Technical IT Project Manager FMCG

This role may form part of a broader transformation programme delivery or PMO capability with a strong emphasis on delivery assurance stakeholder engagement and measurable outcomes.

Focus on driving structured execution strengthening governance and ensuring alignment between business objectives technology delivery and operational outcomes.

The PM will operate across multiple stakeholders including business leadership IT teams and third-party vendors within a complex and fast-paced environment.

Project Planning and Delivery

• Define and manage project scope objectives and success criteria
  
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans timelines and milestones
  
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery across business IT and vendor teams
  
• Ensure delivery is aligned to agreed methodologies (Agile Waterfall Hybrid)
  
• Track progress and proactively manage dependencies
  

• Establish and manage governance structures (SteerCo working groups delivery forums)
  
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement across business and technology teams
  
• Define roles responsibilities and escalation pathways
  
• Prepare and deliver executive-level reporting and communication packs
  

• Maintain risk issue and dependency registers
  
• Proactively identify and mitigate delivery risks
  
• Manage scope changes through structured change control processes
  
• Escalate critical risks and blockers to appropriate governance forums
  

• Monitor project budgets forecasts and actual spend
  
• Track resource allocation and utilisation
  
• Support cost optimisation and vendor oversight
  
• Ensure alignment with financial governance requirements
  

• Produce regular status reports and dashboards
  
• Track performance against key delivery metrics (timeline budget quality)
  
• Conduct project health checks and delivery assessments
  
• Provide insights and recommendations to support decision-making
  

• Support planning and coordination of testing activities
  
• Ensure validation of key deliverables and success criteria
  
• Track defect resolution and quality outcomes
  
• Ensure delivery meets agreed standards and acceptance criteria
  

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation
  
• Ensure audit-ready artefacts and governance records
  
• Support knowledge transfer and capability uplift within client teams
  

• Matric and Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Business Engineering or related field
  
• Proven experience in Project Management within large complex environments
  
• Demonstrated experience delivering technology digital or transformation initiatives
  
• Strong exposure to governance frameworks PMO structures and delivery methodologies.
  
• FMCG experience
  
• Exposure to PMO-as-a-Service (PMOaaS) or enterprise PMO environments
  
• Certifications such as PMP PRINCE2 Agile (Scrum Master / SAFe)
  

• Project and programme delivery
  
• Stakeholder and executive engagement
  
• Risk issue and change management
  
• Financial and resource tracking
  
• Vendor and third-party coordination
  
• Governance and reporting frameworks
  
• Strong delivery focus with a hands-on execution-oriented mindset
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  
• Ability to operate in complex matrixed environments
  
• Structured detail-oriented and outcome-driven
  
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance risk cost and value