Description Investec Sandton is looking for a project manager within the People and Organization (P&O) technology team who will plan, manage, and lead the delivery of multiple projects globally (strategic/business/technical), in line with the project management governance framework, application & integration architecture and IT governance standards.
The project manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of the required outcomes (scope) within the approved timeframe (schedule) and cost (budget).Responsibilities include day-to-day management of all aspects of prioritised and approved change delivery activity across the global business utilising the defined Cloud and System Delivery Life Cycle (CDLC/SDLC) to manage project delivery; responsibility for regular progress and status reporting for all assigned change delivery activities, as well as proactively identifying, reporting and managing all risks, issues and changes that may impact the project outcomes; balance the competing demands of scope, time, cost, quality, resources and risk; delivery of the project outcomes to meet the stakeholder needs on budget and on time and participating fully in the development of the Change Delivery team and processes.
Set up and facilitation of group steercos as well as coordination of key requirement sessions.
Experience, skill and capability • Structured project management methodologies and skills• Agile or lean project management methodologies• Experience working across geographies• Global stakeholder management• Vendor management• Financial acumen• Communication skills – verbal and written.Advantageous Skills / Exposure• Oracle HCM solutions• Cloud technologies: Oracle Fusion and Microsoft Azure • Exposure to DevOps and DORA metrics an advantage• Data Management• Business process and Change managementInvestec Culture At Investec we look for intelligent, energetic people filled with passion, integrity and curiosity.
We value individuals who in turn value our culture that is, a flexible attitude comfortable to live with ambiguity and willing to challenge the status quo.
Diversity, talent and leadership are respected in pursuit of the growth of our business.
People who can manage themselves and build strong relationships in order to get things done, will perform in out of the ordinary ways in our environment.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion when recruiting internally and externally.