Job Description
Old Mutual Alternative Risk Transfer Limited (OMART) is looking for a suitably qualified and self-motivated individual for a role as a Delivery Manager. OMART is a separately managed life insurance company with various internal and external clients. This position within OMART, offers you the opportunity to form part of a diverse, growing life insurance business which provides unique innovative solutions to clients and entrepreneurs looking to transfer their risks through various insurance structures. You will play a pivotal role as part of the team responsible for OMARTs enablement and will be expected to also drive initiatives that improve OMARTs delivery and client satisfaction. This position falls in our middle management category and you will be reporting to the Head of Operations.
- Assign workloads and resources according to the delivery requirements
- Control OMART functions to guarantee accurate and on-time OMART/client deliveries
- Create the projects scope and budget
- Develop effective working connections with clients to ensure delivery
- Oversee OMARTs actions and offer advice and direction to drive delivery
- Operate as the main point of contact for delivery questions and issues.
- Create process enhancements to cut costs and increase efficiency
- Drive discussions with relevant stakeholders to ensure important business decisions to satisfy client expectations are made
- Inform business owners of the status of deliveries and create the necessary delivery records.
- Review, reorganize and arrange delivery tasks
- Weekly/Monthly reporting
- Plan, manage and track projects of varying complexity, priority and risk
- Define the scope of the project in collaboration with the project sponsor and senior management.
- Create and maintain project charters by collaborating with cross-functional and / or cross-organizational teams.
- Determine and agree with the project sponsor and the change manager the objectives and measures that will be evaluated when the project is delivered.
- Create and manage project design, schedule and budget according to plan and determine the resources required to deliver the project.
- Facilitate, coordinate and track day-to- day activities to ensure the project meets the critical milestones to realize identified benefits.
- Review and revise the project schedule with senior management and the project team as required.
- Develop forms and records to document project activities.
- Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured.
- Collaborate with business partners subject matter experts and / or technical partners to deliver high quality solutions.
- Regularly report to key stakeholders on project status, risks, spend against budget and dependencies to ensure delivery of the project and its objectives.
- Proactively identify risks to the projects success and maintain a project risk log with effective action plans to resolve issues.
- Matric
- Tertiary Qualification
- 5 years professional experience in project delivery, business analysis
- Financial services industry experience
- Experience with different project methodologies
- Business Evaluation
- Conflict Resolution
- Communication
- Decision-making
- Interpersonal
- Project Management
- Negotiation
- Problem-solving
- Requirements Analysis
- Leadership skills required
Education
Closing Date
13 July 2023
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All prospective employees are required to disclose their vaccination status as part of the recruitment process.
Please refer to the Old Mutuals Covid-19 vaccination policy for further detail. Kindly note that Old Mutual reserves the right to reinstate the requirement to vaccinate at any point if it is of the view that it is imperative to do so.
