Project Manager III

Job Classification

Job Requisition - 130294

Closing Date - 8 April 2024

Location - Johannesburg

Cluster - Nedbank Wealth - Wealth Management SA Business Unit

Please Note: Preference will be given to applicants from Underrepresented Groups

Job Family

Project, Process and Product

Career Stream

Projects

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self: Professional

Job Purpose

To plan, direct and co-ordinate the activities of enterprise-wide projects to ensure that project goals are accomplished and to develop project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans and allocation of available resources, in line with the business strategy. The Project Manager will also monitor and report on project and deliverable progress, run agile ceremonies, and provide mentorship and coaching on agile best practices. The Project Manager will 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 team

Job Responsibilities

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
Ensure project budget are managed within project scope
Ensure projects are delivered on target within due date, budget and according to scope and project governance
Ensure traceability of defined benefits throughout the lifecycle of the project and escalate any deviations
Ensure management of scope, including coverage of client requirements, are created based on estimations
Manage delivery of project against agreed schedule. Meet project requirements
Manage project priorities effectively and ensured dependencies are catered for according to the project scope
Ensure professional advice accepted and implemented
Identify project stakeholders, communicate their roles, define their level of participation in project, and map their communication needs and stakeholder engagement strategies throughout the project plan. Be able to structure and lead multidisciplinary and multi-level stakeholder engagements with the ability to synthesize and communicate in a non-technical language
Ensure each stakeholder group is actively managed through the change cycle
Ensure business change impact is conducted across process, systems, and technology in accordance with change management plan
Ensure roles and strategies are defined, and behaviors and operations are understood
Ensure clients are informed
Ensure the change management process is led and supported together with the client
Ensure satisfactory post implementation review and performing retrospectives/inspect & adapt sessions as required
Ensure client needs are accurately captured in scope
Ensure sufficient resource allocations
Manage delivery of large and complex projects according to prevailing project management methodology
Conduct effective resource negotiation and allocation.

People Specification

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
Professional Qualifications/Honours Degree

Preferred Qualification

Project Management

Essential Certifications

PMP or Prince certification. Programme Management certification (PGMP)

Preferred Certifications

Project Management or closely related Certified Scrum Master and Scaled Agile certification

Minimum Experience Level

8-10 years experience working in a project environment of which 2-3 years working with medium to high complexity projects

Technical / Professional Knowledge