Overview
Senior Project Manager – IT Shared Services Jobs in Sandton, South Africa at Dimension Data
As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of an enterprise-wide project involving multiple partners and clients. You will be required to work closely with all levels of business throughout the entire lifecycle of the project in order to ensure success at each stage. You will also manage all aspects of planning and implementation whilst working collaboratively with other teams within Oracle.
Requirements
Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures.
Identification and managing of Project dependencies and Critical Path
Scheduling regular meetings and recording decisions (e.g. assigned tasks and next steps)
Update project management governance documents
Prepare and provide documentation to internal teams and key stakeholders
Monitor project progress and address potential issues
Act as the point of contact for all participants
Organizing, attending, and participating in stakeholder meetings
Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings
Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for the project
Document project risks and issues and follow-up on feedback and solutions
Ensure that all key stakeholders stay informed and are considered when required, e.g., GDT OpCo, Quality Manager and the Service Now Owner
Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.
Create a project management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective
Build out Statement of Work for projects with the relevant subject matter experts
Updating the Project Management Tracking and Monitoring Tools, where required
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field required.
At least 8 years of experience in IT management, including 5+ years of project management experience
Strong leadership skills and ability to lead teams to achieve project objectives
.RICEFWs ( Reports, Interfaces, Conversions , Enhancements, Forms , Workflows)
Interdependency to existing Projects
Multiple BUs across different locations globally, Multiple languages
Multiple vendor contracts/partnerships
Reporting capability, including dashboards
Capability :
Organizational design , SLA Definition, Target Operating Model
definition, Global Service Catalogue
General project management understanding and experience (PMP / PRINCE2
certification is a plus)
Project administration knowledge and experience.
Knowledge of Computer Systems Validation (CSV) process is preferred
Knowledge of and experience in Pharmaceutical industry is preferred
Additional beneficial knowledge areas:
COBIT frameworks
Quality – ISO
9001 / GAMP
Shared Services Models
Title: Senior Project Manager – IT Shared Services
Company: Dimension Data
Location: Sandton, South Africa
Category: IT/Tech (IT Project Manager)
