Agile Project Manager III

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead Agile software projects, guiding teams and ensuring delivery aligns with business goals.

You will facilitate governance, drive value across stakeholders, and manage budgets and change throughout the project lifecycle. The role requires 5+ years in project environments, PMP/Prince certification, and ideal CS M/SAFe credentials.

Qualifications

• Matric/Grade 12 or National Senior Certificate.
• Honours degree or equivalent.
• PMP or Prince certification.
• Certified Scrum Master and Scaled Agile certification (ideal).
• 5-8 years in a project environment with 5 years in a PM role.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful Agile implementation in software projects aligned to business goals.
• Provide expert guidance on process, tools, and team dynamics through weekly sessions.
• Engage diverse stakeholders across a spectrum of needs and ensure clear communication.
• Manage project scope, cost estimation, and budgets within governance.
• Deliver projects on time, within budget and scope with traceability of benefits.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and change management throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

Project management experience

Agile knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Cost estimation

Budget management

Communication skills

Education

Honours Degree

PMP or Prince certification

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Scaled Agile certification

Tools

Relevant software and systems knowledge

Job description

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Professional Qualifications/Honours Degree
• PMP or Prince certification.
• Project Management or closely related Certified Scrum Master and Scaled Agile certification (ideal)
• 5-8 years working experience in project environment of which 5 years in a PM role

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

Typses of exposures

• Industry trends
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Principles of financial management
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Principles of project management
• Communication Strategies
• Decision-making process
• Governance, Risk and Controls

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality in accordance with business needs and strategic goals.
• Provide expert level guidance to software project team in terms of process, system, tools, methods as well as communication, integration, and successful team dynamics through weekly facilitation sessions
• Integrate with diverse stakeholders by engaging and facilitate with multiple diverse groups across a spectrum of wants and needs
• Engage and facilitate with multiple diverse groups across a spectrum of wants and needs
• Build professional relationships though engagement and regular communication and feedback with all stakeholders using quality metrics and project status reports as drivers
• 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 the lifecycle of the project and elevate any deviations.
• Ensure management of scope, including coverage of client requirements, are created based on estimations.
• Manage delivery of project against agreed schedule.
• Meet project requirements.
• Manage project priorities effectively and ensured dependencies are 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 and stakeholder engagement strategies throughout the project plan.
• Be able to structure and lead multidisciplinary and multi-level stakeholder engagements with the ability to synthesize and communicate in a non-technical language
• Ensure each stakeholder group is actively managed through the change cycle.
• Ensure business change impact is conducted across process, systems, and technology in accordance with change management plan.
• Ensure roles and strategies are defined, and behaviors and operations are understood.
• Ensure clients are informed.
• Ensure the change management process is led and supported together with the client.
• Ensure satisfactory post implementation review and performing retrospectives/inspect & adapt sessions as required.
• Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope.
• Ensure sufficient resource allocations.
• Manage delivery of large and complex projects according to prevailing project management methodology.
• Conduct effective resource negotiation and allocation.