Senior ICT Project Manager
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
DLK Group is looking for a Project Manager to lead the delivery of a Contract Management Intake Hub and Risk Management Dashboard for a public sector client. The role requires someone who can manage two connected workstreams coordinate business and technical specialists and maintain clear control over milestones decisions risks and deliverables.
- Develop and manage an integrated project plan covering requirements design development testing deployment and handover.
- Coordinate the Business Analyst SharePoint and Power Platform Developer Power BI Developer and Change Manager.
- Manage dependencies between the Intake Hub and Risk Dashboard workstreams.
- Facilitate project meetings and maintain decision action issue and risk registers.
- Track progress against agreed milestones escalate delays and manage scope changes through the required governance process.
- Coordinate stakeholder reviews solution demonstrations user acceptance testing and approvals.
- Oversee deployment readiness documentation knowledge transfer and project close-out.
- Provide concise accurate progress reporting to DLK and client stakeholders.
- A bachelors degree in Project Management Information Systems Information Technology Business Management or a related field.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner certification.
- Proven experience managing Microsoft 365 Power Platform or comparable digital solution projects.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multidisciplinary teams senior stakeholders delivery risks and formal approvals.
- Strong project planning governance reporting and written communication skills.
- Experience delivering solutions in a municipality or another complex public sector environment will be an advantage.
- Hybrid working arrangement in Cape Town.
- Flexibility to work on other engagements alongside this assignment subject to meeting agreed project commitments.
- Opportunity to lead a public sector digital improvement project.
- Varied involvement across workflow automation and management reporting.
Required Skills:
Developing and maintaining the project plan milestones dependencies budget tracking risks and issues. Coordinating the Business Analyst developers and Change Manager. Managing stakeholder meetings decisions approvals and scope changes. Overseeing requirements solution design testing user acceptance deployment and handover. Reporting progress clearly and escalating matters that could affect delivery. Ensuring project documentation and governance records meet client requirements.
Required Education:
A bachelors degree in Project Management Information Systems Information Technology Business Management or a related Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner experience managing Microsoft 365 Power Platform or comparable digital delivery planning governance reporting and stakeholder management coordinating business and technical specialists through the full project