Johannesburg: Project Manager – Enterprise Application – Contract

The Project Manager will lead the delivery of application‑focused projects across the organisation, including new application implementations, upgrades, integrations, and enhancements. This role ensures projects are delivered within scope, budget, and timelines, while aligning closely with business requirements and technical architecture standards. The ideal candidate has strong experience managing software development teams, application lifecycle activities, and cross‑functional delivery in Agile or hybrid environments. Responsibilities: Manage end‑to‑end project delivery for application development, enhancements, and system integration initiatives. Define project scope, schedules, resource plans, and budgets. Drive execution and monitor project performance, risks, and issues to ensure successful delivery. Ensure alignment to architecture, security, and IT governance frameworks. Oversee application development, configuration, testing, and deployment activities. Manage projects involving system upgrades, application enhancements, workflow changes, and custom development. Coordinate with developers, architects, business analysts, and QA teams. Ensure application solutions meet performance, usability, and scalability requirements. Engage business stakeholders to clarify requirements and manage expectations. Facilitate workshops, sprint reviews, and steering committee meetings. Manage relationships with software vendors, implementation partners, and service providers. Maintain detailed project documentation including project plans, RAID logs, and status reports. Ensure compliance with organisational PMO standards and change control processes. Provide regular progress updates to leadership and key stakeholders. Oversee UAT planning, test execution support, and defect resolution. Coordinate release management, deployment readiness, and post‑implementation reviews. Support user training, adoption, and change management activities. Qualifications: Matric and a Tertiary Qualification 10 years experience as a Project Manager delivering application‑related projects. Strong understanding of application development lifecycle (SDLC), software engineering, and testing processes. Experience leading cross‑functional technical teams. Knowledge of system integration, APIs, and data flows. Proficiency in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery. Strong budgeting, forecasting, and project governance skills. Experience with enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, HR systems, custom apps). Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development tooling. Project management certification (PMP, Prince2, Agile Scrum Master).