Qualifications:
- 3 – year Bachelors Degree/ NQF level 7 – IT Degree
Experience:
- Proven experience as a Program Manager
- Minimum of 10 years of experience delivering projects and programmes in large corporate environments.
- Experience in a Retail environment would be highly desirable
- Successful delivery of programmes of over 50 individuals comprised of business and technology (Technical most important) solution components.
- The successful individual must have IT knowledge and experience, and proven Program Implementation in a technical environment.
- Relationship management experience at director and senior executive level (Must have presented to Steerco)
- Management of both agile and waterfall delivery teams
- Excellent knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles
- Control and governance of high cost and high-risk programmes
Job objectives:
- Formulating, organizing and monitoring inter-connected projects
- Deciding on suitable strategies and objectives
- Coordinating cross-project activities
- Accountable for successful, on-time and on-budget programme delivery that is easily adopted
- Ensures the programme scope and business case is properly defined and accepted by key stakeholders Facilitates delivery roadmaps and designs of high-level solutions that will ensure the achievement of programme objectives.
- People management (different disciplines)
- Establish and manage programme roadmaps, release schedules and plans to support delivery according to agreed milestones.
- Ensures programme is delivered in-line with specifications, quality standards and governance requirements
- Collaborates and facilitates decisions to manage critical dependencies, resolve conflicts, mitigate risks
Knowledge & Skills:
The successful candidate must show outstanding leadership with strong problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills.