IT Project Manager

Boardroom Appointments; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 900 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead projects and manage the IT department, ensuring efficient project delivery. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in IT and 6-8 years of experience managing large, complex projects. Responsibilities include overseeing project teams, resolving technical issues, and maintaining stakeholder communications. Preferred experience includes project management in the media, telecoms, or finance sectors, along with relevant qualifications like Prince II.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in managing multiple, large complex projects.
• Solid knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Prince II or similar Project Management Qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead various projects and ensure timely completion.
• Resolve technical problems with customers.
• Provide direction and support to project team.
• Monitor and report project progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Project management methodologies

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Financial business case skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Job description

Overview

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading projects and ensuring they are completed on time. You'll manage the IT department to ensure that all projects are managed efficiently and effectively, taking into account any project management software or other tools available. Your responsibilities will include leading team members through each stage of a project, from initial design to implementation, and managing relationships with suppliers to coordinate deliveries for future projects. You may have responsibility for multiple aspects of one project or work across multiple projects at once. In either case, your key role is to ensure successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Resolves technical problems with the customers, and communicates the resolution to the customer
• To Evaluate, Scope and implement programs/ projects to agreed time, within cost and quality parameters, but not limited to this.
• To act as an advisor to both Business and Technical departments, providing support and ensuring all Stakeholders are kept updated at all times accordingly.
• The Candidate must be articulate.
• Identify project inter dependencies and determine the optimal approach to deliver on the project
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders
• Provide direction and support to project team
• Project evaluations and assessment of outcomes Manage projects team to deliver on the project objectives
• Ensure that business cases, functional specifications and relevant test cases are prepared and signed off by key stakeholders (where applicable)
• Facilitated projects scoping sessions to assist technical team to translating business requirements into functional end solutions (where applicable)
• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities
• Track and Deliver projects within agreed objectives, standards, budget and timelines
• Manage and motivate project team members to achieve set project objectives
• Effectively manage stakeholders expectations and project plan changes and consequences
• Ensured approval of all changes, costs and decisions by project sponsors, owners and senior management
• Track and report on all Issues, Risks and Decision that may impact project
• Please note that this is a Business Role and not a Technical Role, however Technical and functional understanding is required.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelors degree in IT or related field required
• Minimum of 6-8 years experience in managing multiple, large complex projects
• Solid direct knowledge and experience of project management methodologies
• Experience of managing activity across the hole of a project lifecycle inclusive of benefits tracking
• Media/Telecoms/Finance industry project management experience preferred.
• Rest of Africa hands on project experience will be advantageous.
• Proven ability to effectively work across teams at all levels.
• Good financial business case skills
• 3rd Party Vendor Management preferred.
• Prince II or Similar Project Management Qualification