IT Project Manager

The purpose of this role is to plan, organise, control and coordinate IT projects within the group. This is a JSE Listed Company within the Retail/Manufacturing/Wholesale industry. You will be responsible for the direction, coordination, implementation and completion of projects aligned with company strategy. Ensure that timelines and budgetary constraints are met. This role reports directly to the IT Executive.

• NQF 4 with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a similar position
• Project Management qualification
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge)
• Project environment knowledge
• General management knowledge and skills

• Responsible for the management of a project methodology incorporating structures, standards, processes, documentation and reporting
• Manages processes supporting the Project Steering Committee, streamlining communications between project team members and project sponsors
• Maintain processes to ensure project management documentation, reports and plans are relevant, accurate and complete
• Maintain and update the project management framework and disciplines necessary to support a Project Management Officer (PMO)
• Assist and advise Project Sponsors to the best use of project management disciplines and approaches
• Assist with establishing PMO stakeholder management plan and implementation of the communication framework
• Manage resource allocation for effective project delivery
• Act as a reference point for PMO queries and information
• Plan projects schedules, resource allocation, durations
• Assist sponsors to define scope, quality and deliverable requirements
• Lead project teams
• Ensure that all projects meet scope, time, quality and cost goals
• Implement and manage change when necessary
• Evaluate and assess the results of project/s
• Present project progress reports to stakeholders, as well as problems and solutions
• Identification and resolution of issues
• Build risk and lessons learned register per project
• Define corrective/ mitigating actions based on risk register, with project teams
• Drive all corrective/ mitigating actions to completion
• Project governance:
  Define and review project planning and implementation of processes at least annually. Ensure familiarity with Company project management processes
• Review budgets / periodic forecasts and control project expenses. Adhere to project budgets
• Ensure that customer requirements for each project constraints (time, scope, budget, quality) are met to the requirements of the scope document
• Develop positive relationships with Project Sponsors and teams to enable the PMO to provide support including facilitation tracking and reporting on projects
• Track and report on project portfolio performance, providing a comprehensive and prioritized view of all projects