Programme Executive (Contract)

The Focus Group; Sandton; Sur place; ZAR 900 000 - 1 500 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Focus Group is seeking a senior Programme Manager to oversee end-to-end capacity planning and the delivery of large-scale projects across the portfolio. You will align capacity with strategy, manage budgets, and lead a high-performing team to achieve business outcomes in a dynamic environment.

Reporting to a senior leadership team, you will drive governance, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement, ensuring delivery excellence and strategic alignment with company objectives in

Qualifications

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate.
• Honour's degree or professional qualifications.
• PMP or Prince certification; PGMP.

Responsabilités

• Model the capacity requirements across full portfolio of projects per requirements.
• Communicate the impact of capacity requirements and drive capacity planning.
• Ensure structures are in place that drive alignment of capacity requirements with strategic priority.
• Drive practices and business principles that achieve optimised capacity planning and resource allocation onto projects.
• Set up and enable the management of branch budgets against an agreed financial model that considers operations and growth strategies as these align to the company strategy.
• Participate in the strategy planning for the function.
• Ensure optimal team delivery.
• Consider the commercial relevance of the function to ensure a clear competitive capability, leveraging off leading industry benchmarks.

Connaissances

Budgeting

Capacity planning

Change management

Employee training/development

Financial accounting principles

Organisational behaviour theory

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Business writing skills

Formation

Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Honour's Degree or professional qualifications

SMP/MBA or equivalent

PMP or Prince certification; PGMP

Description du poste

Job Purpose

To conduct the end-to-end management of the strategy; execution; planning; organising; negotiating; staffing; directing and controlling of all aspects of projects or programmes for a project function in ensuring the successful implementation of Projects to realize company strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Model the capacity requirements across full portfolio of projects per requirements.
• Communicate the impact of capacity requirements and drive capacity planning.
• Ensure structures are in place that drive alignment of capacity requirements with strategic priority.
• Drive practices and business principles that achieve optimised capacity planning and resource allocation onto projects.
• Set up and enable the management of branch budgets against an agreed financial model that considers operations and growth strategies as these align to the company strategy.
• Participate in the strategy planning for the function.
• Ensure optimal team delivery.
• Consider the commercial relevance of the function to ensure a clear competitive capability, leveraging off leading industry benchmarks.
• Ensure value add cross pollinate successful solutions with other project management functional teams.
• Ensure that the leadership agenda has been embraced by the division/function.
• Manage performance of reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports.
• Actively build a culture of improvement.
• Contribute to team effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and selection of senior staff.
• Optimise performance and motivation.
• Empower team to make decisions and recommend tailored solutions to Business Unit specific problems.
• Drive practices and business principles that achieve optimised capacity planning and resource allocation onto projects.
• Ensure the achievement of targets by monitoring implemented Divisional EE and Transformation Plan, correcting any deviations.
• Support company strategy by driving corporate citizenship.
• Develop, implement and measure the effectiveness of a strategy to build a differentiated culture.
• Ensure optimal team delivery

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level:

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Professional Qualifications/Honour's Degree

Preferred Qualification:

• SMP/ MBA or equivalent

Essential Certifications:

• PMP or Prince certification. Programme Management certification (PGMP)

Minimum Experience Level:

• 12-15 years' experience working in a project environment of large project and or programmes of which 3-5 years in Senior management roles

Technical / Professional Knowledge:

• Budgeting
• Capacity planning
• Change management
• Employee training/development
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Organisational behaviour theory
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Stakeholder management
• Strategic planning
• Business writing skills

Behavioural Competencies:

• Focus Customer
• Business Savvy
• Building Talent
• Planning and supporting the development of individuals' knowledge, skills, and abilities so that they can fulfil current or future job responsibilities more effectively.
• Cultivating Networks and Partnerships
• Driving Execution
• Establishing Strategic Direction
• Establishing and committing to a long-term business direction based on an analysis of systemic information and consideration of resources, market drivers, organizational values, and emerging economic, technological, and regulatory conditions.
• Operational Decision-Making