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Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Juru HoldingsCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

The Project Manager will be accountable for one or more large-sized projects of moderate to high complexity with a medium- to large-sized team.

Focuses on the creation of the project vision and planning documents and manages the implementation, reporting, and performance of the overall project with the expectation of delivering on time, within budget, and to scope.

Role of the Project Manager

  • Setting up the overall project structure, including governance forums, roles and responsibilities.
  • Coordinating and facilitating workshops with stakeholders, delivery teams, and external vendors.
  • Developing and maintaining a consolidated project plan with clear milestones for each workstream.
  • Tracking progress across all teams and providing consolidated reporting to stakeholders.
  • Managing dependencies, risks, and issues across business and technical teams.
  • Overseeing contracting and engagement with external service providers or vendors as required.
  • Ensuring alignment across business, technology, compliance, and operations stakeholders.
  • Providing regular communication and updates to senior leadership on progress and blockers.

Key Deliverables from the Project Manager

  • Comprehensive project plan with milestones, timelines, and interdependencies.
  • Workshop schedules, agendas, and documented outputs (decisions, action items, etc.).
  • Consolidated status reports (weekly and monthly) with RAG status indicators.

  • Risk, Issue, and Dependency logs with clear owners and mitigation plans.
  • Contracting delivery timelines with dependent teams.
  • Consolidated view of delivery timelines across business and technology teams.
  • Change management plan to support adoption and communication of new capabilities.
  • Project Setup Requirements

    Establish project governance forums (steering committee, working groups, etc.).

    Set up collaboration tools and reporting templates (project plan, RAID log, dashboards).

    Baseline scope, timelines, and success metrics for delivery. Agree on stakeholder engagement and communication plan. Identify and secure resources (people, systems, budget).

    Ensure alignment with compliance, risk, and operational readiness requirements.

    Professional Knowledge

  • Industry knowledge – Relevant Insurance knowledge (Policies, Procedures and system Knowledge).
  • Product knowledge – Savings and Income, Investments, Digital Products.
  • Agile Project Methodologies.
  • Essential Qualifications

  • Relevant tertiary degree in Finance, Information Technology, or Computer Science.
  • Certifications : Project Management Professional (PMI‑PMP / PgMP / ACP / CAPM) or PRINCE2, Agile Practitioner, SAFe Lean Portfolio Management.
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
  • Certified CXO (if applicable).
  • Experience

  • Essential : Delivering multiple complex, strategic digital projects; 8‑10 years' experience in Project Management in a digital environment, with a strong track record of leading and completing projects; ability to work in complex, dynamic, and evolving environments.
  • Preferred : Rewards Programmes and Data Analytics initiatives.
  • Behavioural Competencies

  • Decision Making.
  • Stakeholder Management.
  • Facilitating Change.
  • Influencing.
  • Building Partnerships.
  • Customer Orientation.
  • Cultivates Innovation.
  • Results Driven with a collaborative approach.
  • Ensures Accountability.
  • Manages Conflict and Obstacles effectively.
  • Independence self‑starter.
  • Situation adaptability & managing ambiguity.
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