Project Manager

About the role

The Project Manager leads the planning and delivery of assigned business and technology projects, from authorised handover through transition and closure. The role ensures control of scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, risks, dependencies and change, applies approved Waterfall, Agile or Hybrid delivery approaches, leads multidisciplinary teams, keeps audit-ready documentation and reports to governance stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Project governance: establish governance, approvals, documentation and stakeholder responsibilities from handover through mobilisation.
• Planning and controls: develop and maintain plans, schedules, budgets, resource needs, risks, milestones, dependencies and delivery baselines.
• Project delivery: lead execution, monitor progress and manage risks, issues, changes and reporting.
• Financial and commercial management: monitor budgets, forecasts and commitments, and coordinate procurement, vendor deliverables and commercial requirements.
• Stakeholder management: build relationships across business, technology, governance and vendor teams and enable timely decisions.
• Testing and implementation: coordinate testing, implementation readiness, go-live, handover and post-implementation support.
• Project closure: complete lessons learned, financial and contractual close-out, documentation and benefits transition.
• Team leadership: give clear direction, coach team members on BSP delivery standards and contribute to continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Diploma or degree in Business, Commerce, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 3 years' project management experience with successful delivery, ideally involving technology-enabled change, multidisciplinary teams and vendors.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, vendor coordination, negotiation and written communication skills.
• Desirable: project management certification (PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, AgilePM or Scrum); experience in banking or financial services, testing, business readiness, operational transition or complex multi-business-unit projects is an advantage.

Required skills

• Project planning and controls, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, dependencies, change and reporting.
• Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid delivery approaches.
• Project governance, stage gates, RAID management, change control, benefits tracking and executive reporting.
• Jira, Confluence and project scheduling and reporting tools.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interviews.