Implementation Programme Manager (Senior)

Location: Johannesburg | Work Type: Hybrid / Remote | Job ID: J107263

About our client:

Our client offers financial service solutions helping their clients achieve their dreams. With an emphasis on culture fit, they boast a dedicated team of over 600 employees, many with over a decade of tenure. They have built their culture on a feeling of togetherness, trust and respect and are always looking to support employees' continuous learning. Using Agile, they provide diverse services with a focus on research, innovation and improvement.

What you will be doing:

• Lead and scale the overall implementation strategy across six core work streams.
• Provide high-level operational support and direction to ensure cross-functional work streams remain aligned and integrated.
• Identify bottlenecks, risks, and dependencies across delivery tracks, implementing proactive mitigation strategies.
• Maintain momentum across projects, stepping in to guide execution while leveraging support from leadership as required.
• Interface effectively with senior executives, stakeholders, and client leadership.
• Drive senior-level project steering meetings, providing clear, transparent reporting on progress, risks, and key performance milestones.
• Serve as the primary accountability anchor, ensuring all stream leads deliver against established deadlines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Apply deep Agile project management practices to foster continuous delivery and adaptive planning.
• Empower and support team leads while holding them accountable for performance outputs and deliverables.
• Cultivate a results-oriented, highly collaborative environment across technical and business work streams.

What our client is looking for:

• Proven track record as a Programme Manager, Senior Project Manager, or Delivery Manager overseeing multi-stream enterprise implementations.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex portfolios with multiple parallel work streams.
• Deep mastery of Agile methodologies, frameworks, and delivery practices.
• Proven experience engaging, negotiating, and reporting at the executive / C-suite level.
• Highly articulate with outstanding stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.
• Ability to quickly understand complex systems/processes and run with them independently.
• Strong leadership character with the ability to hold teams accountable in a constructive, delivery-focused manner.
• Energetic, resilient, and adaptable leadership style.

For a more comprehensive list of opportunities that we have on offer, do visit our website - https://www.parvana.co.uk/careers

Requirements

Programme Manager, Agile, Multi-stream Implementation, Executive Stakeholder Management, Delivery, Accountability, Strategic Leadership, Financial Services