IT Project Manager - Hybrid - Contract

SUMMARY:
IT Project,Manager

POSITION INFO:

Our Client a Global Tech firm is seeking an IT Project Manager to join their team in Cape town on a contract basis. They offer stability, growth, attractive rates and a great working environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the business through the continuous review of challenges and ideas to ensure the correct projects are added to the roadmap & executed on
• Co-ordinate project to accomplish the project objectives (delivery on time, within budget and as per requirements and the project sponsor and business owners expectations.) This might involve the management of multiple projects within medium to high complexity
• Responsible for facilitating the delivery of the full project scope by following the Strategic Project Office methodology
• Responsible for adherence to the governance requirements of the PM methodology
• Responsible for the most effective utilization of resources within a delivery portfolio (resource coordination)
• Responsible for effective Risk & Issue Management
• On-going stakeholder management & communication (Acts as single point of contact throughout the project)
• Practice the Strategic Project Office methodology
• Business Transition Management, i.e. ensure that business change as a result of the relevant project(s) is managed in such a way that the disruption to the business is kept to a minimum. This is facilitated by the following:
• Stakeholder analysis, Project structure and team agreed and contracted, Communication plan, Implementation approach incorporating activities that have direct impact on end users, e.g. testing, training and actual implementation taking cognizance of the environment, etc.
• Develops and maintains strong relationship networks
• Performs the relevant controls within their own or other portfolios as required

Skills and Experience

• 8 yrs Project Management Experience
• Agile, PRINCE2, ITIL
• Vendor Management
• Infrastructure Migration
• Change Management
• System Integration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Testing Coordination
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership