Senior Project Manager

apartmentMindworx Consulting placeJohannesburg calendar_month 
Tasks and Responsibilities:

Project Delivery and Governance:

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring alignment with business goals, timelines, and budgets
  • Establish and manage project governance, including scope, planning, risks, issues, and change control
  • Ensure compliance with project management frameworks, methodologies, and reporting standards

Stakeholder and Communication Management:

  • Engage proactively with sponsors, owners, and stakeholders to manage expectations and ensure alignment.
  • Communicate project progress, risks, and key decisions through clear, concise reporting and presentations.
  • Facilitate collaboration and transparency across cross-functional teams and external partners

Planning and Execution:

  • Develop detailed project plans, milestones, and deliverables in collaboration with delivery teams
  • Coordinate dependencies, track progress, and ensure timely completion of critical activities
  • Identify and escalate key decisions or risks impacting project success

Team Leadership and Collaboration:

  • Provide guidance, motivation, and direction to project teams and vendors
  • Foster a collaborative and accountable working environment
  • Mentor and support junior project managers or coordinators, where applicable

Quality, Risk and Continuous Improvement:

  • Monitor project quality, ensuring outputs meet agreed standards and business objectives
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues proactively
  • Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and process optimization
Minimum Requirements:

Qualifications:

  • Relevant tertiary qualification in Project
  • Management, Business, or a related discipline
  • Professional certification (PMP, PRINCE2, AgilePM, or Scrum Master) preferred

Experience:

  • Minimum 8+ years experience in project management, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role managing large, complex initiatives
  • Proven track record of delivering multi-stakeholder projects successfully
  • Experience managing both business and technical projects
  • Experience using Smart Sheets will be preferred
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