Senior Manager: Portfolio Delivery Lead

Absa Group; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking a Portfolio Delivery Leader to drive digital transformation initiatives across Africa. The successful candidate will be responsible for strategic oversight, project management, and fostering stakeholder engagement. This role demands robust agile practices and leadership skills to uplift team performance and assure quality governance throughout diverse markets.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in leading large-scale digital transformation portfolios across multiple geographies.
• Experience in building change delivery capabilities is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate delivery across a portfolio of strategic initiatives spanning Cards, Payments, Partnerships, and Inorganic Growth.
• Manage complex, cross-functional programmes that drive strategic performance improvements.
• Champion agile delivery practices across the portfolio.

Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Agile Delivery Practices

Risk Management

Project Management

Strategic Oversight

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Commerce or Management Studies

Job description

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practices, and ensure operational implementation and adaptation in terms of project management methodology, governance, and delivery objectives. This role leads a portfolio delivery team embedded in a regional digital transformation function, overseeing senior delivery leads across multiple value streams including Cards, Payments, Partnerships, and Inorganic Growth.

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practices, and ensure operational implementation and adaptation in terms of project management methodology, governance, and delivery objectives. This role leads a portfolio delivery team embedded in a regional digital transformation function, overseeing senior delivery leads across multiple value streams including Cards, Payments, Partnerships, and Inorganic Growth.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Portfolio Leadership Across Value Streams:
  Lead and coordinate delivery across a portfolio of strategic initiatives spanning Cards, Payments, Partnerships, and Inorganic Growth. Ensure alignment with regional priorities and enterprise transformation goals.

• Regional Delivery Oversight:
  Provide strategic oversight and delivery assurance across multiple African markets. Adapt delivery models to local contexts while maintaining consistency in governance and execution standards.

• Programme Management:
  Manage complex, cross-functional programmes that drive strategic performance improvements. Ensure integration across initiatives and alignment with enterprise architecture and change governance.

• Project Management:
  Monitor the progression of projects at every stage, ensuring scope, time, cost, and quality objectives are met. Champion agile and hybrid delivery methodologies.

• Agile Ways of Working:
  Champion agile delivery practices across the portfolio. Embed agile principles and frameworks (e.g., Scrum, SAFe , Kanban) to enhance responsiveness, collaboration, and value delivery.

• Quality Assurance:
  Establish and maintain quality standards across the portfolio. Implement continuous improvement practices and ensure delivery excellence.

• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the region, including business sponsors, technology partners, and external vendors. Facilitate transparent communication and decision-making.

• Team Leadership & Capability Building:
  Lead and mentor a team of senior delivery leads. Foster a high-performance culture, drive accountability, and support professional development across the region.

• Risk & Dependency Management:
  Identify and manage risks, issues, and interdependencies across the portfolio. Ensure proactive mitigation and escalation processes are in place.

• Governance & Reporting:
  Ensure adherence to governance frameworks. Provide accurate and timely reporting to executive leadership and steering committees.

• Innovation & Change Enablement:
  Promote a culture of innovation and agility. Support change management efforts to embed new ways of working and deliver sustainable transformation.

Preferred Experience:

• Proven track record in leading large-scale digital transformation portfolios across multiple geographies.

• Proven track record in building Change delivery Capabili ties

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

About the company

Absa Group Limited, and originally Amalgamated Banks of South Africa, is a South African-based financial services group, offering personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, as well a...

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