• The responsibility of the Program Manager is to deliver the I&T Enterprise Program to the Pick Pay Group.

Minimum requirements

• Tertiary Qualification – Business / Commercial / Technology related
• Certificate or Diploma in Program/IS Project/Program Management (Advantageous)
• 8+ years Business / Commercial / Technology related / Application Development experience
• Proven resource management experience
• Experience with financial budgeting and/or cost of IT initiatives
• Line management experience
• Experience in Retail Industry (Advantageous)
• Experience managing large SAP projects and programs (Advantageous)
• Application of IT governance principles (Advantageous)

Competencies

• Demonstrable knowledge of business/retail/processes
• Value realisation driven with optimisation mindset
• Program and project Management
• Relationship Management and influencing skills
• Project Life Cycle management
• System Development Life Cycle
• Managing within a matrix structure
• Line management (performance management)
• Budget Management and financial acumen
• Quality Management
• Risk Management
• Organisational Change Management
• Responsible for building a strategic roadmap of projects into the IS Enterprise Program
• Responsible for defining the scope and approach of the projects within the IS Enterprise Program and building a business case for approval by PnP Executive team
• Accountable for the delivery of the projects within the IS Enterprise Program
• Responsible for the allocation and management of the project managers assigned to the IS Enterprise Program. Line manager to the delivery team assigned to the IS Enterprise Program – not limited to only project managers.
• Responsible for engagement, building and managing the relationship with the business areas of accountability within the Enterprise Program
• Responsible for the overall IS prioritization of projects within the Enterprise Program as well as the cross functional priorities together with other programs.
• Responsible for managing the interdependencies of projects within the Enterprise Program and other cross functional areas.
• Responsible for building and maintaining relationships and working closely with Enterprise Senior Managers, functionals and architects.
• Responsible for coordinating resource allocation with senior managers and handling conflicts in resource allocation
• Responsible for the Operational budget of the IS Enterprise Program
• Accountable for the governance and adherence to group audit and IS governance frameworks
• Accountable for the administration of the Enterprise program
• Required to stay abreast of technology and framework trends in area of competency
• Required to stay abreast with business model and framework trends in area of competency