Compliance Senior Project Manager

Our client in the insurance industry is seeking an experienced Compliance Senior Project Manager to lead strategic Compliance, Regulatory, Forensics, Fraud and Risk technology projects.

The role will oversee multiple business-critical initiatives, including Maestro implementation (future-state Forensics platform), SIRON ONE upgrades and enhancements, Personal Conduct Declaration (PCD) initiatives, fraud reporting solutions and regulatory compliance projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Compliance and Regulatory technology projects, ensuring delivery within agreed scope, timelines, budgets and quality standards.
• Manage project plans, resources, dependencies, risks, governance and reporting.
• Oversee Maestro, SIRON ONE and PCD implementations, including solution delivery, vendor engagement, testing, deployment, migrations and business readiness.
• Coordinate business, technology and operational workstreams, ensuring alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
• Manage executive stakeholders, steering committees and relationships across Compliance, Forensics, Risk, Internal Audit, Security, Legal, Procurement, Technology, Enterprise Architecture, vendors and regulators.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, business cases, funding approvals, vendor contracts and third-party deliverables.
• Maintain project controls, RAID logs and risk mitigation plans, drive audit and security remediation, and support internal and external audits.
• Ensure successful transition into business-as-usual operations and delivery of measurable business value.

Required Experience

• Minimum 10 years' Project Management experience, including at least 5 years leading large-scale enterprise technology projects.
• Proven delivery experience within Financial Services, Banking or Insurance.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects in highly regulated environments.
• Strong executive stakeholder and vendor management experience.
• Experience delivering projects valued at over R10 million.
• Knowledge of Project Management methodologies, enterprise technology delivery, procurement and change management.

Advantageous Experience:

• Financial Crime, AML, Fraud Management and Compliance platforms.
• Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) programmes.

Qualifications & Certifications

• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Business, Commerce, Finance, Engineering or a related field.
• Honours or Postgraduate qualification advantageous.
• PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile, SAFe, Scrum Master, Change Management or ITIL Foundation certifications advantageous.

Performance Expectations

Successful delivery of Maestro, PCD and SIRON commitments; effective project governance; delivery within budget and timelines; achievement of regulatory and audit commitments; proactive risk management; strong executive stakeholder relationships and a culture of accountability and delivery excellence.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading large-scale Compliance, Regulatory, Risk and Forensics technology programmes within a regulated Financial Services or Insurance environment.