IT Project Manager

3 days ago

East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa Level-Up Full time


Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of systems implementation, software deployment, and integration projects across the organisation, ensuring alignment to programme objectives and strategic outcomes.
  • Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into functional specifications and structured delivery plans, leveraging project management tools for scheduling, dependency tracking, and portfolio visibility.
  • Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources to deliver milestones on schedule, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
  • Provide clear, consistent progress reporting to stakeholders, proactively addressing risks, dependencies, and blockers.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including R&D, IT, finance, and operations to ensure technical solutions are fully integrated into existing environments.
  • Oversee proof-of-concept builds, pilot phases, and staged rollouts, ensuring lessons learned feed into full implementation.
  • Facilitate training sessions for clients and end-users, ensuring adoption readiness and smooth transition to new systems.
  • Continuously monitor, evaluate, and refine project processes, introducing improvements that increase delivery efficiency, reduce integration risk, and enhance stakeholder confidence.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • PMP certification preferred; Agile or hybrid delivery credentials are a strong advantage.
  • Minimum 5 years experience managing systems implementation, R&D, or enterprise software integration projects.
  • Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within scope across cross-functional teams.
  • Experience aligning project outcomes with business requirements and transformation objectives.
  • Proficient in delivery frameworks including Waterfall, SDLC, Agile, and hybrid models.
  • Skilled in SmartSheets for project scheduling, reporting, and milestone tracking.
  • Familiarity with RAID logs, governance checklists, and artefact traceability across concurrent projects.

Skills:

  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to manage expectations across technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience supporting change enablement through collaboration with Learning & Development teams for training and adoption.
  • Confident presenting project status, risks, and mitigation plans to senior leadership and external partners.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a bias toward proactive issue resolution.
  • Experience managing project budgets, resource planning, and vendor coordination.
  • Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in fast-paced, innovation-driven environments.


Required Skills:

Readiness
Adoption
SDLC
Mitigation
Operations
Collaboration
Stakeholder Engagement
Lessons
Milestones
Information Systems
Agile
Timelines
Business Requirements
Specifications
Integration
Computer Science
Scheduling
Software
Finance
Planning
Business
Project Management
Science
Leadership
Training
Communication
Management


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