Project Manager

Project Manager (mid level)

Permanent

Newlands, Cape Town

A company in the asset management and investment field is looking for a new Project Manager to assist them realise their goal of becoming South Africa's top investment administrator.

With a principle-centered approach, the organisation hopes to foster an entrepreneurial spirit.

Passion, team spirit, eagerness to give new ideas, willingnessto go the additional mile, drive and resolve to succeed, adaptability, and accountability are all required to be successful here.

From the start, you'll feel supported in this team-oriented environment. The people in the organisation care about the success of their co-workers, and, the company as a whole. They encourage fresh ideas and innovation, and believe that the individual successes of each employee is critical to the success of the company.

Purpose of the job

The teams need a dedicated Project Manager responsible for the consistent, trustworthy delivery of all business and system changes and enhancements whilst maintaining strong relationships with clients and all delivery teams. They will be responsible for creating and embedding the necessary structure for effective project delivery, removing blockers, and ensuring delivery within agreed timeframes.

The main tasks of the project manager include managing projects, addressing reliability issues, tracking project metrics, managing budgets and stakeholder liaison and ultimate responsibility for meeting project delivery dates with the level of quality required.

To be a successful Project Manager in our environment, you should demonstrate strong leadership, ownership and teamworking skills. You should demonstrate excellent communication skills, have a deep curiosity and eventual competence around the system SDLC.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

Project Management

Implementation and maintenance of effective delivery frameworks internally and with our outsourced IT service partner
Managing the delivery through the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) including client implementation of the change
Project and BAU delivery tracking
Professional project updates to clients
Managing client requests through the backlog and delivery pipeline
Ownership of the delivery of agreed priorities for the year
Responsible for delivery relationship with our outsourced IT service partners
Ensuring that systems, procedures, and methodologies are in place to support outstanding project delivery
Developing a deep understanding of projects to gain insights into the scope of delivery
Taking accountability for project delivery performance, meeting internal and external client expectations, and driving future demand
Analyzing third-party as well as internal processes, and creating strategies for project delivery optimization
Performance & Quality Management
Recommending methods of improvement and seeing that actions are implemented on time for project delivery upgrades
Providing accurate and regular reports to management on performance of project delivery
Building strong relationships with teams and stakeholders to enable effective dialogue exchange between departments

Requirements

Essential

5+ years BA / Scrum Master / Project Management / Delivery experience
Understanding of financial markets and financial systems
Knowledge of database query languages e.g. SQL
Knowledge of web applications
Exceptional client-facing skills
Ability to communicate effectively with teams and stakeholders
Ability to source information from the users/clients
Ability to work under pressure, time management, provide reasonable effort estimations and to be able to multi-task across multiple projects and communicate effectively.
Unquestionable integrity and accountability
Knowledgeable about SDLC process
A great team player, able to interact easily with both business and technology stakeholders
Strong analytical skills and strong attention to detail

Preferred But Not Required