
- Ability to Implement project according scope and budget. (Varies from project to project but not more than R5m per project).
- Ability to negotiates Information Technology service level agreements with Service Providers and monitors Information Technology systems performance to assure service levels are met.

**Key Internal Liaison Relationships**

**Key Interfaces**

1. DBSA: Staff

2. DBSA key stakeholders

3. All Divisions

**Key External Liaison Relationships**

1. External Customers and DBSA Suppliers

**Expertise & Technical Competencies**:

- Minimum 2 Years’ experience in the management of Information and Communication Technology projects
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years in managing medium sized projects in an Information and Communication Technology environment
- 5 years’ experience in a specialist position/s in a comparable environment.

**Skills & Ability**
- Research skills coupled with excellent communication skills.
- Good relational skills (an ability to get along with different kin