Business Project Manager

Contract position

Minimum requirements:

• BCom or Related Degree
• ITIL Certified
• Project Management Qualifications (PMBOK / Prince2/Agile)
• Minimum of 5 Years Project, Programme & Portfolio Management Experience
• Excellent understanding and experience of Waterfall & Agile Project Management Methodologies
• Excellent knowledge of Information Technology Functional areas / departments
• Sound knowledge of complex technical environments, the ability to challenge the norm and inspire creative solutions
• Knowledge of MS Office and Project Management software (MS Project etc.)
• Proven ability to work effectively with IT Delivery Teams, Partners and Suppliers
• Experience of engagements with subcontracted 3rd Parties to ensure they deliver to the contracted service
• Budget Management - Experience of managing and controlling large budgets

Responsibilities:

• Ensure standard project practice and governances followed
• Accurate project implementation: project closure reporting, quantify and feedback project success to all stakeholders
• Is able to manage key dependencies, roles and challenges
• Responsible for successful project outcomes
• Responsible for driving clarity of the problem being solved together with the business
• Delivers specified requirements and meets customer satisfaction
• Delivers the required product(s) for each project, phase or stage
• Ensures that quality is achieved as planned
• Delivers to time and cost within agreed tolerances
• Manages the people, work and budget involved
• Identify, assess and minimize project risks
• Identification and engagement of resources required for the project team
• Establishes and updates plans with actual and forecasts
• Manages deviations from plan to keep the business / project sponsor appraised of issues / risks and provide alternatives where appropriate
• Reports to respective stakeholders
• Provide coaching and guidance to the team members and junior project managers
• Escalates decisions and/or unresolved issues and in doing so provides alternatives and or solutions
• Integrates delivery and metrics across the people, process, finance and customer dimensions of the business
• Is accountable for thought leadership and best operating practice in response to external / business environment