KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Planning and designing the program, defining the program's governance arrangements
Facilitating resourcing to project teams in the program whilst ensuring there is allocation of common resources and skills within the program's individual projects
Managing the program's budget on behalf of the Program Executive, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the program progresses
Managing third party contributions to the program
Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects
Managing risks to the Program's successful outcome
Proactively monitoring program progress and impact, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action to facilitate program delivery within defined constraints
Reporting program at regular intervals to the Program Executive
Develop mechanisms for anticipating, responding to and activating change ensuring continued relevance and effectiveness for the business
Develop and activate most viable change management strategies and frameworks for successful implementation of projects
Work with various teams to develop and implement learning programs and frameworks for continuous adoption of changes, improvement and innovation
Regularly conduct project health checks touching on among other things; strategy alignment, people, processes, and technologies and evaluating how well equipped they are in responding to emerging opportunities and threats
Participate in establishing and cascading project best practices, templates, tools, processes
Academic Qualifications
Bachelors (Business, Engineering or related)
Project Management (PRINCE2, MSP, SCRUM)
Business Analysis (CBAP, Six Sigma)
Change Management (Change Management Practitioner, Change Management Foundation Certification, CMS, CCMF, CCMP)
MBA or Equivalent (Added Advantage)
Experience
8 years in Project Delivery (Program & Project Management Skills including prioritization and ability to multi-task, resource management, cost management) of which 5 years should be in managing large scale projects.
Relationship Management (Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Presentation and facilitation skills)
Strong People management capability
Demonstrated Critical thinking, Problem-Solving, Decision-Making skills
Change Management Principles, Best Practices and achievements in large scale projects