Engagement Lead – Digital Transformation

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd is seeking an experienced Engagement Lead to support a large-scale digital transformation programme within a leading financial services organisation.

You will provide senior-level engagement and coordination across the service provider, programme stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring effective mobilisation, governance and continuity of delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in technology consulting, programme delivery or client engagement.
• Experience in large enterprise environments.
• Strong stakeholder and relationship management experience.
• Experience coordinating technology or digital delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery and digital transformation.
• Experience managing delivery dependencies, risks and escalations.
• Strong communication, reporting and organisational skills.
• Financial services, banking or insurance experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior point of coordination between the client and delivery teams.
• Support mobilisation and onboarding of specialist resources.
• Maintain alignment between delivery priorities, resources and programme objectives.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement across business, technology and governance functions.
• Support governance, reporting and escalation processes.
• Monitor delivery capacity, resource requirements and potential constraints.
• Facilitate timely escalation and resolution of delivery issues.
• Support continuity, knowledge transfer and resource transitions.
• Ensure assigned resources operate in accordance with enterprise standards and agreed delivery practices.
• Support overall service performance and delivery alignment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Programme delivery coordination

Agile delivery understanding

Governance & reporting

Job description

Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is looking for an experienced Engagement Lead to support a large-scale digital transformation programme.

The successful candidate will provide senior-level engagement and coordination across the service provider, programme stakeholders and delivery teams, helping ensure effective mobilisation, governance and continuity of delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a senior point of coordination between the client and delivery teams.
• Support mobilisation and onboarding of specialist resources.
• Maintain alignment between delivery priorities, resources and programme objectives.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement across business, technology and governance functions.
• Support governance, reporting and escalation processes.
• Monitor delivery capacity, resource requirements and potential constraints.
• Facilitate timely escalation and resolution of delivery issues.
• Support continuity, knowledge transfer and resource transitions.
• Ensure assigned resources operate in accordance with enterprise standards and agreed delivery practices.
• Support overall service performance and delivery alignment.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in technology consulting, programme delivery or client engagement.
• Proven experience within large enterprise environments.
• Strong stakeholder and relationship management experience.
• Experience coordinating technology or digital delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery and digital transformation.
• Experience managing delivery dependencies, risks and escalations.
• Strong communication, reporting and organisational skills.
• Financial services, banking or insurance experience is highly advantageous.

Advantageous Experience:

• Enterprise-scale digital transformation.
• Software development and technology delivery.
• Financial services or insurance programmes.
• Vendor and service-provider management.
• Resource mobilisation and delivery capacity management.