Job Description

Company based in Bree Street, Cape Town

Industry - Telecommunications

Permanent

Please forward your updated CV to Michelle - kindo.m@abcworldwide.com

IT PMO Analyst

The successful candidate will be responsible for tracking status of project deliverables and milestones; supporting the adoption of the project lifecycle and deliverables; portfolio level risk and issue co ordination through the development and monitoring of KPls; monitoring the status of projects transitioning into normal service; coordination of the regular project and portfolio level reporting cycles; coordination of project Governance arrangements (Stage Gate Review Boards);maintaining and enhancing the Project Portfolio Management tool

Key duties but not limited to:

• Prepare consolidated material from project reports for monthly review.
• Complete and distribute monthly portfolio level reports.
• Manage communications from the PMO mailbox including regular reporting cycle requests; Group IT PMO communications; etc.
• Coordinate, schedule and facilitate Application Services Stage Gate Review Board meetings with IT Senior Management to ensure adherence with IT PMO Methodology.
• Support Business Relationship Managers prepare for Strategic IT Portfolio Level Steering meetings and attend meetings in facilitation/support role.
• Develop and maintain IT PMO Reporting KPls for distribution to IT Senior Management.
• Work with the BRM and PMO manager to maintain the IT PMO Methodology Guidelines, seeking contributions from Project Managers, Development Teams and IT Management to ensure that the methodology meet best practice.
• Continue to evolve the processes and templates throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement project standards across all projects in the portfolio.
• Develop necessary KeyedIn technical acumen to support effective administration of the tool in support of IT Management Reporting requirements.
• Configure and maintain project and team level dashboards in KeyedIn.
• Continue to manage the alignment of KeyedIn with the IT Project Methodology in the maintenance of existing functionality and the rollout of new functionality within the system.

• Relevant 3rd level educational qualification.
• At least two years of experience in a PMO role.
• Formal qualification in Project Management (Prince2, PMI, PMP) preferable.
• Precise attention to detail, with demonstrable experience in documentation.
• Ability to work well as part of a team, and build strong working relationships with colleagues, clients and stakeholders.
• Experience with using a Project Portfolio Management tool to support PMO reporting and activities.
• Excellent people skills, able to communicate effectively and deal with the challenges of business change projects.
• Experience facilitating workshops across business units and regions.
• Excellent MS Office skills, including MS Excel data analysis techniques and MS PowerPoint

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