The scope will include but will not be limited to:
·Prioritise projects and new requests in collaboration with relevant business and department stakeholders to enable strategic alignment and optimal resource allocation.
·Facilitate the development of business case and project initiation documents in accordance with the Programme Management Office methodology, clearly defining and approving the purpose and business motivation.
·Allocate project managers and agree on the allocation of project team members to ensure effective skills utilisation.
·Oversee delivery by project managers according to approved schedules, and produce the expected deliverables within budget and according to specification and quality standards.
·Coach and mentor the project managers and administrators within the team by providing leadership and motivation.
·Conduct programme meetings to consolidate reporting and manage risks and constraints, ensuring cohesion, consistency, and integrity of output.
·Manage specific projects as and when required in accordance with workload or as assigned.
·Engage with and present to senior-level stakeholders within the group at various stages of projects’ life cycles.

Requirements:

• An Honour’s degree in Commerce and/or Information and Communications Technology or an equivalent qualification (NQF8 level);
• Eight to ten years’ job-related experience in programme/portfolio management; and
• Sound knowledge of portfolio, programme and project management disciplines, contract and service management, and project cost management.

The following will be an added advantage:
• A relevant Programme/Project Management certification