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136571 - Busi Radebe
Job Post End Date: 05 November 2024
Job Family: Marketing, Communication, and Data Analytics
Career Stream: Data Analysis
Leadership Pipeline: Manage Self: Professional
Job Purpose
To manage and deliver medium-sized projects within the Data Analytics team of the Group Marketing Department from commencement to completion, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, and timelines. Projects may encompass various disciplines related to marketing technology and customer analytics, aligned with the bank's strategic objectives. The Project Manager will mentor junior staff on agile best practices, ensuring the team is focused on the right tasks at the right times and collaborating with the product manager to translate epics, stories, and other sprint items into actionable tasks for the delivery team.
Job Responsibilities
Agile Implementation: Ensure successful adoption of Agile methodologies in software projects, improving quality in alignment with business needs and strategic goals.
Expert Guidance: Provide expert-level guidance to the project team on processes, systems, tools, and communication, facilitating team dynamics through weekly sessions.
Stakeholder Engagement: Integrate and engage diverse stakeholder groups, facilitating discussions across varying needs and expectations.
Professional Relationships: Build and maintain professional relationships through consistent communication, quality metrics, and project status reports.
Cost Estimation: Ensure accurate cost estimation based on comprehensive client requirements and project scope.
Budget Management: Manage project budgets effectively within the defined project scope.
Project Delivery: Deliver projects on time, within budget, and according to scope and governance frameworks.
Benefit Traceability: Ensure traceability of defined benefits throughout the project lifecycle, escalating any deviations as necessary.
Scope Management: Manage the project scope, ensuring client requirements are comprehensively covered and accurately estimated.
Client Advisory: Advise clients on appropriate project management approaches, identify project stakeholders, communicate their roles, and define their participation levels.
Change Management: Conduct business change impact assessments across processes, systems, and roles as per the change management plan.
Client Communication: Keep clients and management informed throughout the project lifecycle.
Post-Implementation Review: Conduct satisfactory post-implementation reviews, performing retrospectives and "inspect & adapt" sessions as required.
Resource Allocation: Ensure sufficient resource allocation for project delivery.
Methodology Adherence: Manage the delivery of medium projects according to prevailing project management methodologies.
People Specification
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
NQF Level: Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
Professional Qualifications/Honours Degree: NQF level 7 qualification or Honours degree in Project Management or Business Management.
Essential Certifications
Relevant certification in PM practices or methodologies (e.g., PRINCE, PMBOK, etc.)
Preferred Certifications: Project Management or Business Management, Certified Scrum
Minimum Experience Level: 5-8 years working experience in project environment of which 5 years in a PM role
Technical / Professional Knowledge
Industry trends
Relevant software and systems knowledge
Principles of financial management
Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
Principles of project management
Communication Strategies
Decision-making process
Governance, Risk and Controls
Financial management
Information Technology concepts
Behavioural Competencies
Influencing
Customer Orientation
Earning Trust
Continuous Learning
Monitoring Information
Leveraging Feedback
Planning and Organizing
Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566
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