Senior Project Manager

What You Will Do

BankservAfrica form part of the South African National Payments System and are a trusted partner of the financial industry, including banking institutions, and therefore require that employees adhere to unwavering standards of honesty and transparency in performing their duties.

PUROSE

The main purpose of the Senior Project Manager is to provide Project Management, according to accepted BankservAfrica policies and standards, in support of BankservAfrica business and product strategies

You will engage with the following stakeholders:

Key stakeholders in Banks
Key stakeholders at Regulators (SARB and PASA)
Key stakeholders at Banking Council
Key stakeholders in other BankservAfrica client organisations/ Retailers
Management and Executive Management
Business Unit and Product Owners
IT Managers and Staff
All staff

Your key responsibilities include:

Demonstrate innovative thinking in area of expertise and translate this into business process/ solutions/ working practice improvements
Deliver client or company specific projects in line with company standards and in agreement with line manager
Responsible for the overall planning, management and completion of Projects and/ or Programs on a wide variety of business units, Programs and Portfolios
Design, Develop and Monitor schedules and budgets for assigned projects/Programs
Works with customers to develop project scope of work documents/ project and program management plans and schedules.
Uses project management skills to manage project /Program resources, identify resource requirements, meet training needs, define project and program deliverables, provide customer satisfaction and reporting structures and ensure quality of projects and programs.
Identifies the approach to be used on a given project /Program
Manages the project/program and development lifecycles.
Implementation and control of project/program change management process
Provide input into the Project Office reporting, including updating the Project Management application
Overall control, management and reporting on Project/Program Status, Costs, Issues and Risks

QUALIFICATION / KNOWLEDGE

Project Management qualification
PMP certification (Must have)
Knowledge of Agile Project Development
Required computer literacy levels in the MS Office suite and applicable Project Management Applications.

Experience