Project Manager

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience Required: 5years

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of key technology projects ensuring they are completed on time within scope within budget and to the required quality standards. This role owns the planning execution monitoring and control of projects across the IT landscape working closely with development teams stakeholders and leadership.

The Project Manager maintains comprehensive project plans schedules and roadmaps; manages project budgets including forecasting and tracking actuals versus planned; and ensures effective coordination of all project resources. Acting as the primary facilitator and Scrum Master for Agile initiatives this role champions Agile principles supports continuous improvement and proactively removes impediments that impact delivery.

This position serves as the primary point of contact for project teams and key stakeholders providing clear communication on progress risks dependencies and outcomes.

Requirements

Develop maintain and track detailed project plans schedules and delivery roadmaps.

Manage project budgets including projections forecasting and actuals versus planned spend.

Control project scope and support formal change management processes.

Coordinate human and technical resources including workload and capacity planning.

Identify assess track and escalate project risks issues and dependencies with clear mitigation strategies.

Act as Scrum Master and primary facilitator for all Agile ceremonies.

Uphold Agile (Scrum and Kanban) principles and best practices across delivery teams.

Coach and support teams in Agile adoption and continuous improvement initiatives.

Proactively identify and remove blockers impediments and bottlenecks impacting delivery.

Serve as the primary liaison between project teams and key stakeholders.

Facilitate user and stakeholder meetings provide regular status reports and drive alignment and consensus.

Provide leadership motivation and direction to project teams.

Foster a collaborative empowered and self-organising team environment.

Coordinate with QA teams to ensure effective testing strategies and quality assurance processes.

Monitor delivery activities track progress and optimise resource utilisation.

Execute projects in line with defined governance frameworks and organisational processes.

Manage relationships with key internal stakeholders analyse delivery needs and resolve issues proactively.

Required Skills:

Develop maintain and track detailed project plans schedules and delivery roadmaps. Manage project budgets including projections forecasting and actuals versus planned spend. Control project scope and support formal change management processes. Coordinate human and technical resources including workload and capacity planning. Identify assess track and escalate project risks issues and dependencies with clear mitigation strategies. Act as Scrum Master and primary facilitator for all Agile ceremonies. Uphold Agile (Scrum and Kanban) principles and best practices across delivery teams. Coach and support teams in Agile adoption and continuous improvement initiatives. Proactively identify and remove blockers impediments and bottlenecks impacting delivery. Serve as the primary liaison between project teams and key stakeholders. Facilitate user and stakeholder meetings provide regular status reports and drive alignment and consensus. Provide leadership motivation and direction to project teams. Foster a collaborative empowered and self-organising team environment. Coordinate with QA teams to ensure effective testing strategies and quality assurance processes. Monitor delivery activities track progress and optimise resource utilisation. Execute projects in line with defined governance frameworks and organisational processes. Manage relationships with key internal stakeholders analyse delivery needs and resolve issues proactively.