Lead Project Manager required for a renowned property company based in East London.

Experience and Qualifications ESSENTIAL:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 5 – 8 year’s experience in project management
• Minimum 3 year’s experience in leading a team of project managers.
• Commercial property industry advantage

Duties:

• Identifying and communicating changes that may affect the project’s scope or timeline.
• Managing team members by delegating tasks and setting expectations for performance
• Monitoring budgets, resource allocation, timelines, and other key metrics to ensure project milestones are met.
• Facilitating meetings with stakeholders to ensure effective communication about projects.
• Developing and maintaining a project schedule and keeping it updated as the project progresses.
• Reviewing all deliverables to ensure they meet quality standards and align with company branding guidelines.
• Overseeing team member performance and providing feedback to improve performance.
• Ensuring that all legal requirements are met throughout the life of the project.
• Managing clients at all phases of the project, including establishing expectations, responding to questions, and resolving issues.
• Familiarity with project management software and tools.
• A project leader should effectively make plans that support project goals and lead their team to perform efficiently.

Risk Management:

• Perform cost estimates and prepare proposals.
• Lead project meetings.
• Develop project schedules and execute according to plan.
• Track actual project costs against budgeted costs and proactively address potential problems. Compete risk assessments.
• Ensures compliance with relevant Acts and minimise business risk.

Project Management:

• Assess the needs together with the relevant stakeholders where applicable.
• Discussing the goals and needs for a specific project, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects.

Staff Management

• Responsible for bi-annual performance reviews and development plans
• Responsible for the implementation and review of individual role profiles.

Self-Development:

• Identifies training/development needs and proactively selects effective solutions to address development gaps.
• Ensures that a personal development plan is develop and implemented.

Key Competencies

• Accountability
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Leadership
• Ability to work under extreme pressure to tight deadline
• Problem-solving and critical thinking
• Integrity
• Business acumen
• Decision-making
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Time management

Should you wish to apply please email your CV through to Erin Bentz at erin@profilepersonnel.co.za

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.