Description:
Key Responsibilities:- Develop, maintain, and monitor detailed project plans, timelines, schedules, and delivery roadmaps.
- Oversee project budgets, including cost forecasting, financial projections, and tracking actuals against approved plans.
- Control and manage project scope, ensuring adherence to agreed requirements and supporting formal change management processes.
- Plan, coordinate, and optimise human and technical resources, including workload distribution and capacity planning.
- Identify, monitor, and escalate project risks, issues, and dependencies, implementing effective mitigation strategies.
- Act as the primary facilitator and Scrum Master for all Agile ceremonies and team engagements.
- Champion and enforce Agile (Scrum and Kanban) principles, standards, and best practices.
- Coach and support teams in Agile adoption, maturity, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Proactively identify and remove impediments, blockers, and bottlenecks to enable efficient team delivery.
- Serve as the central point of contact for project teams and key business stakeholders.
- Facilitate stakeholder and user engagement sessions, provide clear status reporting, and drive alignment and decision-making.
- Provide strong leadership, direction, and motivation to ensure high-performing project teams.
- Promote a collaborative, empowered, and self-organising team culture.
- Partner with QA teams to implement comprehensive testing strategies and ensure quality assurance standards are met.
- Act as a delivery "flight controller," monitoring execution, scheduling activities, tracking progress, and optimising resource utilisation.
- Apply professional judgement by assessing situations against established frameworks and executing work in line with defined processes.
- Manage a portfolio of key internal stakeholders as an accounts executive, analysing needs, resolving delivery challenges, and ensuring service excellence.
Job Experience and Skills Required:
- Diploma or Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Business Administration
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification
- 5-7 years of dedicated experience in IT Project Management
- Proven experience managing software development projects using Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Demonstrable experience managing technology infrastructure or service desk projects (e.g., Waterfall or Hybrid)
- Strong experience in project financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost control
- Experience working within or in alignment with a corporate Project Management Office (PMO)
- Expert knowledge of both Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and traditional (Waterfall) project management frameworks
- Strong understanding of PMO princi
09 Jan 2026;
from:
gumtree.co.za