Job Overview
Business Segment: Group Functions
Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street
Job Type: Full-time
Job Ref ID: 80444789A-0001
Date Posted: 8/25/2025
Job Description
To manage and coordinate the execution of a portfolio of projects, through the leadership of cross-functional teams and project managers in order to deliver large scale business solutions within the required parameters in terms of scope, cost and quality.
Qualifications
A degree in Business Commerce or Project Management.
Experience Required
More than 10 years significant experience required in leading a team of project managers in order to drive the delivery of large scale change programmes in order to enable the execution of strategic business solutions.
Additional Information
Key Responsibilities:
Conduct quality assurance with project managers and cross-functional teams at intervals during the projects to ensure quality of output in the planning, risk management and execution of projects.
Conduct research work with PMO's to develop tools and best practice and ensure these standards are understood and implemented across projects. Coordinate the efforts of the different project teams to minimise duplication of effort, maximise efficiency and value for money by re-balancing resources (people, budgets, equipment) between the different project teams within overall approved resources for the year.
Deliver risk reports to all stakeholders involved in the project team to ensure that risk is managed appropriately by engaging with project and programme boards to ensure adequate understanding and buy in to resolve risk concerns.
Develop portfolio dashboards that monitor the delivery of all the projects in the portfolio by showing the interdependencies and the consolidated change impacts ensuring that all communication, change and journey plans are updated appropriately. Drive audit requirements, across projects, through the collaboration with assurance teams and internal audit to scope assurance reviews, delivery assurance and audits by taking accountability for the remedial actions related to the audit findings of the project implementation process.
Engage with Business Sponsors to ensure adequate buy-in and support is provided for the projects by aligning the Business area's requirements with that of the senior management and sponsors direction of the Business. Engage with members of the Finance team for complex or expensive business cases to ensure that the benefits case is adequately challenged and sound by monitoring ongoing project spend against delivery milestones and highlight all key concerns of overshoot to the project owners.
Guide the prioritisation of projects, across the portfolio, by contributing an expert view on the current demand on resources and the business rationale for the planned changes.
Identify and leverage common goals whilst managing projects across the portfolio by providing guidance to the Business around integration of timelines and final objectives as well as provide an estimation of what the final impact of the common goals will look like.
Lead a team of project managers by conducting the required training and mentoring to ensure they are fully equipped to deliver their projects in-line with best practice.
Behavioural Competencies:
Adopting Practical Approaches
Articulating Information
Convincing People
Directing People
Documenting Facts
Embracing Change
Following Procedures
Making Decisions
Managing Tasks
Meeting Timescales
Producing Output
Upholding Standards
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