Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Specialist
REQ 141646 - Keabetswe Modise
Closing Date : 05 September 2025
Job Family
Information Technology
Career Stream
IT Application Development
Leadership Pipeline
Manage Managers
Job Purpose
To manage (end to end) the strategy; planning; organising; negotiating; staffing directing and controlling of all aspects of projects or programmes for a portfolio in ensuring the successful implementation of IT Projects and to realise the business cluster strategy. Provides expert advice and counsel to functional / and non functional user personnel and project teams on the most complex aspects of integration of logical groupings of facilitate agreed solution and ensure the solution meets business requirements with minimal impact to the stability of the IT environment.
Job Responsibilities
- Effectively manage the delivery of services to the stakeholders by establishing governance forums and by understanding assessing and managing escalated risks associated with programmes and projects
- Optimise the effectiveness of resources through modelling capacity requirements across full portfolio and by understanding and communicating impact of capacity requirements
- Ensure optimal organising of environment by specifying the nature of capacity requirements in alignment with strategic priority and by actively managing the capacity of the project managers in the team and negotiate where capacity constraints occur.
- Take responsibility for implementation of programme and project governance that aligns to project methodologies processes and project disciplines
- Define and agree service level of operational and call centre support - including support and maintenance application health and stability
- Escalate project performance to relevant board by clearly showing business objectives according to business cases
- Ensure optimal team delivery by considering and making amendments to processes structures operating models and business plans
- Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals and support business strategies that improve the corporate image by ensuring self managers and team participation in Nedbank culture building initiatives
- Participate and ensure managers encourage staff to participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy
- Ensure issues raised in culture survey are addressed and results are improved by ensuring action plans are created
- Deliver a world class service through others by ensuring a client centric culture through required areas of resource inefficiencies and promote optimisation through promoting multi-skilling and addressing capacity gaps by reviewing and improving work processes
- Manage branch budget (recoveries of staff incl) through responsible budget planning and management and by driving efficiencies
- Ensure project execution of the end to end life cycle of all portfolio programmes and projects relating to the implementation of IT projects according to the project methodology and successful project delivery by dealing with escalated project issues non delivery conflicts and integration
- Successful execution of Innovation and Technical projects through the Project Management Office
- Lead the full lifecycle of projects from initiation through planning execution monitoring and closure.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans timelines and resource allocations to ensure successful delivery.
- Define project scope goals and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders and sponsors.
- Manage project budgets ensuring cost control and financial accountability.
- Identify assess and mitigate project risks and issues proactively.
- Monitor project progress and performance using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Prepare and present regular project status reports to stakeholders and leadership.
- Facilitate effective communication across project teams ensuring alignment and transparency.
- Coordinate internal resources and third-party vendors for flawless execution of projects.
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior CertificateAdvanced Diplomas / National 1st DegreesPreferred Qualification
Matric and relevant tertiary qualificationMMP or equivalentEssential Certifications
Formal accreditation in professional field where applicableMinimum Experience Level
Minimum 5 Years of Relevant ExperienceFormal Project Management ExperienceStrong Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Skills.Proficiency in Project and Delivery Tools (Microsoft Project JIRA Confluence tracking and reporting).Financial and Risk Management CompetenceKnowledge of risk management change control and quality assurance processes.Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g. Waterfall Agile Scrum Kanban) and delivery frameworks.Technical / Professional Knowledge
BudgetingBusiness administration and managementBusiness principlesBusiness terms and definitionsCapacity planningChange managementClient service managementCommunication StrategiesDiversity managementEmployee training / developmentFinancial Accounting PrinciplesGovernance Risk and ControlsOrganisational behaviour theoryPrinciples of project managementRelevant regulatory knowledgeStakeholder managementStrategic planningTalent managementBusiness writing skillsManagement information and reporting principles tools and mechanismsSystem Development Life cycle(SDLC)Role relevant related technologiesITILIT ConceptsBusiness ProcessProducts and ServicesBehavioural Competencies
Building PartnershipsFacilitating ChangeInspiring othersBusiness AcumenDriving for ResultsSelecting TalentDelegation and EmpowermentPlease contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at
Required Experience :
Manager
Key Skills
Project Management Methodology,Kanban,Project / Program Management,Agile,Waterfall,Project Leadership,Application Development,Project Management,Scrum,Microsoft Project,SDLC,Project Implementation
Employment Type : Contract
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1