Watershed Consulting Project Manager Sandton Jobs in South Africa
Watershed Consulting Project Manager Sandton Jobs in South Africa
Job DescriptionThis role is responsible for the planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing of Business and Information Technology projects in support of business objectives and ongoing operations. This includes managing projects and producing required artefacts in accordance with the Bank’s project management methodology. The project manager is the key point of contact among project stakeholders
Qualifications
Project Management qualification or certification (CAPM,PMP,SCRUM) or;
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field
Experience.
6-10 years project management experience within a Banking environment.
Experience managing projects following the PMBOK and/or Agile/Scrum methodologies
Experience managing software development or QA projects will be highly advantageous
Job Specific Requirements.
Excellent communication skills. Uses diplomacy and assertiveness as required in communication with external and
internal stakeholders;
Be the single point of contact among project stakeholders;
Is well experienced in influencing business user decision making and direction. Takes time to establish underlying
needs of business beyond those initially expressed;
Must be able to conform with methodologies and processes
Duties and Responsibilities
Project Management
KPA
Scope of responsibility includes any and all phases of the project life cycle as well as project team management.
Takes full responsibility for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of software development projects with diverse scope.
Works with the project sponsor for the execution of the project charter outlining goals, budget, timing, deliverables, project scope, and required resources.
Completes work breakdown structure for the estimation of efforts needed for each task in association with the developers or other skilled resources involved.
Prepares and provides a project schedule to all participants to identify the commencement of their tasks.
Ensures that realistic project plans are maintained and ensuring regular and accurate communication to stakeholders, consistent with the methods in use.
Resolves issues
and solves problems throughout the project cycle
Tracks and reports project milestones and provides status reports to project sponsors
Tracks resources and ensures deliverables are met
Meets on-time and on-budget project goals and participates in the identification of and planning for future resourcing needs
Leads knowledge transfer and project post-mortem for lessons learned and improving best practices
Critical Outcomes
Projects and phases delivered on time and within budget
Stakeholders have accurate updates on the plans of projects and phases
Stakeholders have accurate updates on the status of projects and phases in execution
People Management
KPA
Coach, mentor motivate and supervise project team members and contractors. Influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
Identify performance issues and take remedial action where necessary
Provide regular feedback on staff performance
Develop individual goals and align these with the team goals
Identify training needs
Critical outcomes
Motivated staff who deliver to expectations
Staff that are continuously learning and applying lessons learned for the benefit of the bank
Business Interaction
KPA
Takes responsibility for understanding business owner requirements, seeking to address business user needs, identifying, evaluating and recommending options.
Is accountable for communication between project teams and business owners
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Watershed Consulting Project Manager Sandton Jobs in South Africa
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