Head Of Pmo

Communicate Recruitment; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 900.000 - 1.700.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Communicate Recruitment in Cape Town is seeking a senior professional to own the PMO and enterprise risk function. You will drive governance, strategy, and delivery excellence across regulatory projects, payment platform enhancements, and client deliverables.

You will partner with executive leadership, regulators, and internal stakeholders to embed risk controls, maintain risk registers, and produce high‑quality governance reporting.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in business, Risk Management, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile, Waterfall, or similar Project Management certification.
• Certified Risk Manager (CRM) advantageous.
• Experience working with financial regulators and compliance frameworks is highly desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Owns the PMO and enterprise risk function, ensuring strategic initiatives, regulatory projects, and client deliverables are executed effectively.
• Embed governance structures and manage organisational risk to drive delivery excellence.
• Partner with clients, regulators and internal stakeholders to ensure audit readiness and compliance controls.

Conocimientos

Enterprise risk mgmt

Governance & compliance

PMO leadership

Regulatory frameworks

Risk registers

Audit readiness

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Agile/Waterfall

Educación

Bachelor's in business/finance or related field

Descripción del empleo

Job Description:

Reporting into executive leadership, you will take ownership of the PMO and enterprise risk function, ensuring strategic initiatives, payment platform enhancements, regulatory projects, and client deliverables are executed effectively. You'll play a key role in creating structure, embedding governance, managing organisational risk, and driving delivery excellence while partnering closely with clients, internal stakeholders, and regulators.

Skills & Experience:

Proven experience within a payments, fintech, banking, or financial services environment is non-negotiable Strong background in enterprise risk management, governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks Experience leading or building a PMO function within a highly regulated environment Ability to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate business, operational, regulatory, and project risks Experience maintaining risk registers, governance processes, audit readiness, and compliance controls Strong programme and project management experience across enterprise-scale initiatives Client-facing professional with the confidence to engage at executive and board level Highly structured and detail-oriented, with exceptional documentation and reporting capabilities Strong business acumen with the ability to spot opportunities, challenge thinking, and add strategic value Self-starter who enjoys building processes, creating order, and getting involved in the detail when required Excellent written communication skills, with a track record of producing high-quality project, governance, risk, and executive reporting documentation Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive accountability across the business

Qualification:

Bachelors degree in business, Risk Management, Finance, Commerce, or a related field PMP, PRINCE2, PMBOK, Agile, Waterfall, or similar Project Management certification Certified Risk Manager (CRM) advantageous Certified Compliance Professional advantageous Experience working with financial regulators and compliance frameworks is highly desirable