IT Technical Project Manager

DeARX Services Pty Ltd · Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Role Objectives

Understand the scope of what needs to be delivered and translate these into project plans with a suitable granularity and schedules while managing risk.
Conduct/facilitate Project Planning sessions with project teams.
Develop project management plans, charters, progress & status reports.
Manage and control the Project Risk and Issue Register.
Plan and control project schedules plans in line with timelines and target dates.
Control project quality during and beyond project delivery and execution.
Align, coordinate and lead project teams and their deliverables including external delivery partners.
Conduct project weekly meetings and/or stand-ups with all project team members.
Control project scope and manage scope change requests and conduct Project Closeout sessions.
Monitor, control and report on project expenditure.
Accurate and regular reporting on assigned projects Steercom and Exco Reports.
Own the end-to-end migration approach including data migration planning, reconciliation controls, cutover/rollback strategy, and legacy decommissioning criteria.
Coordinate non-functional requirements performance, resilience, security, privacy, observability and ensure they are translated into executable plans, test approaches, and acceptance criteria.
Ensure the project continuously aligns with the both the Business & IT Strategy.

Stakeholder & Change Management

Establish, manage and maintain relationships with stakeholders across the organisation including Senior and Executive Management.
Engage cross-functional teams, brokers and business units to ensure project objectives are clearly understood and championed.
Drive change management efforts to support smooth implementation and user adoption.
Facilitate communication between technical teams, executives, and operational stakeholders.
Ensure the project continuously executes in tandem with any change management plans.
Manage stakeholder relationships internal and external.

Risk, Compliance & Security

Ensure compliance to the Project Management Governance Framework and supporting processes
Ensure all programmes meet regulatory, governance and cyber-security standards—critical in a risk-intensive insurance environment.
Collaborate with data and cyber teams to support resilience, privacy, and risk-mitigation strategies.

Ensure adherence to governance structures and processes.
Provide consolidated weekly and monthly reports on project status, budget, risks, and issues.
Report on project budget vs. actual expenditure, governance matters, and project progress.
Coaching all staff members on the technical and operational aspects of their roles through monthly one on-ones or when needed.

5- 8 years' experience leading complex projects Engineering or IT.
A minimum of 5 years as a Technical Program Manager / Senior Project Manager / Delivery Lead in a technology environment, managing initiatives from inception to closeout, preferably within Financial
Services. Budgets previously managed should exceed R50m.
Experience within Insurance advantageous – specifically within insurance platform implementations eg: Duck Creek, Guidewire, Sapiens.
Proven experience delivering legacy modernisation / core platform replatforming e.g., policy, claims, billing, underwriting, integration layers with a track record of managing technical risk and business continuity.
Experience planning and executing data migration and cutover activities, including reconciliation, rollback planning, and where needed parallel run/dual-write strategies.
Sound understanding of short-term insurance.
Working knowledge of both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Strong understanding of modern SDLC practices CI/CD, environments, automated testing, release governance and non-functional requirements performance, resilience, security, observability in regulated environments.
Experience working across multiple engineering squads and shared services architecture, data, security, QA, operations, coordinating dependencies and integrated releases.

Key Competencies