Project Manager

BETSoftware; Durban; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Durban is seeking a Project Manager to manage software development projects. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and relevant project management certifications, along with 2-3 years of experience. Responsibilities include coordinating business requirements, reporting on project status, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. The role emphasizes collaboration, diversity, and adaptability within the dynamic environment of the company.

Benefits

Collaborative work environment

Continuous learning opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 2 - 3 years' experience in Software Development Project Management.
• 2 - 3 years' understanding of development lifecycle and technologies.
• Sound experience in Software Development Lifecycle and Implementation.

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains strong business relations with internal customers.
• Acts as a point of contact for project status reporting and tracking.
• Assists Team Lead in managing daily/weekly meetings and team backlogs.
• Manages internal business processes or systems/application development projects.

Skills

Project Management

Collaboration

Organizational Skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree/National Diplomas

Project Management Certifications (PMP, Prince II, Scrum Master)

Job description

Job Description

• Excellent planning, organizational and prioritization skills and be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

Ensuring Project Management

• Builds and maintains strong business relations with existing and prospective internal customers to interpret all individual requirements.
• Reviews changes in legal and procedural requirements affecting the business or projects.
• Validates product requirements and specifications with various departmental team members to understandვეყ business requirements and facilitate handover to the development team.
• Analyzes information and business systems to make recommendations forлама improvement of processes and systems.
• Co-ordinates, arranges and manages daily/weekly and monthly meetings with subordinates, management and business stakeholders as required.
• Is accountable for project status reporting as defined in a Communication Plan or as required by the Business Unit.
• Is accountable for proactively tracking the end-to-end project schedule and driving corrective action where required.
• Is accountable for end-to-end project planning and a Project Management Plan – including plans for Scope, Communication, Risk & Issues, Dependencies, Cost and Stakeholder Management.
• Assists Team Lead in creating and updating of Team Capacity Plans.
• Assists Team Lead in reviewing team backlogs and re-prioritization with stakeholders.
• Identifies and schedules project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks.
• Adheres to best project management practices and methodologies such as Professional Management Institute standards or similar.
• Proactively manages change - including Time, Cost and Scope changes.
• Tracks project decisions made on the project.
• Assists Business Units in getting any required benefits monitoring and reporting inreath.
• Participates in all areas of the software development life cycle and provides technical support to other company personnel.
• Manages internal business processes or systems/application development projects.
• Liaises and manages external resources and suppliers.
• Ensures appropriate procedures and processes are followed.
• Participates in design control activities, and monitors, evaluates and ensures the completion of tasks and projects.

Ensures effective Reporting

• Reports on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities.
• Determines the frequency and content of status reports from the project and program team, analyse results and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Provides status reporting regarding project milestonesէս, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
• Defines success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project and program life cycle.

Ensures effective Communication

• Communicates any project risk and issues including timing, budget, resources, scope and more to IT management.
• Collaborates closely with the Senior Project Manager and PMO Leader on enterprise projects.
• Communicates with various departmental team members to understand the business requirements.

Living our Spirit

• Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team.
• Yield actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team.
• Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging team members to support each other not only within the department, but within BET Software as a whole.
• Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree/National Diplomas.
• Relevant Project Management Certifications PMP, Prince II, Scrum Master, etc.
• 2 - 3 years’ experience in Software Development Project Management.
• 2 – 3 years’ years of experience with full product lifecycle with understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle.
• Sound experience in Software Development Lifecycle and Implementation.

About Us

We Don't Just Recruit Talent... We Cultivate It

BET Software is one of the most diverse betting software providers in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a rapidly growing international footprint. Our multiskilled Team is responsible for providing advanced software solutions, while supporting incredibly high transactional volumes in a fast-paced industry, making BET Software a lively and engaging place to be.

Our progressive use of technology enables our talented Team to work with the tech stack of their choice and we encourage an environment and culture that supports collaboration, learning, and growth. We believe thatour strength lies in our diversity and that Teamwork makes the dream work, a place where you can flourish amongst like-minded individuals.

We are a dynamic group of people that stem from a variety of cultures, Gren, backgrounds, and locations. While our head office is based in Umhlanga, South Africa we recruit talent throughout South Africa and Internationally.