Hybrid Manager – Projects

at BCX

• Job title: Manager – Projects
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Associate's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Stellenbosch, South Africa

About the role

• Manager: Projects overseeing IT projects execution and managing a team of project managers at BCXP. Ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and scope, while adhering to governance standards.

Responsibilities

• To manage the execution of IT projects in accordance with the specified and agreed upon scope, timeframe, budget, and quality requirements
• To monitor adherence to project management governance, principles, standards, and methodologies
• To lead and manage a team of project managers and other project resources to execute IT projects and programmes
• Define project plans incorporating scope, budget, and timeframes to ensure quality and successful project execution
• Manage the delivery of multiple, large-scale, projects to successful completion in accordance with scope, budget, timeframe, and service level agreements
• Monitor governance and quality of the projects, including adoption of PMO methodologies, principles, tools, standards, and processes
• Provide onsite guidance for the project team to build and motivate team members to meet project milestones
• Resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies, and critical path deliverables
• Track and report on project status and performance, monitoring project overheads and capital expenses, project deliverables, dependencies, and timeframes
• Identify and mitigate risks within the project and manage project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives to improve project delivery
• Collaborate and facilitate optimum engagement between and within BCX Divisions and establish and enhance relationships and network with partners, customers and vendors in support of market dominance
• Lead and manage a team of project professionals in executing projects and programmes

Requirements

• NQF 6: 3 year Degree/ Diploma/ National Diploma in Computer Science or Business OR NQF 4: Grade 12
• 5 years’ IT project management experience, of which 2 years is at a management/supervisory level
• Alternatively, 7 years’ IT project management experience, of which 2 years is at a management/supervisory level
• Certifications Agile Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or Prince2 or PMBOK or equivalent
• Scrum Master Certification
• Professional Memberships in Relevant Industry

Benefits

• Valid Drivers license
• Hybrid Remote Worker