IT PMO Manager

Contract position

Minimum requirements:

• 10 to 12 years of general work experience with at least 10 years of relevant experience in project administration, project management, and program management. 
• Experience as a scrum master and coaching Agile teams
• The minimum qualification required for this job is a matric (Grade 12), but a diploma or degree in a business discipline or in Information Systems will be an advantage.
• Five or more of the following certifications are required:
• IPMO - Practitioner Level Certification
• IPMO - Expert Level Certification
• Professional Scrum Master L3
• SAFe Practitioner
• PgPM Programme Management Professional
• Portfolio Management Professional
• TT-IPMO (Techniques & Tools)
• SC - IPMO (Services & Capabilities)
• CF - IPMO (Consulting Frameworks)
• PMOs in an Agile Environment
• Dashboards for PMOs and PMs
• PMO/PM methodology selection and tailoring
• Design thinking for innovative PMOs
• Governance for PPPs and PMOs
• Agile Certified
• Prince2

Responsibilities:

• Compiling and keeping a portfolio of all current projects, including project purpose, project managers, project timelines, and project budgets.
• Facilitating the TSAMIT project budgeting process with all relevant stakeholders and ensuring buy-in and sign-off on the enterprise portfolio of projects and the costs associated with them.
• Managing the IT Project Management Office and ensuring the IT projects are executed as planned.
• Managing, guiding, and providing overall leadership to scrum masters and project managers.
• Supporting the successful delivery of projects undertaken by the Company through effective facilitation, tracking, and reporting on overall portfolio health.
• Acting as an escalation point for all project-related issues.
• Selecting and managing vendors and contractors when required.
• Act as a thought leader and expert on project management, waterfall, and Agile for Company South Africa.
• Staying abreast of all trends, new developments, and evolving knowledge in the fields of project management and Agile.
• Help transition our business from its existing work practices to infusing a real agile understanding from the top down.
• Acting as a thought leader by sharing project management information and knowledge with relevant stakeholders and influencing related decision-making.
• Providing advice and coaching to all stakeholders requiring support.
• Building a network of peers to learn from and share information about project management practices and standards.
• Becoming familiar with existing Company Manufacturing Europe and Company South Africa Manufacturing project management practices.
• Representing Company South Africa in Company worldwide project management decisions and discussions.
• Actively act as a formal member of the Company Global Agile Quality Circle
• Attending team meetings and workshops and contributing ideas and comments.
  
• Continuously developing his/her competency through attending training programs, self-study, reading, and networking with internal and external peers.
• Supporting team members and collaborating by clearly communicating expectations, progress, constraints, and resolutions.
• Contributing to the shared knowledge of the team by sharing insights, understanding, and experiences.
• Participating in relevant surveys and workshops.
• Performing required administrative requirements such as reports, time sheets, leave requests, performance contracting, performance progress feedback, and general requests.
• Investigating project management methodologies and deciding the best approaches for different kinds of projects.
• Guide teams to help them stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure the overall strategy is being met.
• Lead agile workshops for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders
• Defining, implementing, and enforcing the use of project management processes for the TSAM IT department.
• Defining, implementing, and enforcing appropriate project management policies and standards for the TSAM IT department.
• Defining, creating, and enforcing appropriate project management templates to ensure consistency on IT projects.
• Maintaining and continuously improving policies, processes, standards, practices, and templates on an ongoing basis.
• Ensuring fit-for-purpose tools are acquired and used for PMO and project success
• Setting up and managing a central repository for project artifacts.
• Working with project managers to identify and then manage dependencies across multiple projects.
• Tracking project progress dealing with deviations and managing escalations.
• Tracking and managing project benefits.
• Ensuring the overall health of TSAM IT portfolio of projects in terms of schedule, budget, and quality.
• Contributing to the recruitment of project managers or staff that will have a project management responsibility by defining responsibilities, participating in interviews, and contributing to appointment decisions.
• Identifying project management qualifications and certifications requirements.
• Selecting best practice providers for project management education.
• Developing and presenting training on internal project management practices, processes, and standards.
• Coaching project managers on both Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies.
• Devising assessments to determine the level of proficiency for current project managers.
• Communicating and enforcing project management standards and governance.
• Ensuring that all activities adhere to SOX and general TSAM governance.
• Liaising closely with Internal Audit and External Audit to ensure compliance.
• Responsible for managing the MLTP (Mid-to-Long-Term-Plan) ITs 3 to 5-year plan.
• Gathering relevant project data and producing reports and analytics for review by the management.
• Using updates from project managers to track the overall status of all projects in the portfolio.
• Assist in standardization of the compilation of information and ways of reporting the same to the management.
• Reporting on budget adherence and other financial information, such as return on investment of projects.
• Regularly meeting with IT colleagues to identify, agree and prioritise IT project priorities.
• Regularly meeting with the team members in the PMO and his/her manager to report progress, raise issues, and brainstorm solutions.
• Engage with all Company affiliates worldwide to establish a network for best practices and actively participate in forums to determine the Companys Global PMO strategy