Manager: Project and Change Management
Job Location
Pretoria, South Africa
Job Description
Duties & Responsibilities: Leadership - Lead, mentor, and manage a team of project and program managers fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. - Emphasis on lead by example in respect of values and staff coaching and development. - Engage IT resource managers to ensure projects are adequately resourced. - Track project/program budget by executing a high degree of financial discipline across the portfolio of projects. - Prioritize the use of project managers for the achievement of successful delivery of projects. - Provides leadership in the recommended resolution and/or escalation of issues that may impact project scope, schedule or budget. - Identify and manage delivery risk control process, pursue issue and risk resolution and communicate status and escalations to senior management, business stakeholders and operational management - Identify and understand issues, dependencies, and concerns; obtain and compare information from different sources to draw conclusions, develop and evaluate alternatives and solutions, solve problems, and choose a course of action. - Develop and build a community practice that supports a culture of learning and knowledge sharing and improvement opportunities Project Management - Lead and maintain the implementation of project management processes, methods, tools, guidelines and standards to establish a stable framework that supports all project teams and stakeholders to improve the probability of successful project delivery. - Co-ordinate, oversee and/or undertake impartial project reviews and health checks to ensure the overall delivery progress of projects, addressing actions and requirements arising from these reviews. - Planning program and project management, including tracking deadlines, managing project conflicts, and working with resource managers to assign team members to various deliverables. - Regularly review and evaluate opportunities to improve the program/project management and change management best practices to achieve higher maturity Change Management - Develop change management strategies to support project implementations, organizational transitions, and other initiatives. - Apply a structured methodology to lead change management activities, including impact assessments, change readiness assessments, and stakeholder analysis. - Identify potential risks and anticipated points of resistance and develop specific plans to mitigate or address concerns. - Support communication efforts by designing and delivering communications related to change initiatives. - Provide coaching and support to project managers, change agents, business leaders and managers to execute change implementation plans. - Create and manage measurement systems to track adoption, utilization, and proficiency of individual changes. Financial Management - Track and report on project portfolio performance, providing a comprehensive, and prioritized view of all projects - Monitor Project operational and capital expenses to ensure achievement of cost efficiency and acting to correct any adverse variances. - Track project management documentation related to enhancements and ensured stakeholder approvals for enhancements. Stakeholder Management - Collaborate with stakeholders to improve program and project delivery. - Monthly Management Reporting on Projects and Change management activities. - Leads regular interactions with the project sponsor to inform, alert, negotiate and maintain a continuing good relationship and shared vision for the program outcome. - Engage with vendors and suppliers to track overall progress on project initiatives, discuss issues and risk. Formal Education: - Matric (Grade 12) - Bachelors degree, Higher Certificate / Diploma in IT or relevant Project management certification e.g. PMP, CAPM, PRINCE 2, Safe Agile, SCRUM - Change Management Cerficaon. - ITIL Experience: - 5 8 years experience in IT and/or Project Management. - 1 - 2 years experience managing a group of Project Managers or Scrum Masters. - 1 2 years managing change on projects
Location: Pretoria, ZA
Posted Date: 9/27/2024
Location: Pretoria, ZA
Posted Date: 9/27/2024
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