Our Client in the Gaming Industry
seeks to hire a Chief Project Officer.
The Chief Project Officer will be responsible for overseeing the portfolio of organizational projects, providing expert knowledge and support and monitoring progress and reporting on the portfolio status.
The Chief Project Officer will be responsible for overseeing the portfolio of organizational projects, providing expert knowledge and support and monitoring progress and reporting on the portfolio status.
In addition he/she will also be
involved in managing projects / programmes directly.
Responsibilities:
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Lead the planning and implementation
of all projects
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Contribute to organizational business
and budget planning process
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Contribute to the management,
operation and performance of the Business Services Directorate; to ensure it
meets its targets and supports the delivery of organizational and strategic
goals
·
Proactively engage with Directors and
senior managers to identify opportunities for business improvements
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Manage the PMO team and provides
performance feedback and goal-setting; conducts annual performance assessments
and skill development and training
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Manage the administration for project
submissions and approvals through the agreed prioritization and approval
process, maintaining a pipeline of approved projects
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Ensures a clear and consistent
approach is in place to manage risk with alignment to the Finance &
Business risk registers and the Corporate risk register
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Collate qualitative and quantitative
information on project performance for the preparation and production of
project reports for internal management purposes
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Work closely with Business Services
teams (as well as internal and external project partners where appropriate) to
devise, develop and deliver appropriate and proportionate systems to evaluate
key activities at a project level
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Provide advice and support to project
partners on how project evidence and information has to be presented and
reported
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Ensure that information recorded in
both electronic and hard copy meets with internal and external audit standards
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Ensure detailed project,
implementation or actions plans are created for the duration of each project as
appropriate
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Ensure projects have requirements
documented and agreed to ensure that project activity meets agreed project
objectives
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Ensure monitoring of progress against
all projects is timely and accurate and enables
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Sponsors and stakeholders have
visibility and sufficient information to make the required decisions
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Ensure risks, issues and dependencies
are being recorded, monitored and proactively managed to minimize disruption to
successful delivery
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Participate in project reviews,
approvals, and gating processes
Skills & Experience
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Significant experience at a senior
level in a PMO Function
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Recognized formal project management
qualification (PMP/APMP/Prince2 or equivalent) is desirable
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Degree qualified is desirable
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Developed project/programme
management and planning skills and experience
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Ability to manage a range of projects
types and complex business initiatives and change programmes
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Ownership of the organization’s
Project Delivery Approach, its implementation, establishment and iteration
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Ability to and experience of
providing input to organizational business and budget planning
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Good understanding of performance
management frameworks and tools in the delivery of business objectives
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Team management experience with the
ability to manage and motive virtual or matrix project teams as well as the PMO
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Experience of being a Business
Partner and managing those relationships
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Experience of prioritization matrices
and working with the business to determine appropriate project prioritization
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Ability to juggle different
projects/priorities and deliver high quality outcomes under pressure
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Capability to provide timely,
accurate and relevant project and portfolio reporting as agreed
·
Experience of resource planning against
the prioritized portfolio of projects and ability to work with the PMO and
business to manage project.
Our
client in the Gaming business seeks to recruit a Product Manager.
He/she
will be responsible for guiding the success of a product and leading the
cross-functional team that is responsible for improving it.
The
successful candidate will set the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for
a product or product line.
The
role spans many activities from strategic to tactical and provides important
cross-functional leadership — most notably between engineering, marketing,
operations, and support teams.
Responsibilities:
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Analyze different markets and
products to look for new opportunities to help the company and enhance customer
experience
·
Coordinate with B2C side of the
business to ensure the strategy aligns with consumer product trends and wide
business strategy
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Work with marketing and technology to
enable strategic growth, driving customer and sales adoption
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Manage, lead and drive the
production/development of new internal games from conceptualization, design,
production, testing, promotion, support, to product delivery
·
Liaise and co-operate with software
development and design teams to ensure business goals are met
·
Run end to end development life cycle
of B2B products
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Own the product roadmap end to end
for all products
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Deliver the operating plan with
growth objectives, market share, revenue, profit, return on investment of
products
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Managing relationships with extensive
network of third party game providers/developers
Skills & Experience
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Strong Leadership, professional
attitude – and leading by example
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Bright, highly self-motivated and
driven
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Ability to solve problems quickly and
completely
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Ability to multi-task and stay
organized in a dynamic work environment
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Analytical and inquisitive, with
excellent attention to detail
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Innovative and creative, with a
concise, precise and effective approach to problem solving and the ability to
develop, deliver and evaluate ideas founded on rock-solid strategic thinking
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Credible, confident and articulate,
with excellent communication and presentation skills and the gravitas to
deliver ideas clearly and concisely to internal and external stakeholders at
all levels of seniority and technical experience/knowledge.
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Reliable, flexible and cooperative
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Diplomatic and tactful
Our
client in the Gaming business seeks to recruit a Software Engineer.
The
successful candidate will develop core software applications that are assigned
from time to time.
To
maintain code of existing software applications.
To
participate in internal and external “think tanks” in regard to coding best
practices and new technologies.
The
position will require close interaction with all departments within the
organization.
Reports to: HOD,
Software Engineering
Responsibilities:
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Develop core platforms using Open
source technologies
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Develop backend internal tools
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Ensure that solutions will
effectively meet business objectives while using innovative, performance
oriented technology
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Collaborate with technical writers to
create customer-relevant documentation
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Collaborate with systems support
engineers to train customers
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Continuously monitor, evaluate and
implement “Best Practice” for software development
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Assisting all teams within the
Organization/Departments as required
Skills & Experience
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B. Sc in Computer Science or
equivalent
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3-5 years of experience
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Excellent programming skills in
JavaScript & Python
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Good understanding of common network
protocols. Knowledge of telecommunication protocols is a plus
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Good knowledge of Linux/Unix
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Data science experience a plus
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Experience with TCP/IP networking and
common network protocols
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Good Problem Solving and Critical
thinking skills. The ability to identify problems/gaps and design alternative
solutions.
To Apply:
Applicants
who meet the requirements stated above should send their applications and
detailed CVs with a day – time telephone number to the email address:
jobs1@hcsafrica.com with Software Engineer on the Subject line.
Candidates
should indicate their Current & Expected Salaries.