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SaaS Project Manager

Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Job Location:

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Experience Required: 5years

Posted: 6 October 2026 (21 days ago)

Application Deadline: 3 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Summary of role

We are seeking an experienced SaaS Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery and implementation of SaaS solutions. The successful candidate will manage multiple projects coordinate cross-functional technical and business teams and ensure solutions are delivered on time within scope and aligned with customer and business requirements.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end SaaS implementation projects from initiation and requirements gathering through deployment go-live and post-implementation support.
Develop and maintain project plans timelines milestones budgets and resource requirements.
Coordinate activities across engineering product operations customer success vendors and business stakeholders.
Manage software configuration system integrations data migration testing and deployment activities.
Facilitate project kick-offs status meetings steering committees and stakeholder engagements.
Identify and proactively manage project risks issues dependencies and scope changes.
Ensure effective communication between technical teams business stakeholders vendors and customers.
Manage customer onboarding and implementation activities ensuring a positive customer experience.
Work within Agile Scrum Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies as appropriate.
Track project performance KPIs deliverables and implementation progress.
Coordinate UAT go-live readiness and production deployment.
Support change management training and user adoption initiatives.
Ensure project documentation governance and reporting standards are maintained.
Conduct post-implementation reviews and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Requirements

Requirements

Matric and a Bachelors degree or relevant qualification in Information Technology Computer Science Business Project Management or a related field.
Proven experience managing technology software or SaaS implementation projects.
Demonstrated experience managing projects across the full software implementation lifecycle.
Strong understanding of SaaS/cloud-based technology environments.
Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
Strong stakeholder customer and vendor management experience.
Experience working with cross-functional technical teams.
Knowledge of Agile/Scrum and traditional project management methodologies.
Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira Confluence Azure DevOps MS Project or similar.