FUNCTION: We are looking for a business project manager for our organisation. As a business project manager, you will be a part of our intelligent and growing team of cybersecurity professionals helping to manage projects, perform business analysis, promote our services and products with creative ideas, implement solutions, and stay up to date with cybersecurity occurrences, events, best practices, and regulations. You will be an excellent communicator, with an eye for details, and take a hands-on approach to your role. You will manage a variety of projects performed at our cybersecurity centre or client location. You will be a great team player with a real passion for exceptional project management and client service. We value that you have affinity and passion for cybersecurity, technology, learning, self-development, and managing different levels of projects to achieve excellent outcomes.

As a business project manager, you will work collaboratively with talented professionals to plan and implement your project to the taste of your stakeholders, and you will have a strong analytical mindset. We will offer you a great opportunity to use and expand your knowledge and experience. You will determine your training program in consultation with your manager. We offer a wide variety of internal training as well as frequently chosen training such as PRINCE2, PMI/CAPM, PMP, ITIL, and TOGAF.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A strong background in business analysis and project management
• Implement solutions that leverage on latest technologies such as analytics and cloud computing to support our team and enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Engage with internal and external clients to understand their business issues and meet their needs taking into considerations stakeholder’s project goals and objectives
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of client’s businesses and suggest improvements
• Review and confirm client’s requirements, business processes, and proposed solutions
• Mapping client’s requirements to project objectives and gain stakeholder support
• Create project plans, develop long-term strategies, and analyze projects
• Create business cases for projects and gain stakeholder approval for project work
• Create an aligned work breakdown structure and lead a delivery team to meet or exceed client expectations
• Utilise appropriate IT project management methodology to perform project management processes such as project initiation and risk management
• Create project deliverables and gain stakeholder support
• Execute projects to agreed objectives, time, scope, budget, etc.
• End-to-end successful and timely delivery of projects
• Perform change management processes
• Utilise appropriate service management processes such as service design
• Communicate and meet with project teams, clients, stakeholders
• Provide project status updates and reports
• Monitor and manage project contracts and baseline
• Training and mentoring project team and clients in project delivery fundamentals
• Experience in project and programme management, as well as ROI support
• Experience in industry security practices (such as OWASP), cybersecurity regulations (such as GDPR), and any security solutions
• Stay up to date with the latest cybersecurity occurrences, technologies, best practices, potential client’s preferences, and businesses with outstanding initiative and proactive approach
• Knowledge in cybersecurity and related industry regulations, as well as emerging technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence
• Support development of cybersecurity education newsletter – learning and development
• Strong analytical, presentation, teamwork, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and listening)
• Ability to work under pressure of time and ambition for self-development

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A tertiary qualification
• Industry certifications like PRINCE2, PMI/CAPM, PMP, ITIL, and TOGAF. Business analysis certifications such as ECBA and CCBA are added advantage
• Expert in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office applications, and business analysis tools
• Experience in Microsoft SharePoint and Teams, as well as Adobe suites
• Project management and business analysis experience for IT projects
• Professional certification in Google Analytics is an added advantage
• Experience in one or more of the following sectors is an added advantage – IT, Telecoms, Banking & Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Oil & Gas, Government, Retail, and Aviation