IT Project Manager

Minimum requirements:

• IT Relevant 3 year tertiary or NQF aligned qualification 
• Project Management certification 
• Minimum of 7 years experience in programme and project management 
• Managed at least 5 IT or IT related projects through the complete project management lifecycle 
• Agile Project Management experience 
• Proven track record of delivering business application and infrastructure projects 
• Relevant retail industry experience an advantage
• May be required to work flexible hours to support project delivery
• Travel (locally and into Africa) may be required, dependent on project scope and requirements
  

Responsibilities:

• Manages project planning and delivery 
• Take a project from inception (idea stage) through to planning and execution of the final working solution following a structured approach
• Understand and ensure that the business requirements have been understood and correctly interpreted
• Define project objectives, scope, impacts, outputs, cost, benefits and success criteria in collaboration with business champions, business unit management, programme sponsor and other relevant stakeholder (where applicable)
• Ensure delivery of the required output(s) for each phase or stage
• Create and control all project management related documents
• Manage the people, processes and technology required to deliver solutions effectively according to the project requirements
• Conduct post implementation reviews (PIRs) and provide recommendations based on best practices and lessons learnt 
• Manage project risks and issues
• Identify and mitigate issues and risks that may negatively impact the project
• Tracking and escalation of key decisions, unresolved issues and risks Ensure effective budget control
• Manage the project budget by forecasting requirements
• Monitor, track and manage expenditure by analysing variances and initiating corrective action
• Manage and support project team 
• Lead cross functional project teams and follow up on task progress to ensure on-time completion
• Mentor team members on structured methodology and best practices
• Manage team in order to delivery on project commitments
• Provide regular and timely feedback to team members and their respective line managers (where applicable) 
• Effective management of quality and processes
• Apply quality management principles and processes 
• Ensure all work is undertaken within the organisation standards and processes 
• Ensure required documentation is complete, current and stored appropriately 
• Effective reporting and stakeholder management
• Build and maintain relationships across business, suppliers and IT with stakeholders
• Conduct regular project reviews and accurately communicate the status of the project 
• Produce management reports using established IT Portfolio Management methodology 
• Establish and update plans with actuals and forecasts