Senior Manager Project Portfolio Delivery

Reporting to the General Manager New Business Development, the Senior Manager Project Portfolio Delivery will be accountable for planning, formulating, implementing, managing and maintaining professional project support strategies, services, resources, and controls required for the successful delivery of a portfolio of new products, services and business initiatives, supporting customer needs, electricity sales growth and Eskom Distribution’s strategic objectives

Skills and Competencies Required

Behavioural:

o Resilience and flexibility

o Dealing with complexity

o Working with authority

o Providing direction through change

o Strategic thinking

o Integrity and values

o Building cross boundary relationships

Leadership:

o Strategy generation and alignment

o Change leadership

o Stakeholder mobilisation management

o Embraces diversity

o Emotional maturity

o Building/ Developing teams

o Teamwork/ Collaboration

o Delegation of authority and responsibility

o Business acumen

Knowledge:

o Financial management

o Construction Management

o Engineering

o Cost engineering and management

o General management

o Portfolio strategic alignment

o Project management

o Earned value management (EVM)

o Planning and scheduling

o Contracts management

o Quality surveying

o Portfolio governance, performance, communications, risk and stakeholder management

o Project Implementation and applicable construction, operational and regulatory requirements

o Business case development, commercial evaluation and benefits realisation.

Skills:

o Analysis/ problem-solving

o Client focus

o Organisational communication

o Developing organisational talent

o Negotiation/ persuasiveness and conflict resolution

o Planning and organising

o Strategic functional leadership

o Judgement and decision making

o Influencing

Position and provide strategic leadership and oversight for the management and integration of projects and programs within the portfolio.

Direct and report on portfolio performance in accordance with the benefits realisation process, governance framework and contractual requirements.

Direct and report on financial performance of the portfolio.

Position and direct strategic relationships with key stakeholders for the delivery of the portfolio.

Direct and influence the execution of portfolio projects.

Lead and manage the portfolio management team performance.

Position and direct controls for planning, scheduling, accounting and costing for delivery of the portfolio.