Implementation Programme Manager (Senior)

Job Description 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