Senior Project Manager - Stellenbosch, South Africa - DataTech Recruitment

DataTech Recruitment
DataTech Recruitment
Verified Company
Stellenbosch, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Thabo Mthembu

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter
Description

Senior Project Manager required in Stellenbosch - Hybrid, to project manage medium to large projects and programmes of a single customer, as well as provide support and guidance to the project coordinators and project managers in the PMO where and when necessary.

10+ years proven track record experience in project management of ICT projects and programmes and a Project Management Certification. IT Technical experience is a must. ITIL exposure and understanding is required.


Responsibilities

  • Support and provide guidance to the project coordinators and project managers in the team, as well as lead from the front from a process and procedure perspective
  • Continual improvement in the project management space thinking outside of the box
  • Coordinate and manage all project activities endtoend
  • Develop project plans that identify resource and budgetary needs
  • Develop all required project artifacts per the process/methodology expectations
  • Track delivery timescales and expected benefits
  • Manage budgets costs vs income; spend vs budget
  • Booking, and managing the exact resources to be used to deliver the stage, whilst conforming to the overall project plan
  • Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness
  • Monitoring, and regular reporting on the overall progress against defined project scope
  • Management and clear communication of risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies
  • Provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to team members
  • Attend and run project meetings, achieving common understanding and accurate outcomes
  • Coordinate tasks in teams
  • Accurate progress reporting into the bigger programs where applicable
  • Customerspecific requirements:
  • Portfolio Management which will include Project Management of key initiatives
  • Integration Management across projects
  • Administration management across the various IT Managers
  • Project Management Process and Governance setup
  • Weekly reporting on Progress of projects
  • Setup of Demand Management process
  • Budget Management to have a clear view of committed vs spent vs budget

Requirements:


  • Grade 1
  • Project Management qualification or certification
  • ICTrelated qualification or certification (or equivalent work experience)
  • 10+ years proven track record experience in project management of ICT projects and programmes
  • Experienced at coordinating and managing all aspects of a portfolio of medium to large, complex, projects and programmes simultaneously
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to build sound business relationships
  • Good written and spoken communications at all levels of business
  • Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
  • Organised approach to work, managing own and others workload
  • Experienced at setting up meetings and keeping minutes
  • Using Microsoft Project
  • Use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Producing project progress reports
  • Ability to follow defined guidelines and processes
  • IT Service Management experience would be beneficial
  • PRINCE2 or PMBOK (Practitioner Level)
  • ITIL exposure and understanding
  • ICT Technical background is essential
The company offers very competitive salaries.


Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
R700, R800,000.00 per year


Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Stellenbosch,

Western Cape:
Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)


Experience:

Project Management: 10 years (required)
Microsoft Project: 10 years (required)

  • ITIL Exposure: 5 years (required)
More jobs from DataTech Recruitment
See all jobs of DataTech Recruitment