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Project Manager Jobs in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa at MARQUIS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Title: Project Manager
Company: MARQUIS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Location: City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
The Program Management & Operations (PMO) Team is responsible for planning and delivering several product lines and Professional Services projects for various customers. As Technical Project Manager, you will be in charge of managing, coordinating and overseeing some customer facing and internal projects related to one program. Some projects require a deep technical understanding and the ability to explain technically complex topics to a broader audience. You will also be involved in operational activities: procurement, suppliers management, costs, budgets, documents & reports, …. This involves close interactions with related product, engineering, QA, architecture, PMO, sales, finance teams and reporting via the PMO organization.
The main responsibilities of the Technical Project Manager role are: • Initiating & Planning projects within a program o Organize a project kick-off o Determine and define project scope and objectives o Foresee resources needs to reach the objectives o Facilitate project planning by prioritizing tasks, identifying dependencies and work packages, setting deadlines and deliverables o Propose and oversee timelines for the projects • Executing projects within a program o Manage detailed and high-level project schedules and plans o Ensure resource availability and allocation o Operationally manage and coordinate internal and external resources efficiently o Liaise with product managers and other PMO colleagues to translate internal and customers roadmap and requirements into engineering plans, processes o Ensure plan accuracy and manage the associated risks o Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope, within budget and quality o Provide regular project updates to various stakeholders o Communicate, report and collaborate consistently with other managers, suppliers, customers and contractors • Operational oversight, Monitoring & Controlling projects within a program o Monitor & track progress, change requests, risks o Assist with daily operational activities o Facilitate & coordinate procurement activities o Liaise with and manage relationships with suppliers o Plan purchase orders and check invoices o Prepare & maintain operations documents & reports o Report and escalate to management as needed o Measure performance and propose improvements o Review processes and ensure efficiency o Contribute to ISMS, GDPR, ISO9001 and ISO27001 processes and procedures.
o Review budget and reassess costs with PnL owners • Closing projects o Perform due diligence for necessary processes o Assess the strengths and the weakness and possibly organize a post-mortem • Use program/project management best practices, standards • Develop and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders and executives
Desirable Skills • Knowledge of software development lifecycle • Knowledge of PRINCE 2 or PMBOK is a plus • Knowledge of Agile approach: Scrum, Nexus • Knowledge of Scaled Agile frameworks: Scrum of Scrums is a plus • Knowledge of AWS cloud • Experience with cloud-to-cloud migration customers facing projects • Experience with Datawarehouse systems and associated data migration projects • Knowledge & practical use of ISO9001, ISO27001, GDPR standards is a plus • Use of JIRA Advanced Roadmap, MS Project or similar PPM/project management tools • Use of recent version of Microsoft Office tools • Awareness of security software and practises
Education: Bachelor + experience / Master
