Johannesburg: IT Infrastructure Programme Manager (12-Month)

Key responsibilities: Program Planning & Strategy: Develop and define the scope, objectives, and business cases for infrastructure projects that align with the organization’s strategic goals. Project Oversight: Provide end-to-end management for multiple simultaneous infrastructure projects, ensuring they are delivered on schedule and within budget. Budget & Resource Management: Manage project budgets, including planning, tracking actuals, and forecasting future expenditures. Risk & Issue Management: Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, and changes, developing and implementing mitigation strategies. Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Act as a liaison between technical teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors, ensuring alignment and effective communication. Governance & Compliance: Enforce project management methodologies and standards, and ensure all projects adhere to governance frameworks and regulatory requirements. Team Coordination: Coordinate project team members, including technical staff and third-party resources, and manage resource allocation. Status Reporting: Provide regular, transparent status reports to executive management and key stakeholders, outlining progress, risks, and key decisions. Minimum Technical Skills and Qualifications: Minimum 3-year post matric tertiary qualification (Degree/Diploma) Project Management qualification (PMP / Prince 2 / PMBOK / Post-graduate Project Management certification) Post-graduate, Agile certification would be an added advantage. 5 years of post-qualification experience in Project Management in IT/ICT projects with at least 4 as a Programme Manager. Proficient in ICT infrastructure components, including data centers, servers, storage systems, networking, and security technologies. Well-versed in infrastructure technologies of leading cloud hyper scalars (e.g., Azure, Google Cloud, Huawei), including virtualization, storage, replication, data protection, and encryption. Essential Skills required: Skilled in implementing cybersecurity strategies for defending network perimeters. Experienced in overseeing multi-cloud hosting initiatives. Proven track record in managing ICT network programs encompassing SD-WAN, network security, cloud integration, Wi-Fi connectivity, network segmentation, and edge computing to minimize latency. Led initiatives in Infrastructure Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and execution. Knowledgeable in compliance standards and methodologies relevant to ICT infrastructure governance. Familiar with compliance requirements for physical access control within data center environments. Experienced in deploying and utilizing technologies for ICT infrastructure monitoring and performance reporting. Skilled in managing and implementing solutions across diverse Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).