Project Manager

• Coordinate and lead weekly project meetings to facilitate communication and progress tracking.
• Create, update and disseminate comprehensive weekly project progress reports, including meeting minutes and action logs.
• Monitor project deliverables and implement corrective actions as necessary to ensure alignment with project goals.
• Manage project risks and issues, implementing strategies to mitigate potential challenges.
• Maintain meticulous control over scope changes, ensuring the business case is updated and obtaining necessary customer signoffs.
• Chair various project meetings, preparing essential documents such as minutes and reports for SteerCo, Weekly Status Stakeholder meetings, and Daily Stand-ups.
• Direct and motivate project teams across GroupTech to ensure the successful delivery of project scope within established time, cost, and quality parameters.
• Regularly update project plans to reflect evolving project requirements and timelines.
• Escalate issues to project sponsors, technical leads, and other relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Update, submit, and manage change registers and change controls to track modifications to the project scope.
• Manage overall project scope, schedules, deliverables, communications, and risks while ensuring compliance with quality standards and adherence to relevant methodologies and templates (governance).
• Monitor key interdependencies and complexities, communicating them effectively across the business.
• Oversee the registration, administration, and execution of projects in alignment with company objectives.
• Provide comprehensive project documentation for all projects, ensuring transparency and accessibility of information.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with the Project Management Methodology, project standards, and business strategy, meeting the specified business requirements.
• Provide necessary support to the Programme Manager, Senior Managers and Head of PMO as required.
• Manage key interdependencies and complexities (cross functional teams across organization) closely and ensure these are communicated and understood across Business and Group Tech

• A Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent NQF Level 7 Qualification in Business /Project Management/ Engineering
• Project Management certification (PMP®/Prince2®/ Agile or similar) - AdvantageousÂ

• A minimum of 5+ of relevant work experience
• Senior Project Management
• Proven track record in delivering complex cross-functional projects
• Proven track record in delivering OTT projects

• Project Management methodology (PMBOK / Prince2 / Agile)
• Managing multiple complex projects (cross functional teams)
• Project Governance
• RAIDs Management (Proactive and Reactive)
• Support Budget Development Management
• Support Change Management
• Support Benefits Realisation
• Stakeholder Management
• Effectively managing collaboration in cross functional teams
• Strong Communication Skills

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