IT PMO Lead - Sandton - African Rainbow Minerals Limited

Description

**Job Summary:**

The Group Chief Information Officer is responsible for executing a diverse and complex information technology program, including multiple large-scale IT projects. This involves program planning, execution, timing, functionality, quality, communication, and cost management.

**Key Responsibilities:**

• Execute all aspects of the information technology program, including program planning, execution, timing, functionality, quality, communication, and cost management.
• Monitor and manage the critical path, contingencies, scope changes, and budget, both labor and non-labor resources.
• Establish, manage, and execute on the IT Portfolio, created in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, as per business demand.
• Incorporate the Business Units (BU) Strategy and Business Plan, as well as the IT and Operational Technology (OT) Strategy within the balanced IT Portfolio.
• Coordinate prioritization of the IT portfolio between various stakeholders.
• Include the business unit IT Portfolio within the consolidated overall IT portfolio.
• Track the value contribution and/or Programme objective(s) throughout the value tracking lifecycle.
• Identify and mitigate IT Programme(s) and IT Portfolio risks and issues.
• Monitor and manage delivery of the Programmes and IT Portfolio.
• Communicate weekly and monthly progress/status feedback to stakeholders.
• Manage seamless transition of IT Projects and/or Programmes into operations.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to create an integrated financial report, including budget, forecasting, and expenses.
• Direct the delivery of Programmes through active sponsorship, leadership, and involvement in specific initiatives to ensure they meet time, cost, and quality requirements.

**Project Management:**

• Prioritize and approve projects.
• Conduct feasibility studies and confirm resulting business unit decisions.
• Consult with relevant stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment of a portfolio of projects with multiple business units' strategy and objectives.
• Lead efforts around work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Design, develop, and implement business perspective work plans to determine required tasks and resources for complex projects spanning the entire organization.
• Demonstrate competency in coordinating all aspects of a large, complex project involving multiple IT disciplines.
• Create strategies for various risks identified through Project Managers, including disaster remedies.
• Create continuity Programmes for project management office.
• Oversee employee management process for front-line managers, including staffing decisions, coaching, development, evaluation.
• Direct teams through visible transformational leadership.
• Track systems and business recovery compliance audit projects.
• Design contingencies for damage to computer hardware, vital records, etc.
• Provide technical expertise to project managers to support customers on recovery requirements for new technology solutions.
• Provide guidance on project risk mitigation.
• Drive business development in respect of existing/new businesses, mergers/acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Assess performance of existing plans and IT systems in terms of contribution to business objectives, functionality, stability, and value.
• Adhere to all corporate governance, processes, procedures, statutory, legal, and other requirements.
• Support organizational culture and live ARM values.

**Personal Attributes:**

• Planning and management.
• Business/client management.
• Business acumen.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Professionalism.
• Managing complexity.

**Additional Information:**

To apply for this vacancy, please submit your CV. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you do not hear from the Company within 21 days after the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

**Seniority Level:

Director

**Employment Type:

Full-time

**Job Function:

Information Technology

Industries:

Mining