We're looking for a dynamic, passionate individual to ensure project and delivery assurance across BSG's project stable, including project management office (PMO) management and reporting.Our Johannesburg office is situated in Houghton Estate, within walking distance of the Rosebank Gautrain station.Location: JohannesburgIntro:Reporting into the Client and Risk Executive, this portfolio entails ownership of the Project and Delivery Assurance function, including but not limited to Delivery Assurance management, Project Management Office (PMO) management and reporting.Main Purpose of the Role:Provide input into the holistic Operational execution strategy and plan, with a focus on Delivery Assurance and Project Management effectiveness.Design and implement the Project and Delivery Assurance framework, ensuring incremental maturity improvement.Define Delivery and Assurance function goals and contributions.Lead the PMO effort and measurements across all projects.Lead the Delivery Assurance efforts and measurements, providing an end-to-end view of project performance and the ongoing client experience (e.g., milestones met/missed, client key stakeholder engaged/mapped, schedule on track, stage plans approved).Develop a view of delivery quality, reporting this to relevant stakeholders.In the event of project underperformance/misalignment with business goals, define and lead (through others) necessary actions to remediate.Maintain overall responsibility for systems, processes and practices, tools, material and administration relevant to Project and Delivery Assurance function, and continuously work to improve these.Design and implement a robust way-of-working to monitor the projects in-flight against baselines (project and commercial models).Monitor, track and report on performance, risks and compliance to internal stakeholders.Develop, maintain and monitor the key assurance processes including Risk Management, Quality Assurance, Stakeholder Management, Client Service/Spirit levels as executed by the Sales teams and project/portfolio performance (Scope, Schedule, Budget).Provide assurance that key projects and portfolios meet the client's specified benefit realisation goals.Provide project delivery input in pre-sales opportunities.Ensure appropriate Risk and Assurance training and guidelines are in place.Provide guidance and career support to PMO team members.Direct and coordinate project management approach and methodology to deliver best-in-class professional services.Maintain fit-for-purpose PMO through collaboration across the ecosystem.Risk and Assurance Management:Ownership of risk and assurance execution framework.Drive assurance plan(s) across deliverables, including due consideration for software implementation programmes.Critique/perform quality assessment reviews on deliverables, plans and reports.Maintain continuous risk and compliance management, including continuous assessments, timely decision making and monitoring of residual risk on projects/programmes.Reporting Management:Design and develop reports across the delivery landscape to enable effective decision making.Manage delivery risk reporting and, where necessary, define remediation steps.Manage exception and variance reporting (e.g., financial performance/scope changes/milestones/stage plans, etc.).Manage people allocation reporting, identify people-related issues (e.g., % fit to roles, gaps in project plans, over-allocation, over-time, etc.).Internal Systems Management:Maintain and update internal PMO systems (SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform, Microsoft Teams, internal ERP, MyWorkLife, etc.).Practical Focus (plans, solutions, technical problem solving).
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