Cape Town: Senior Project Manager posted by iOCO Digital Pty Lty

About the Role

At iOCO, we’re more than just a company; we’re a dynamic team committed to pioneering solutions that matter, driving business agility, and ensuring digital resilience for our clients. We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead one or more large-sized projects of moderate to high complexity with a medium- to large-sized team.

Key Responsibilities

• Setting up the overall project structure, including governance forums, roles and responsibilities.
• Coordinating and facilitating workshops with stakeholders, delivery teams, and external vendors.
• Developing and maintaining a consolidated project plan with clear milestones for each workstream.
• Tracking progress across all teams and providing consolidated reporting to stakeholders.
• Managing dependencies, risks, and issues across business and technical teams.
• Overseeing contracting and engagement with external service providers or vendors as required.
• Ensuring alignment across business, technology, compliance, and operations stakeholders.
• Providing regular communication and updates to senior leadership on progress and blockers.

Requirements

• 8-10 years experience in Project Management, with a strong track record of leading and completing projects
• Essential Domain knowledge required: Rewards Environment exposure and previous experience in rewards programmes; rewards models, rule changes, and partnership strategy & onboarding. Rewards Programme lifecycle management experience.
• Experience in Agile Methodologies
• Ability to work in complex, dynamic, and evolving environments.

Qualifications

Relevant Tertiary Degree in (Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science)

Essential Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP / PgMP / ACP / CAPM) / PRINCE 2 Agile Practitioner, SAFe Lean Portfolio Management,

Preferred Qualifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Personal Attributes

• Decision Making
• Stakeholder Management
• Facilitating Change
• Influencing
• Building Partnerships
• Customer Orientation
• Cultivates Innovation
• Results Driven with collaborative approach
• Ensures Accountability
• Manages Conflict and Obstacles effectively
• Independence self-starter
• Situation adaptability & managing ambiguity