Project/ Programme Manager, Midrand

Our Client in a Telecommunication industry is looking for a Project/Programme Manger for a 6 months contract, with a possibility of renewal.

• The candidate will be responsible for the planning, coordination, and deployment of all releases into production within a particular domain or business outcome.
• This role is responsible for identifying, managing, and mitigating cross-program risks and issues, in order to facilitate on-time delivery of capabilities and features aligned to the business outcome vision.
• This role is responsible for working closely with the domain or business outcome Product Manager and supporting Product Owners to coordinate delivery of capabilities.
• This role is responsible for defining release readiness requirements against business outcome needs and validating readiness before release into production.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field
  Seven or more years experience in coordinating and delivering major projects and programs
• Extensive experience in managing dependencies effectively across multiple delivery teams, meeting deadlines and business outcome objectives.
• Formal training and/or certification in Scaled Agile Framework or similar preferred.
• Experience in payment processing, point-of-sale services and Value-added products.
• Certified Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or similar
• Extensive experience with one or more project/program management methodologies, such as PMI PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile and MSP and across a range of project types
• Experience with project management tools e.g. JIRA, MS Project
• Professional experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries strongly preferred.