Global Programme Manager - Change Management (Fixed-term contract) - Hybrid

Ability Executive Recruitment; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A global executive recruitment agency is seeking a highly experienced professional to transform a fragmented company into a data-driven delivery model. You will manage initiatives across various sectors, including Tax and Compliance, while traveling to operations in Central Africa, Europe, and Asia. The ideal candidate has executive-level experience, particularly in one of the Big Banks or Fintech sectors. This role offers a hybrid working model and the chance to make significant impacts on global operations.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of navigating and challenging historical thinking.
• Experience managing change in multi-complex projects.
• Strong delivery of project objectives at an executive level.

Responsibilities

• Manage the transition to a process-based delivery model.
• Implement initiatives across various business functions.
• Travel required to oversee operations in Central Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Skills

Executive Level experience

Ability to navigate and challenge historical thinking

Experience in delivering complex projects

Change management expertise

Job description

Your remit is to manage the global transitioning from fragmented, reactive company to a process-based, data-driven, and scalable delivery model.

Initiatives to be implemented include, but are not limited to Tax, Treasury, Legal (Contracts), Client onboarding, Compliance, Capacity management, Governance, Performance Management, WOW, Ticket Management, CRM etc. The role will be in SA (hybrid) but you will be required to travel to operations in Central Africa, Europe and Asia.

Note the contract could be as long as 18 months and spans local (SSA) and global geographies, hence travel will be required.

Requirements

YOU WILL BE a highly experienced individual that has:

• Executive Level experience
• Ability to navigate and challenge historical thinking and people
• Experience in delivering a (multi) complex projects
• Experience in managing change in such a project

Ideally your experience is in one of the Big Banks, Fintech, Mobile Network Operators(MTN/Vodacom) and you are now working independently.

You must have operated at an executive level to cut through the noise and deliver the objectives while at the same time managing cross function complexity and the change required.