Senior Project Manager – DBN needed at BETSoftware

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 5 years’ 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 organizations.
• 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 within 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, analyses results, and troubleshoots 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 BET’s stakeholder landscape, interactions, and linkages across the organisation and its potential future movement.
• Builds and maintains 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 uses this to maximise BET Software’s influence and credibility.