Senior IT Project Manager; CPT

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

An IT Delivery Project Manager is responsible for planning, managing, and successfully delivering technology projects that enable business objectives. The role serves as the key link between business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and leadership, ensuring that solutions are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations.
• Manage project execution across the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to deployment and transition into support.
• Monitor progress against milestones and proactively manage deviations.

• Engage with business leaders, product owners, architects, and technology teams to understand requirements and priorities.
• Facilitate communication between business and technical stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and provide regular status updates on project progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Proactive managing issues and dependencies, ensuring timely resolution.
• Prepare and present project reports, steering committee updates, and executive dashboards.
• Coordinate internal and external delivery teams, including business analysts, developers, testers, infrastructure teams, and third-party vendors.

Plan and coordinate the identification and elicitation of requirements; conduct analysis of those requirements for completion and alignment; document and manage requirements throughout the life of the project; and coordinate the verification of the end deliverable. Generally done at the project level.

Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating these matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.

Manage the project review process; provide stakeholders with accurate and relevant information and key recommendations at established review points to enable them to evaluate progress and agree on change.

Lead a small- to medium-sized project team; communicate the project vision and the necessary outcomes, along with guidance to achieve these outcomes; coordinate team actions on project activities; coordinate the flow of additional team members on and off the team, as needed; and identify areas of improvement to build the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring.

Review existing operations in a major area of work and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and ensure the required continuous improvement outcomes are delivered.

Negotiate and manage deployment of project resource budgets, providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization.

Develop short- or medium-term work schedules in order to achieve planned commitments. Approve overtime or use additional resources as needed.

Edit document in line with organizational style guidelines and prepare information for publication.

Provide appropriate documentation and training to enable successful transition to business as usual. Identify and record lessons learned to inform future project activity.

Manage the delivery of assurance reviews within a project, enable the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified, to give senior stakeholders confidence that the project can deliver according to time, budget, and quality.

Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

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