It Governance, Compliance, And Pmo Manager

IT Governance, Compliance, and PMO Manager
Permanent
Midrand
Overview
We are a Supply Chain and Sales & Merchandising partner adding value to your business through a fully integrated, temperature-controlled network in Southern Africa.

But we are also more than that.

We are people serving people.

While we boast the best in tech and infrastructure, our people are our greatest resource.

With our skilled, curious, can-do people at the forefront, our assets become your assets, our service your solutions.

Vector's vehicle fleet includes a food industry first in 'multi-temperature' vehicles enabling the company to service business across frozen, chilled and ambient temperature zones on a single delivery.

Job Purpose
The IT Governance, Compliance & PMO Manager is responsible for driving IT General Controls (ITGC), IT Governance, Compliance, and Project Management Office (PMO) oversight across Vector IT. This role ensures the adoption of consistent IT governance frameworks, risk management methodologies, and project management standards to enhance project execution, regulatory compliance, and IT contract governance. Additionally, this role will oversee IT Contracts Management, ensuring compliance with legal and financial obligations.

Key Responsibilities

1. IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
   Establish and enforce IT Governance frameworks aligned with COBIT, ISO, ITIL, and NIST best practices. Ensure consistent application of IT General Controls (ITGC) across all technology and business systems. Lead audit readiness efforts, coordinating ITGC reviews and ensuring timely remediation of audit findings. Manage IT risk assessments, identifying, tracking, and mitigating technology risks while maintaining an up-to-date IT risk register. Maintain and update IT policies, procedures, and compliance frameworks, ensuring alignment with business requirements and regulatory mandates (e.g. POPIA, Cybersecurity Act). Collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure IT compliance with governance, cybersecurity, and regulatory requirements. Support business continuity and disaster recovery (BC / DR) planning, ensuring IT services are resilient and aligned with risk mitigation strategies. Lead business impact assessments for the IT solutions supporting business operations. Lead IT compliance training initiatives to educate stakeholders on governance and risk practices.
2. Project Portfolio & PMO Governance
   Develop and enforce IT project governance standards, ensuring consistent methodologies, documentation, and execution across all IT projects. Oversee enterprise-wide IT Portfolio Management, ensuring projects align with strategic objectives, budgets, and compliance requirements. Define project entry, prioritization, and approval processes, ensuring projects support business transformation and operational efficiency. Establish project risk management frameworks, ensuring risk assessments and mitigation strategies are embedded in all IT projects. Implement best practices in project lifecycle management, milestone tracking, resource allocation, and project reporting. Ensure seamless transition of IT projects into operational support mode, collaborating with service management teams. Track IT project success metrics, ensuring transparency on project performance, financial impact, and business value realization. Reporting on CAPEX spend monthly with support progress reports of project performance to plan.
3. IT Contracts & Vendor Governance
   Develop and implement IT Contract Management Frameworks, ensuring effective governance, compliance, and cost optimization. Maintain a centralized repository of IT contracts, tracking contract terms, SLAs, renewal cycles, and financial commitments. Lead contract negotiation and vendor governance processes in collaboration with Procurement, Legal, and Finance teams. Ensure IT contracts align with business objectives, security requirements, and compliance mandates. Monitor third-party IT service provider performance, ensuring SLAs and contractual obligations are met. Drive the contract renewal process proactively, ensuring alignment with IT strategy and cost-efficiency.
4. IT Risk Management & Audit Compliance
   Maintain and update the IT Risk Register, ensuring timely risk identification, analysis, mitigation, and reporting. Coordinate and facilitate external ITGC audits, working with IT Leads to remediate findings and implement risk mitigation strategies. Ensure cybersecurity governance alignment, working with security teams to embed best practices in vendor management, system controls, and IT policies. Ensure consistent IT General Controls implementation across all business units and operating entities. Drive IT policy updates in response to audit recommendations, industry standards, and regulatory changes.
5. IT Financial Oversight (Advisory Role, Not Direct Management)
   Maintain oversight on IT budget planning, expenditure tracking, and cost optimization, working in collaboration with Finance. Validate cost commitments in IT contracts, ensuring alignment with overall IT service delivery and financial goals. Provide IT financial governance insights, ensuring IT projects and contracts align with the company's budgetary framework. Support the CIO and IT Executive in IT financial reporting, ensuring transparency on IT investments and cost efficiency.
6. Continuous Improvement & Stakeholder Engagement
   Drive a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance IT governance, project execution, and risk management. Act as the primary liaison for IT Governance, Compliance, and PMO functions, ensuring alignment with business stakeholders. Ensure cross-functional collaboration between IT, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Risk Management teams. Develop and deliver training programs to enhance IT governance awareness across the organization. Stay updated with emerging IT governance trends, regulatory changes, and industry best practices.

Key Relationships
Internal – Senior Managers, Executives, IT Director, Major Stakeholders.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience Required for the Job

1. Solid IT grounding across broad IT Technology and Applications landscape.
2. Min of 7 years' experience obtained through exposure to diverse facets of IT.
3. Min 7 to 10 years' experience in audit of IT General Controls (ITGC).
4. 3 Year relevant degree or diploma.
5. PMP Certified (PMBOK).
6. CISA Certified (ISACA).
7. Preferred CGEIT and CRISC (ISACA).
8. Sound knowledge and experience in service management methodologies i.e. ITIL.
9. Proven track record in structured analytical problem solving.
10. Good negotiation and influencing skills.
11. Exposure to Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF).
12. Exposure to Cyber Risk and Governance frameworks (NIST, CIS, CSA, ISO).
13. Demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, with subordinates, colleagues, clients, and customers including producing reports, preparing, organising and delivering presentations using appropriate tools and techniques, and taking a leading role in meetings and discussions.

Skills and Competencies

1. Initiative and assertiveness.
2. Tolerance of stress and pressure.
3. Attention to detail.
4. Analytical with financial acumen.
5. Deadline driven.
6. Able to prioritise.
7. Organisational awareness.
8. Ability to interface and demonstrate leadership.
9. Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
10. Can conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
11. Ability to read communication styles of project team leads, team members, and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
12. Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating.
13. Ability to defuse tension among and between project teams, should it arise.
14. Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.
15. Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies / processes.

We look forward to hearing from you!