Senior Project Manager (DBN) needed at BETSoftware
Job title : Senior Project Manager (DBN)
Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Deadline : December 13, 2024
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You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree/National Diploma.
- Relevant Project Management Certifications PMP, Prince II, Scrum Master.
- At least 5 years of project management experience, specifically software development projects.
- At least 5years’ of experience with full product lifecycle with an understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle.
- Advanced level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint with experience presenting to stakeholders and/or Senior Leadership.
- Excellent experience in Software Development Lifecycle Methodologies such as Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Kanban, etc.
- Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organisations.
- Tools: MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint; CA Clarity PPM, MS TFS/Azure DevOps, Dynatrace.
- Strong experience presenting to executive sponsors and demonstrated communication skills, both written and verbal with technical and non-technical team members, at all levels of management.
- High levels of influence.
What You’ll Do:
- Defines the Statement of Work and specifications for the requested project work.
- Owns the full project lifecycle which entails successful project delivery including full implementation from initiation to deployment for one large and complex project or several minor initiatives simultaneously.
- Manages all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives.
- Participates in establishing practices, templates, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organisation.
- Prepares estimates and detailed project plans for all phases of the project.
- Works in collaboration with Team Leads to procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes.
- Demonstrates a functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices.
- Understands interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs.
- Manages project scope and changes with all stakeholders and teams on the ground effectively.
- Acts as an internal quality control check for the project.
- Manages a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business.
- Reports on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities.
- Determines the frequency and content of status reports from the project and program team, analyse results and troubleshoot problem areas.
- Provides status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
- Defines success criteria and disseminates them to the involved parties throughout the project and program life cycle.
- Identifies and develops trusted adviser relationships with project stakeholders and sponsors.
- Delivers appropriate, consistent and effective executive level communication throughout the project life cycle.
- Develops and maintains a good understanding of BETs stakeholder landscape, interactions and linkages across the organisation and its potential future movement.
- Builds and maintain positive relationships with internal peers and other team members, in ways that help to deliver the company strategy as a whole.
- Develops a position as a leader among one or more external networks and use this to maximise BET Software’s influence and credibility.
Team management:
- Leads direct and indirect reports for the successful management of the allocated product (i.e. seconded team members).
- Ensures that the cross functional team is aligned with the company’s strategy and working towards achieving the strategy.
- Ensures the team is appropriately resourced and members are equipped with the requisite skill required for both current and future projects.
- Support and/or develop a training and career development plan for each team member.
- Collaboratively works with team members to set performance goals and measures.
- Conducts regular performance discussions with the team to facilitate a culture of growth.
- Facilitates mentoring and coaching as required.
- Oversees all aspects of the team by facilitating and resolving issues through effective problem solving and communication skills.
- Maintain a current and future skill matrix for the team.
- Create a culture for teams that are aligned to the platforms and BET values.
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