Senior IT Project Manager(CPT)

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd in Cape Town seeks an IT Delivery Project Manager to plan, manage and deliver technology projects that enable business objectives. You will act as the key liaison among business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and leadership to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of quality solutions.

The role involves defining scope, developing plans, managing risks, and reporting progress to executives, while leading cross-functional teams and driving

Qualifications

• Plan and manage technology projects from initiation through deployment and handover.
• Coordinate business, technology teams, vendors, and leadership to deliver on time and within budget.
• Ensure project goals align with business objectives and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver technology projects on time and within budget.
• Engage with business leaders, product owners, and technologists to align requirements.
• Define scope, objectives, and success criteria for each project.
• Manage risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating as needed.
• Provide regular status reports, dashboards, and governance updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Agile Project Management

Change Management

Prioritization

Project Budget Management

Project Communications Management

Project Estimations

Project Management Governance

Project Organization

Project Quality Assurance

Project Quality Management

Project Reporting

Project Scope Management

Requirements Management

Education

NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Job description

Let's Write Africa's Story Together! Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

An IT Delivery Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing, and successfully delivering technology projects that enable business objectives. The role serves as the key link between business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and leadership, ensuring that solutions are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Project Planning and Delivery: Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria. Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations. Manage project execution across the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to deployment and transition into support. Monitor progress against milestones and proactively manage deviations.
• Stakeholder Management: Engage with business leaders, product owners, architects, and technology teams to understand requirements and priorities. Facilitate communication between business and technical stakeholders. Manage stakeholder expectations and provide regular status updates on project progress, risks, and dependencies. Proactive managing issues and dependencies, ensuring timely resolution. Prepare and present project reports, steering committee updates, and executive dashboards. Coordinate internal and external delivery teams, including business analysts, developers, testers, infrastructure teams, and third-party vendors.
• Requirements Management: Plan and coordinate the identification and elicitation of requirements; conduct analysis of those requirements for completion and alignment; document and manage requirements throughout the life of the project; and coordinate the verification of the end deliverable. Generally done at the project level.
• Project Risk and Issue Management: Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating these matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.
• Project Reporting and Review: Manage the project review process; provide stakeholders with accurate and relevant information and key recommendations at established review points to enable them to evaluate progress and agree on change.
• Project Team Management: Lead a small- to medium-sized project team; communicate the project vision and the necessary outcomes, along with guidance to achieve these outcomes; coordinate team actions on project activities; coordinate the flow of additional team members on and off the team, as needed; and identify areas of improvement to build the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Continuous Improvement: Review existing operations in a major area of work and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and ensure the required continuous improvement outcomes are delivered.
• Project Resource Management: Negotiate and manage deployment of project resource budgets, providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Develop short- or medium-term work schedules in order to achieve planned commitments. Approve overtime or use additional resources as needed.
• Document Preparation: Edit document in line with organizational style guidelines and prepare information for publication.
• Project Closeout and Handover: Provide appropriate documentation and training to enable successful transition to business as usual. Identify and record lessons learned to inform future project activity.
• Project Assurance: Manage the delivery of assurance reviews within a project, enable the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified, to give senior stakeholders confidence that the project can deliver according to time, budget, and quality.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Skills

• Agile Project Management
• Change Management
• Prioritization
• Project Budget Management
• Project Communications Management
• Project Estimations
• Project Management Governance
• Project Organization
• Project Quality Assurance
• Project Quality Management
• Project Reporting
• Project Scope Management
• Requirements Management

Competencies

• Balances Stakeholders
• Communicates Effectively
• Cultivates Innovation
• Customer Focus
• Decision Quality
• Develops Talent
• Drives Results
• Ensures Accountability

Education

NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Closing Date

Closing Date 15 October 2026 , 23:59

Employment Equity Plan

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

The Old Mutual Story!

Old Mutual is a premium African financial services organisation that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions to retail and corporate customers across key market segments in 14 countries.

The lines of business include Life and Savings, Property and Casualty, Asset Management and Banking and Lending.

We are rooted in our purpose of Championing Mutually Positive Futures Every Day and believe that a great customer experience is anchored in a great employee experience.