Portfolio Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Portfolio Manager works under supervision of the Head of Project Delivery Centre and oversees Portfolios of Business Demand (across the Group) as well as governance and delivery management using the PDC (Project Delivery Centre) methodology framework aligned to the Santam Agile Program and Project standard.

The Portfolio Manager works closely with a variety of stakeholders, including Executives, internal clients (Business stakeholders), vendors and contractors. They may take responsibility for the management of multiple related projects, which are directed toward a common objective and in these instances will be the central point of contract and escalation for all program and project delivery within the account. They typically operate across domains, business units, geographies and technologies.

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

The STS (Santam Technology Services) team has a position available for a Portfolio Manager who will be based at our Head Office in Cape Town, Tygervalley.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The role works across the Business Facing Units (Client Solutions, Broker Solutions, Partner Solutions, Specialist Solutions, Santam Re & International and Shared and Enabling services)

The scope includes:

• Managing a portfolio of products aligning with the organisations' strategic objectives
• Monitor portfolio items progress and raise impediments impacting on delivery
• Enable portfolio oversight
• Program Manage the Digital Program that drives the delivery of all digital initiatives in the SIIC (Strategic Investments Initiatives Committee) portfolio
• Governance definition & support
• Govern stage gates as per delivery framework
• Monitor & ensure quality of project execution
• Facilitate benefit case definition & review
• Enable benefit tracking
• Provide oversight and reporting of the 3-year portfolio view aligned to the corporate and IT strategic roadmap
• Identify Portfolio Risks
• Enhance & maintain portfolio and project risk management framework
• Risk appetite and tolerance framework
• Define and track key risk indicators
• Define Project Management and Project Co-ordination resource demand and supply
• Monitor and balance capacity & allocation
• Contract management
• Team leadership and management including but not limited to performance management, recruitment & career development
• Facilitate Project Management and Project Co-ordination community of practice

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) or Project Management Professional (PMP) AND/OR Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)
• Overall 10 + Years of experience in a Project Delivery Environment
• 5 - 8 Experience as a Snr Project Manager
• 1-3 Experience in the role of Portfolio Manager

SKILLS

• Lean Portfolio Management Knowledge
• Agile Delivery
• Project Management
• IT acumen
• Business acumen
• Portfolio Analysis
• Atlassian suite of tools (Confluence, Jira etc).
• Conceptual (big picture thinking) with a strong focus on execution
• Analytical
• Appropriate communication at all levels (verbal and written)
• Attention to detail
• Solution oriented

COMPETENCIES

• Collaborates
• Drives results
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Cultivates Innovation
• Client Focus
• Business Acumen
• Portfolio Management
• Reporting and Administration
• Balances Stakeholders

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We're about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

At Santam, we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals, we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.

Should you be aware of a qualified individual, please pass this vacancy on to them.