Pretoria: Manager: Project Management & Business Analysis posted by Fempower Personnel

Position Overview

The Manager: Project Management & Business Analysis is responsible for leading and delivering high-impact organisational effectiveness initiatives.

This role combines strong project management discipline with advanced business analysis capability. The incumbent will manage complex, cross-functional and enterprise-wide projects, conduct strategic business analysis, engage senior stakeholders, and ensure measurable value realisation aligned to organisational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic and enterprise-wide projects (concept to benefits realisation)

• Plan, execute and monitor projects to ensure delivery on time, within scope and aligned to organisational objectives

• Apply appropriate methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, Sprint-based approaches)

• Develop and maintain:

  • Project charters

  • Business cases

  • Project plans and schedules

  • Budgets

  • Risk and issue registers

• Monitor performance, manage dependencies and proactively mitigate risks

• Provide leadership and direction to cross-functional project teams and external service providers

• Conduct post-implementation reviews and capture lessons learned

• Ensure governance, reporting and assurance requirements are met

Business Analysis & Strategic Insight

• Conduct structured business analysis to define problems, opportunities and strategic options

• Elicit, analyse and document business requirements and functional specifications

• Develop process maps and assess current-state operations

• Design future-state solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness and service outcomes

• Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives and measurable KPIs

• Support data-informed decision-making through analysis, insights and scenario modelling

• Provide recommendations aligned to organisational and project objectives

• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management frameworks, tools and standards

Stakeholder & Change Enablement

• Partner with senior leadership to align projects to strategic priorities

• Facilitate workshops, design sessions and strategic discussions

• Drive stakeholder engagement across business units

• Support change management initiatives to enable successful adoption of new processes and systems

• Operate effectively within complex and politically sensitive environments

Minimum Requirements Qualifications

• Honours degree in Business Management, Project Management or related field

• Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile or equivalent)

• Business Analysis certification (e.g., CBAP or equivalent) advantageous

Experience

• 710 years experience in project management

• Significant exposure to HR and enterprise-wide transformation projects

• 57 years experience in business analysis (requirements elicitation, process mapping, solution design)

• Experience within the public sector or local government environment advantageous

Key Competencies

• Strong project planning, execution and benefits realisation capability

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strategic thinking and systems-level insight

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Advanced stakeholder engagement and facilitation capability

• Strong organisational and execution discipline

• Results-driven with a strong focus on measurable impact

• Ability to manage complexity and political sensitivity

• High attention to detail

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills