Job Purpose:
- The job holder will be responsible for business technology projects and IT change requests throughout all phases of the project cycle from contract award to the handover to the client
- This role tracks and manages the implementation of projects across IT and the enterprise initiatives tabled at the Technology Steering Committee as and when required
- Strong focus on end to end project delivery, including financial reporting and project tracking, and roll out schedule while providing detailed reporting at every step of the execution.
- Providing regular project status reports indicating extent of conformance with and deviation from approved budgets and schedules.
- Collaborate with other IT teams to ensure project resources are negotiated and available to deliver project. Identify outsourcing solutions upfront when internal resources cannot fulfill requirements
- Meeting with project stakeholders of all levels and report progress of the project on an ongoing basis and at scheduled points in the life-cycle.
- Meet with IT department head, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to resolve problems to enable projects to move on schedule
- To assist the organization and IT team in implementing technology solutions in a cost-effective way by determining the requirements of a project, request and communicating clearly to the stakeholders, management, business user, facilitators and vendors.
- Assist system Integration Manager to review / edit the properness of documents related to project or tasks before submission to sr management or business user for review.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develops and updates project dashboards for KPI displays using project management tools
- Create and update the business case of a business requirement. This includes eliciting requirements that will lead to IT projects.
- Drive the design or review the Business case, test cases, process change requests, and manage a project’s scope, acceptance, installation and deployment.
- Writing clear documents including charters, and leading project meetings with Sr. Management.
- Develops and updates project dashboards for KPI displays using project management tools. Deep understanding of all project tools and project methodologies
- Update and maintain the Project registry for assigned projects
- Working closely with IT managers to identify and manage risks related to project delivery.
- Rigorously managing project scope in collaboration with business stakeholders and within the program parameters.
- Review contract documents and specifications to make sure they all meet the stakeholders understanding of scope and works to bridge any gaps.
- Acts as liaison with IT and/or business users/vendors.
- Prepares systems project documentation, obtains commitment from all groups and recommends project plan to management.
- Taking on Extra tasks assigned by management in achieving company goal. Extra/other duties as assigned
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Degree in Information Technology Computer science major in information management and project management training
- 8-10 years experience in IT industry, IT Project Management and/or the Airline industry.
- Project Management Concepts and Certifications (PMP, PMI).
- Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) and Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Programs
Interested candidates are to submit their applications by Friday, 30th August 2024 via the DA Centralised Recruitment System.