Senior Manager Project Portfolio Delivery

Apply by: 12 November 2026

Skills and Competencies Required

Behavioural:

• Resilience and flexibility
• Dealing with complexity
• Working with authority
• Providing direction through change
• Strategic thinking
• Integrity and values
• Building cross boundary relationships

Leadership:

• Strategy generation and alignment
• Change leadership
• Stakeholder mobilisation management
• Embraces diversity
• Emotional maturity
• Building/ Developing teams
• Teamwork/ Collaboration
• Delegation of authority and responsibility
• Business acumen

Knowledge:

• Financial management
• Construction Management
• Engineering
• Cost engineering and management
• General management
• Portfolio strategic alignment
• Project management
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Planning and scheduling
• Contracts management
• Quality surveying
• Portfolio governance, performance, communications, risk and stakeholder management
• Project Implementation and applicable construction, operational and regulatory requirements
• Business case development, commercial evaluation and benefits realization.

Skills:

• Analysis/ problem-solving
• Client focus
• Organisational communication
• Developing organisational talent
• Negotiation/ persuasiveness and conflict resolution
• Planning and organising
• Strategic functional leadership
• Judgement and decision making
• Influencing

Key Responsibilities

• Position and provide strategic leadership and oversight for the management and integration of projects and programs within the portfolio.
• Direct and report on portfolio performance in accordance with the benefits realisation process, governance framework and contractual requirements.
• Direct and report on financial performance of the portfolio.
• Position and direct strategic relationships with key stakeholders for the delivery of the portfolio.
• Direct and influence the execution of portfolio projects.
• Lead and manage the portfolio management team performance.
• Position and direct controls for planning, scheduling, accounting and costing for delivery of the portfolio.

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s):

• B Degree in the Built Environment / Commerce / Human Sciences at NQF 7 level with 360 Credits or a
• B-Tech in the Built Environment / Commerce / Human Sciences at NQF 7 level with 360 Credits or
• Advance Diploma in the Built Environment / Commerce / Human Sciences at NQF 7 level with 360 Credits

Experience:

• 10 Years of experience in Portfolio, Programme and Project Management / Construction Management.