Manufacturing

Program Manager

Lesaka Technologies·Gauteng, south-africa·Full Time·Contract
ManufacturingFull TimeContract
-Closes Nov 11, 2026

Role Purpose

  • The Program Manager is responsible for leading the endtoend delivery of complex, crossfunctional programmes within Lesaka's BPMO.
  • This role ensures that all programme outcomes are aligned to organisational strategy, robust governance, and measurable business and customer value - while building and sustaining a highperforming project management capability.
  • The role carries accountability for programme execution, benefits realisation, governance discipline, risk management, and people leadership across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Primary Focus

  • To plan, govern, and deliver multiworkstream programmes that realise approved business cases, manage interdependencies across teams and entities, and embed disciplined portfolio delivery standards across the organisation.

Key Responsibility Areas & Associated Tasks

Programme Delivery Excellence

  • Lead full lifecycle programme delivery from initiation through closure
  • Develop and maintain integrated programme plans covering scope, timelines, resources, risks, and dependencies
  • Coordinate delivery across multiple concurrent project workstreams
  • Manage scope change through formal changecontrol processes
  • Ensure alignment between Agile sprint execution and BPMO milestone governance

Governance & Control Frameworks

  • Establish and operate programme governance structures (SteerCos, working groups, escalation pathways)
  • Produce accurate, timely programme status reports and executive steering packs
  • Manage stagegate reviews and ensure auditready documentation throughout delivery
  • Ensure adherence to BPMO standards, policies, and quality controls

Risk, Dependency & RAID Management

  • Maintain a live programmelevel RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
  • Proactively identify and resolve crossentity dependencies
  • Facilitate regular risk reviews and escalate material risks with mitigation plans
  • Ensure no surprise escalations through disciplined risk management

Stakeholder Alignment & Engagement

  • Engage and manage senior stakeholders across business units, technology, and delivery partners
  • Prepare and present programme updates and decision papers to Executive and Exco forums
  • Facilitate programme workshops, working sessions, and crossfunctional forums
  • Partner with Change Leads to align delivery, communication, and adoption plans

Business Value & Benefits Realisation

  • Maintain programme benefits registers aligned to approved business cases
  • Track benefits realisation across stagegates and postimplementation
  • Identify benefits at risk and implement corrective actions
  • Conduct postimplementation benefits reviews

Standards & Continuous Improvement

  • Apply BPMO standards consistently across all programme artefacts
  • Conduct postimplementation reviews and embed lessons learned
  • Contribute to PM Academy initiatives and communities of practice
  • Recommend improvements to tools, templates, and governance processes

People Leadership & Capability Development

  • Coach Project Managers on delivery, governance, and stakeholder management
  • Manage team capacity planning and escalate constraints proactively
  • Drive performance, engagement, and professional development

Key Competencies Required

  • Strong programme planning and structuring capability
  • Resultsdriven execution focus
  • Decisive decisionmaking and problemsolving
  • Ability to perform under pressure
  • Persuasive stakeholder influence
  • Strong organisational and political sensitivity
  • High accountability and delivery discipline

Experience & Qualifications

Minimum Experience

  • 8+ years' experience leading complex, crossfunctional programmes
  • Proven endtoend programme delivery in complex organisational environments
  • Experience managing crossentity dependencies and governance structures
  • Strong financial, budget, and forecasting management experience

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business or related field
  • PgMP, PMP, MSP, or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification
  • Agile delivery framework certification
  • Master's degree (MBA or Project Management) advantageous

Closing Date 06 November 2026

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At a glance

Company

Lesaka Technologies

Location

Gauteng, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

November 11, 2026

Created

November 5, 2026

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