Job Description

Job SummaryAwesome Opportunity for a Junior Project Manager: Project, Process and Product: Medium Size Project: Banking: Short Term Project: BankingThe invitation is for an amazing and ambitious Project Manager to join the team and take responsibility to manage and deliver medium projects from commencement to completion within the scope, budget and time agreed.Projects could be associated with any discipline e.g. property, engineering, information technology, in line with the business strategy. The Project Manager will play an active role in providing mentorship and coaching on agile best practices to junior staff.Also ensuring the team is working on the right tasks at the right time, working closely with the product manager to translate epics, stories, and other items on the sprint list into actionable tasks for the delivery teamYou will be responsible for:

• Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality in accordance with business needs and strategic goals.
• Provide expert level guidance to software project team in terms of process, system, tools, methods as well as communication, integration, and successful team dynamics through weekly facilitation sessions
• Integrate with diverse stakeholders by engaging and facilitate with multiple diverse groups across a spectrum of wants and needs
• Engage and facilitate with multiple diverse groups across a spectrum of wants and needs
• Build professional relationships though engagement and regular communication and feedback with all stakeholders using quality metrics and project status reports as drivers
• Ensure accurate cost estimation based on coverage of client requirements and project scope.
• Manage project budget within project scope.
• Deliver projects on target within due date, budget and according to scope and project governance.
• Ensure traceability of defined benefits throughout lifecycle of the project and escalate any deviations.
• Ensure management of scope including coverage of client requirements and based on estimations.
• Manage delivery of project against agreed schedule.
• Meet requirements by providing advice to clients on the most appropriate Project management approach, identify project stakeholders, communicate their roles, and define the level of participation in project, map their communication needs and manage stakeholder engagement strategies through the project plan.
• Manage each stakeholder group actively through the change cycle.
• Conduct business change impact across process, systems, and roles according to the change management plan.
• Manage the stakeholders by ensuring an understanding of the behaviours and operations and by defining strategies in project schedule.
• Keep clients and management informed.
• Ensure the change management process is led and supported together with the client.
• Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope and signed off by stakeholders.
• Ensure satisfactory post implementation review and performing retrospectives/inspect & adapt sessions as required.
• Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope and signed off by stakeholders.
• Ensure sufficient resource allocation.
• Manage delivery of medium projects according to prevailing Project Management methodology.

Must have's:

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Professional Qualifications/Honor's Degree
• Preferred Qualification
• NQF level 7 qualification or Honors degree in Project Management or Business management
• Relevant certification in PM practices or methodology (PRINCE/ PMBOK)
• Project Management or Business Management, Certified Scrum
• SAFe certified
• Minimum Experience Level
• 5-8 years working experience in project environment of which 5 years in a PM role
• Technical / Professional Knowledge

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