Project Manager-Agile

Key competences:

- Experience in a project management role, with an emphasis on managing demand, idea framing

and project initiation, in a complex matrixed general insurance or financial services organisation.

- Demonstrated evidence of successfully leading and delivering projects within time, budget and

resource constraints and sustaining outcomes.

- Demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders to establish

strong professional relationships and influence outcomes.

- Proven capability to manage change through the initiation and promotion of organisational

transformation, leveraging effective process, collaboration, and communication to foster commitment

and participation.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of communicating with audiences at

all levels with clarity, impact, and influence. Nice to have: Significant experience in the development

and support of large-scale corporate applications, compliance with structured agile development

processes.

Specific activities required:

- Plan projects and improvement initiatives through consultation with Project representatives

during the project lifecycle to ensure high-level requirements are gathered.

- Develop detailed project plans in line with project management methodologies, tracking and

reporting progress to ensure that the project meets agreed timelines and budgets.

- Lead and manage the projects, ensuring the delivery, monitoring the progress, financial tracking,

quality assurance and change management activities, acting as the contact point for all project

changes and escalations and monitoring the delivery of decommissioning plans where relevant

Identify, escalate, manage, and resolve project issues and risks by working with stakeholders

across project teams and the wider organisation.

- Support User Acceptance Test with business teams for solutions delivered by the project(s) or

initiatives being managed

- Support the operationalisation of the changes delivered by the project(s) or initiatives being

managed

- Facilitate coordination amongst various stakeholders to ensure the smooth delivery of the

project(s) or initiatives.

- Deliver all governance, financial and milestone updates within agreed timelines.

- Support the analysis of opportunities including utilisation of tools, data analysis, process analysis,

and cost-benefit analysis to influence and inform decision making. Key Stakeholders and Relationship

- Key Stakeholders and Relationship

o Internal

§ Project Sponsor and Stakeholders: Consult and provide updates on project performance,

opportunities, and risks.

§ Senior Management Team: Build, sustain and leverage relationships with key stakeholders. Ensure

all stakeholders are clear on the status of projects.

o External

Consultants, Service Providers and Vendors: Engage and manage relationships to ensure optimal

return on investment.