Senior Project Manager

Closing Date: 2025/03/07

Reference Number: MMH250225-4

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Position Type: Permanent

Role Family: Operations

Cluster: Momentum Investments

Remote Opportunity: Some of the time

Location - Country: South Africa

Location - Province: Gauteng

Location - Town / City: Centurion

Introduction

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations. We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organisations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilising new platforms, Momentum Group provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses.

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Role Purpose

This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced individual to become a core part of the Momentum Institutional Investments Project team. The successful candidate needs to be comfortable creating the appropriate degree of process and formality with the work that they do. They must be willing to get involved in the detail and “get their hands dirty.” They will be responsible for project management, including a level of business and data analysis relating to internally and externally focused projects and strategic initiatives.

Requirements

Experience and Qualifications

• A relevant degree or diploma.
• At least 5+ years’ financial/business management experience with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in business analysis, data analysis, and 5 years in project management, preferably in the Financial or Asset Management industries.
• Formal qualification/s in Project Management.
• Formal membership of PMI or similar professional organisations is an advantage.
• Formal business analysis certification or qualifications will be an advantage.
• Understanding of various technical terminologies used in SDLC.
• Ability to work flexible hours.
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills – Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Jira and other tools to enhance project details and visibility.

• Manage end-to-end project responsibilities, including post-project implementation.
• Design business solutions and processes that integrate different departments within Momentum Investments to create efficiencies.
• Understand the integrated business processes and dependencies and document the user journeys.
• Facilitate discussions with business process owners about project deliverables and scope, develop full-scale project plans, track project deliverables, and create appropriate reporting outputs.
• Manage the relationship with different stakeholders and ensure that misunderstandings, scope additions, or conflicts are effectively managed.
• Develop, execute, and document test plans to verify the quality of deliverables.
• Implement deliverables into a business line with minimum disruption and/or intervention of day-to-day business activities.
• Perform quality control, review, analyze, and evaluate how project performance can be enhanced.
• Generate and create reports; research and analyze data and report trends to management/business partners.
• Adhere to established governance structures and control requirements for projects and programmes.
• Interact with project sponsors and senior management and streamline communication.
• Project management of issue and risk identification and either mitigation or resolution thereof.
• Work independently, setting own priorities and objectives with supervisory consultation.
• Regularly make recommendations to and influence department policies and procedures.
• Actively contribute to the results of a team and work towards achieving team goals and objectives.
• Prepare and present project status reporting, dashboards, and Steerco updates.

• Keep abreast of industry best practices by liaising with external project management forums.
• Deciding and initiating action.
• Cross-department collaboration skills will be required, along with hands-on efforts using the actual tools.
• Data management skills – ability to manage large data sets (data mining and interrogation).
• Analytical skills to determine root causes of problems and apply creative and effective solutions.
• Ability to cope under pressure and high work volumes.
• Attention to detail.
• Results-oriented.
• Completer-finisher/Drive for results.
• Facilitation and presentation skills.
• Innovation and design skills.
• Business acumen.
• Collaboration.