PMO Manager

ProjectLink; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A project management organization is seeking a PMO Manager for a 12-month contract in Sandton, Gauteng. The role involves managing governance frameworks, leading project teams, and ensuring project compliance with methodologies. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, PMP certification, and at least 10 years of project management experience. Strong leadership and interpersonal skills are essential, along with a deep understanding of project management tools and methodologies.

Qualifications

• 10 years proven experience in project management and leading project teams.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage OPM Governance and align project management activities.
• Develop and maintain the governance frameworks.
• Provide project support and manage project administration.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Job description

Overview

Job Title: PMO Manager

Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg Metro, Sandton

Job Type: 12 month contract, expected to work Full-Time hours

Responsibilities

• OPM Governance: The framework, functions, and processes that guide organisational project management activities to align portfolios, program, and project management practices with organisational goals.
• Disclosure of Information: Ensure confidential information is managed and distributed as required.
• Decision Making: Establish decision-making processes across portfolios, programs and projects.
• Governance Framework: Development and maintenance of the organisation's organisational project management frameworks.

• Portfolio Management: Centralized management of a portfolio of projects, including identifying, prioritizing, authorizing, managing, and controlling projects and programs to achieve strategic objectives.
• Benefits Measurement: Measure the benefits of projects for the business, usually in monetary terms or other parameters.
• Resource Planning: High-level planning of overall resource capacity to determine availability for the portfolio of projects.
• Business Case Development: Develop business cases to motivate the viability of projects.

• Project/Program Management: PMO services to manage projects within the organisation.
• Project Initiation: Initiate new projects according to PMBOK principles and the organisation's Project Management Methodology.
• Project Planning: Plan projects according to PMBOK principles and the organisation's Project Management Methodology.
• Project Execution: Execute projects per PMBOK and the organisation's methodologies.
• Project Monitoring and Control: Monitor and control projects per PMBOK and the organisation's methodologies.
• Project Closure: Close projects per PMBOK and the organisation's methodologies.
• Programme Integration: Integrate interdependencies between programmes.

• Software Systems: The PMO owns all project management support systems, providing functional support (not technical support) for systems such as scheduling, enterprise project management, project selection and reporting.
• Enterprise Project Management Information Systems: Support for PMIS systems (e.g., PPO, Project Online).
• Portfolio Management Tool: Support for portfolio management software used for project selection and scoring.
• Scheduling Tool: Support for scheduling software (e.g., MS Project, Primavera).
• Reporting Tool: Support for dashboards and reporting software; develop new reports and modify existing ones.
• Document Management System: Support for DMS (e.g., Aconex, ProjectWise, SharePoint).
• Risk Management System: Support for risk management systems (e.g., CURA, SAP GRM, MS Excel).

• Project Support: PMO-provided support to projects or project managers; vendors to generate project documentation according to Lonmin requirements.
• Project Administration: Set up meetings, take minutes, arrange venues and facilities.
• Configuration Management: Maintain records of all project-related documentation.
• Progress Reporting: Consolidate project progress reports; project managers remain responsible for weekly updates.
• Resource Pool Management: Manage resource pool, resolve conflicts, and advise on new resources.
• Knowledge Management: Maintain a lessons-learned database and share insights with project managers.
• Project Manager Conformance Review: Review conformance to standards, methodologies, policies, and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Proven experience in project management and leading project teams
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Experience

• 10 years proven experience in project management and leading project teams