Senior Project Manager

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  • Johannesburg, Gauteng
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
About the job Senior Project ManagerKey role and responsibilities:
  • Manage project initiation by developing and ensuring the project charter approval, identify and engage stakeholders.
  • Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans, schedules, reports, and meeting minutes.
  • Ensure that all project documentation is accurate and up-to-date in the PMO Toolset as well as project folders.
  • Identifying, managing, and communicating changes (risks, issues, actions and decisions) that may affect the project
  • Able to problem solve and conflict manage situations that may arise on the project
  • Managing project team members by delegating tasks and setting expectations for performance
  • Monitoring resource allocation, timelines, and other key metrics to ensure project milestones are met
  • Facilitating meetings with stakeholders to ensure effective communication about projects
  • Monitoring and controlling work input and scope to ensure that all projects remain on track and in control
  • Ensuring the projects and activities are executed in the most efficient and agile way based on agreed company methodologies, tools, and processes
  • Planning and managing program stakeholders, scope, activities, conflict resolution, and approach in and across a highly matrixed global organization through direct interaction and communication, regular status reports and personally managing escalations, when necessary
  • Report on financial progress on the project, control variances and ensure approvals
  • Following the change methodology, participate, facilitate, drive the deliverables and manage feedback with the senior leadership on the project to ensure successful adoption.
Change Management
  • Apply a structured methodology (ADKAR, PROSCII) and lead change management activities
  • Leverage a change management methodology, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.
Support communication effortsEnable the design, development, delivery and management of key communications.Assess the change impact and stakeholder analysisConduct impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders.Support training effortsProvide input, document requirements, and support the design and delivery of training programs.Knowledge, skills and attributes:
  • Proficiency in project management methodology, tools, and templates (includes project planning, schedule development, scope management and cost management)
  • Formidable team working skills across matrixed client, supplier, and geographically dispersed virtual teams
  • Instrumental in the use of IT methodologies, processes, and standards for project management
PMP or similar project management certification is a must haveProficient in MS project and\other scheduling toolsExperienced in delivery that includes the use of external supplier and offshore resources * Excellent communication skills and presenting to senior leadership up to Director and C-Suite
  • More than 5yrs experience in project governance and working with a PMO environment
  • Experience in participating or driving change management as part of the project
  • Communicating with Senior stakeholders (Steercoms, Status reporting, Weekly meetings)

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