Technical Project Manager
| Location | JohannesburgC, South Africa |
| Date Posted | May 11, 2021 |
| Category |
Management
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| Job Type |
Full-time
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| Currency | ZAR |
Description
Global communications management (software) company in Johannesburg is looking for a Technical Project Manager to join their team. Become a part of one of the most reputable customer communication solution companies in Gauteng!
Duties & Responsibilities
- The Project Manager to lead large and small -scale professional service project implementations for diverse clients in the financial services and utility industries. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of project engagements from scoping, initiation, tracking and reporting to closing and billing
- The project management of customer technical engagements from pre-sales to project close
- Creating related Statements of Work that encompass all requirements, deliverables, schedules and pricing.
- Developing meeting agendas, holding regular client meetings, drafting and distributing meeting minutes
- Producing internal documentation such as project templates, training agendas
- Tracking the progress of an implementation to meet deliverables, maintain budget and the go-live date. This includes managing customer expectations around project timelines and delivery deadlines
- Maintaining detailed schedules, performance statistics and metrics to monitor the progress of projects on various aspects like scope, quality, productivity and timeline
- Tracking project plan deviations leading to the need for change requests. Creating change requests and getting sign off by customer
- Ensuring project team faithfully and accurately records all hours in time tracking and project management tool (FinancialForce PSA)
- Managing internal, external and geographically dispersed resources to meet development, configuration and delivery commitments and deadlines
- Building and maintaining detailed project management plans to include resource, schedule, cost, and quality components
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Information technology, Project Management or other related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience working in a Financial Services and/or Utility environment
- Experience working in a software environment
- Experience in document processing, document imaging, electronic content storage
- 2-5 years Project Management experience
- Experience managing application development project teams in both traditional and agile project management methodologies
- Strong negotiation skills
- Proven ability to manage internal, external and geographically dispersed resources to meet development commitments and deadlines
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Highly motivated, self-directed individual
- Proficient PC skills using project management software including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Salesforce / FinancialForce, Jira an asset
- PMP (or currently pursuing), or equivalent project management certification
- Excellent organization skills and attention to detail
- Strong organizational and presentation skills
- Ability to create and manage complex project plans in an efficient and timely manner
- Ability to self-motivate, working remotely or in office
- Ability to travel up to 10%