Job Description

Project Manager

Project Management

• Coordinate and lead weekly project meetings to facilitate communication and progress tracking

• Create, update, and disseminate comprehensive weekly project progress reports, including meeting minutes and action logs

• Monitor project deliverables and implement corrective actions to ensure alignment with project goals

• Manage project risks and issues, implementing strategies to mitigate potential challenges

• Maintain meticulous control over scope changes, ensuring the business case is updated and obtaining necessary customer signoffs

• Chair various project meetings, preparing essential documents such as minutes and reports for SteerCo, Weekly Status & Stakeholder meetings, and Daily Stand-ups

• Direct and motivate project teams across GroupTech to ensure the successful delivery of project scope within established time, cost, and quality parameters

• Regularly update project plans to reflect evolving project requirements and timelines

• Escalate issues to project sponsors, technical leads, and other relevant stakeholders in a timely manner

• Update, submit, and manage change registers and change controls to track modifications to the project scope

• Manage overall project scope, schedules, deliverables, communications, and risks while ensuring compliance with quality standards and adherence to relevant methodologies and templates (governance)

• Monitor key interdependencies and complexities, communicating them effectively across the business

• Oversee the registration, administration, and execution of projects in alignment with company objectives

• Provide comprehensive project documentation for all projects, ensuring transparency and accessibility of information

• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with the Project Management Methodology, project standards, and business strategy, meeting the specified business requirements

• Provide necessary support to the Programme Manager, Senior Managers, and Head of PMO as required

• Manage key interdependencies and complexities (cross-functional teams across The Company) closely and ensure these are communicated and understood across Business and GroupTech

Qualifications

• A Bachelors Degree or Equivalent NQF Level 7 Qualification in Business / Project Management / Engineering

• Project Management certification (PMP® / Prince2® / Agile or similar) Advantageous

Experience

• A minimum of 5+ years of relevant work experience

• Senior Project Management experience

• Proven track record in delivering complex cross-functional projects

• Proven track record in delivering OTT projects