South Africa
PROJECT MANAGER
Agency name:
MultiChoice Jobs 
Industry:
Business & Management
Career level:
Manager
Employment type:
Full time
Job location:
South Africa, Libode
Salary offered
15001 to 20000 GBP
Requirements
Education:
Specialist's Degree
Experience:
5-10 years
Languages:
English
Driving license:
No
Job role
Storytelling ranging from content creation, production and aggregation including the best global general entertainment, sport and eminent African content library, delivered to customers
Pay Television: direct-to-home satellite and digital terrestrial television services;
SVOD: subscription video on demand services across multiple online platforms with a focus on library and local content in developing markets, and
Advertising: providing dynamic media solutions; handling commercial airtime, on-air sponsorships, content integration, and online sales across a variety of 130+ channel brands on linear TV, VOD, social media, and digital platforms.
The group’s strength lies in its focus on local language and culture, its entrepreneurial spirit and the quality of its workforce. Multichoice Group has a successful history of identifying trends early, adapting them for the markets in which it operates and leveraging them to maximum advantage. The group generates revenues primarily through subscription model, with a growing contribution from advertising revenue. Its key objectives are to:
Expand Pay TV, SVOD subscriber base and Advertising sales
Focus on investment and technology
Maintain a local approach
Provide quality service
Attract innovative and motivated employees
Position Name
Project Manager
Position ID
Reports to
Snr Manager: Project Office
Direct Reports
None
Division
Technology
Department
Strategy
Band
Key Customers
Location
South Africa, Johannesburg, Randburg
Org Structure
Head of Technology Strategy
Snr Manager:
Programme Office
Project Managers
Purpose of the Position:
To manage projects at Group level, enable, drive and monitor the strategic initiatives being pursued. Provide support and guidance at PMO level.
Key Performance Objectives
Tasks
Project Management
Creating project Charters
Coordinating and chairing of weekly project meetings
Updating and distributing weekly project progress reports (including minutes & action logs)
Monitoring of project deliverables and taking corrective actions
Managing project risks and issues
Updating of project plans
Escalation of issues to project sponsors / technical leads
Updating and submitting change control – including managing change note register
Manage scope, schedules, deliverables, communication and risks while ensuring quality compliance and adherence with methodology and templates
Manage key interdependencies and complexities closely and ensure these are communicated and understood across the business
Registration, administration & execution of projects in line with company objectives.
Provide project documentation for all projects
Ensure projects are delivered in line with the Project Management Methodology, project standards, and the business strategy in accordance to the business requirements
Provide support to Senior Manager as required.
Financial Management, Monitoring and Reporting
Assume ownership of and maintain the project budget.
Develops financial plans and forecasts.
Optimise the budget to ensure delivery of the project remains within the defined budget.
Procurement - Obtaining quotes, placing orders for equipment / services needed and ensuring timeous payment of invoices on projects
Facilitate monitoring and budget reporting across projects
Manage reporting across projects
Provide financial oversight and budget planning for VE projects
Monitors and manages expenditure, ensuring that all financial targets are met, and examining any areas where budgets and expenditure exceed their agreed tolerances across projects/ programmes.
Assists with the definition and operation of effective financial control and decision making.
Analyse actual expenditure, explains variances, and advises on options in use of available budget.
Qualifications
Essential:
A Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent NQF Level 7 Qualification in Business Management/Project Management)
Project Management qualification
Experience
A minimum 5+ years project management
Broadcast industry experience
Technical Competencies
Project Management methodology (PMBOK / Prince2 / Agile)
VE products and services
Budget Development & Management
Planning and scheduling (MS Projects)
Risk and Issue assessment and management
Behavioral Competencies
Relationship Building
Conflict Resolution
Decision Making
Critical Appraisal
Holistic Thinking
Persuading & Influence
Coaching
Job: Technical
Primary Location: ZAF-GT-Randburg
Schedule: Full-time
Job Posting: 01-10-2020
Closing Date (Period for Applying) - External: 31-10-2020
Benefits
Medical insurance
Company background
What makes a company exceptional? Is it their people, products or ethics that make them exemplary? At MultiChoice Group, we believe it’s all of these things… and more. We’re proud to say that we use the power of entertainment to enrich lives.
We achieve these goals by telling compelling local stories that bring people together around a shared passion. More than 19 million people across 50 countries can’t all be wrong! By creating (and securing the rights to) phenomenal content, we create jobs for thousands of people and we invest in our industry and countries we work in. We’re rooted in the countries where our customers live, and we’re managed and run by local people. We know what our customers want because we’re customers of our products too!
The MultiChoice Group is known for our exceptional companies (MultiChoice South Africa and Africa, Showmax, Irdeto, DStv Media Sales) and brands (DStv, M-Net, GOtv, Supersport and Showmax)
