Senior Project Manager

The Hiring House; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned project manager with over 10 years of experience in Financial Services. This role involves reviewing project plans, managing subprojects, and ensuring deliverables align with timelines and quality standards. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational and communication skills, along with a proven track record in stakeholder management and change management. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will drive project success and enhance reporting standards. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of project management experience in Financial Services.
• PMP certification is required and must be in good standing.

Responsibilities

• Manage project deliverables and timelines to ensure success.
• Document project artefacts and ensure compliance with PMO standards.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Matric

PMP Certification

Tools

MS Office Suite

Project Management Applications

Job description

Key role responsibilities (not limited to):

1. Review, analyse and document the current project plan and requirements.
2. Define the needs and requirements of specific and identified project deliverables.
3. Manage the various subprojects and the deliverables to ensure overall project success, conduct project meetings and reporting/review sessions.
4. Document and manage the decision, risk, and issue logs and requirements.
5. Document and analyse project deliverables and timelines.
6. Manage project deliverables against the required timelines and outcomes.
7. Work with the BankservAfrica PMO team and utilize the PMO process, templates, systems, and methodologies.
8. Documenting and/or updating the project artefacts.
9. Ensure all artefacts adhere/align to the BSA CI and the PMO templates for project reporting.
10. Provide expert knowledge and framework for project and subproject management.
11. Support the project team and management.
12. Recommend project enhancements and reporting standards.
13. Recommend performance and monitoring optimization as it relates to the project and deliverables.
14. Update the PPO system every week to ensure accurate reporting.

Competencies:

1. Organizational skills.
2. Good communicator and ability to work in a dynamic team and communicate with various groups.
3. Negotiating skills between various stakeholders is essential.
4. Ability to communicate technical language to varying levels of technical understanding.
5. Stakeholder management experience.

Experience:

The ideal candidate should have at least 10 years of experience, a track record, and be able to demonstrate project management capabilities, knowledge, and know-how in Financial Services. This requirement must be considered part of the submission for this role.

Change management experience.

Experience in managing full-cycle projects.

Qualifications / Knowledge:

1. Matric.
2. PMP Certified (PMP in good standing).
3. Required computer literacy levels in the MS Office suite and applicable Project Management Applications.