Senior Manager Project Portfolio x 2

About the role

Senior Manager Project Portfolio Delivery will be responsible for providing direction and leadership to project management teams for planning, formulating, managing and maintaining professional project support strategies, services, resources, and controls necessary for the success of the portfolio. Position/Task Grade: EEE. Business Unit: Projects Delivery KwaZulu Natal. Department: Project Delivery. Location: Kwazulu Natal and Gauteng.

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities
• Position and provide strategic leadership and oversight for the management and integration of projects and programmes within the portfolio.
• Direct and report on portfolio performance according to the benefits realisation process, governance framework and contractual requirements.
• Direct and report on financial performance of the portfolio.
• Position and direct strategic relationships with key stakeholders for delivery of the portfolio.
• Direct and influence the execution of portfolio projects.
• Lead and manage the portfolio management team performance.
• Position and direct controls for planning, scheduling, accounting and costing for delivery of the portfolio
• Skills and Competencies Required
• Behavioural
• Resilience and flexibility
• Dealing with complexity
• Working with authority
• Providing direction through change
• Strategic thinking
• Integrity and values
• Building cross boundary relationships
• Leadership
• Strategy generation and alignment
• Change leadership
• Stakeholder mobilisation management
• Embrace diversity
• Emotional maturity
• Building/developing teams
• Business acumen
• Teamwork/collaboration
• Delegation of authority and responsibility
• Knowledge
• Construction Management
• Project Management
• Engineering
• General management
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Planning and Scheduling
• Contracts Management
• Quantity Surveying
• Cost engineering and management
• Financial Management
• General management
• Portfolio strategic management
• Portfolio governance, performance, communication, risk, stakeholder management
• Skill
• Analytical/problem-solving
• Client focus
• Organisational communication
• Developing organisational talent
• Negotiation, persuasiveness and conflict resolution
• Planning and organising
• Strategic functional leadership
• Judgement and decision making
• Influencing

Requirements

• Qualification(s)
• B-Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Built Environment/ Commerce/ Human Sciences at NQF 7 with 360 credits
• Experience
• 10 years’ experience in portfolio, programme and project management/construction management
• Disclaimer