Programme Manager – LIFE INSURANCE ESSENTIAL – Hybrid – R 1200 Per hour
e-Merge Recruitment
Job description
Ready to take the lead on big, complex technology programmes and make a real impact?
Are you an experienced Programme Manager with a strong background in large-scale technology programmes and financial services? Do you have a proven track record of successfully delivering complex technology implementations, managing substantial budgets and leading diverse delivery teams?
We are seeking a highly experienced Programme Manager to take ownership of a major technology programme within the long-term insurance environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving end-to-end programme delivery, managing client relationships, overseeing commercial performance and ensuring successful project execution within a highly governed financial services environment.
What You Bring to the Table
- At least 10 years’ experience in programme or project management, with 5 or more years leading large-scale technology programmes (indicatively R50 million+ or teams of 20+ people)
- Proven experience leading at least one end-to-end policy administration system implementation or legacy book migration within long-term insurance, ideally in South Africa
- Strong understanding of data migration processes, including mapping, transformation, trial runs, reconciliation and financial balancing of policy books.
- Experience delivering programmes on the vendor side, managing scope, change control and commercial obligations against client contracts.
- Experience working within a banking, bancassurance or highly regulated financial services environment, including formal governance, steering committees and audit processes.
- Strong working knowledge of South African long-term insurance regulations relevant to migrations, including policyholder protection and data protection requirements.
- Long Term and or Life insurance experience essential.
- Experience with hybrid delivery methodologies, combining waterfall governance and stage gates with agile delivery teams.
- Excellent written communication and reporting skills, with the confidence to engage and present to senior client executives
What You Will Be Responsible For
- Manage programme budgets, resource utilisation and margins, ensuring effective financial control and commercial performance.
- Control programme scope through formal change requests and protect the organisation’s commercial position in accordance with contractual obligations.
- Act as the primary day-to-day senior counterpart to the client’s Programme Lead, managing expectations and building trusted relationships with business and IT stakeholders.
- Lead and coordinate onshore delivery teams, delivery-hub teams and third-party partners, ensuring clear accountability, commitments and delivery standards.
- Drive programme execution, ensuring alignment between project objectives, delivery milestones, governance requirements and client expectations.
- Oversee programme governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement, providing clear visibility of progress, risks and delivery challenges.
- Plan and manage the transition to business-as-usual (BAU) support, ensuring a structured handover to service management at programme completion
Reference Number for this position is GZ61583 which is a contract position based in Randburg / Hybrid offering a contract rate of R1200 per hour negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on garthz@e-merge.co.za or call him on011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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