Head: Program Management

11 hours ago

Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa PPS Full time R200 000 - R400 000 per year

Job Description,
This executive role leads the Group-wide delivery and transformation function across PPS. The Head of PMDT is responsible for the successful execution of strategic and high-priority programs by providing leadership across Agile delivery, innovation, and transformation governance. The role influences how PPS delivers change at scale, improves organisational agility, and ensures structured, value-based execution aligned to Group priorities.

The role contributes to strategic execution but does not formulate strategy. It supports the Group CIO by converting strategic priorities into executable delivery roadmaps. A core focus is driving maturity, coordination, and cross-functional enablement to ensure consistent delivery across the enterprise.

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Requirements
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Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in program delivery, transformation, or enterprise-level Agile environments.
  • Formal certification in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a mandatory requirement.
  • Additional certifications in program or project delivery (e.g., PMBOK, PRINCE2) are advantageous.

Experience

  • Demonstrated experience leading large, cross-functional delivery organisations, with direct
  • accountability for outcomes.
  • Proven expertise in applying the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar enterprise-level
  • Agile methodologies.
  • Prior experience in the Financial Services and Insurance sectors is a mandatory requirement

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Duties and Responsibilities
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  • Program & Portfolio Oversight
  • Facilitate planning, prioritisation, and alignment of strategic initiatives across Group IT and business units.
  • Oversee the end-to-end delivery lifecycle, from intake and resource planning to benefit tracking.
  • Ensure integrated reporting and dashboarding to Exco and governance forums.
  • Agile Governance & Enablement
  • Provide leadership to Release Train Engineers (RTEs), enabling disciplined execution across Agile Release Trains.
  • Implement delivery frameworks that support cadence, governance, Program Increment (PI) planning, and team performance.
  • Partner with Sector Chief Information Officers (SCIOs), who retain responsibility for team-level delivery and Product Owners.
  • PO Practice Leadership
  • Lead the PO Practice Lead to standardise product management practices across the enterprise.
  • Influence product maturity through guidelines, tools, and coaching, without direct authority over Product Owners
  • Innovation & Digital Leadership
  • Oversee the Innovation & Digital Lead to drive user-centric innovation and technology experimentation.
  • Support digital maturity through design principles, tool enablement, and collaboration with architecture.
  • Delivery Maturity & Continuous Improvement
  • Embed SAFe delivery principles and improve agile maturity across the enterprise.
  • Conduct value stream analysis to identify duplication, optimise team structures, and drive capacity efficiency.
  • Institutionalise feedback loops and delivery reviews to improve execution effectiveness.
  • Governance & Stakeholder Reporting
  • Define and run governance forums that support decision-making, risk management, and transparency.
  • Escalate and resolve cross-cutting program risks while supporting Executive Committee (Exco) visibility on transformation health.
  • People Leadership & Culture

Build and lead a high-performing team of Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Product Managers (PMs), and digital specialists.

  • Promote a culture of ownership, innovation, and high delivery standards.
  • Support workforce transformation and leadership succession.

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