Johannesburg: Project Manager posted by Hire Resolve

About the Role

Hire Resolve, a leading South African financial services group, is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to join their team. As a key member of the project management team, you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of technology projects, ensuring solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish project objectives, deliverables, and scope, creating detailed project plans.
• Input into the overall estimating process and collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to define work effort, timescales, and budget.
• Manage projects through the full lifecycle, from initiation to implementation, ensuring adherence to time, budget, and quality criteria.
• Develop and maintain an end-to-end portfolio plan.
• Act as the central point of communication between stakeholders and the project team, providing regular progress reports.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID log). Make fact-based recommendations for mitigation.
• Manage project budgets, including reviewing, evaluating, and approving quotes against allocated funds and monitoring actual costs.
• Implement a Quality Management Plan and ensure the delivery of high-quality project outcomes.
• Manage changes and track impediments using a change management system.
• Facilitate tender processes, proposals, and contract signing.
• Support operational readiness planning and resource management.
• Conduct necessary meetings (kick-off, progress, debriefs, etc.) and facilitate post-implementation reviews to capture and share lessons learned.
• Maintain and build strong relationships with all project stakeholders.
• Lead, manage, and motivate hybrid remote teams across multiple geographic locations.
• Ensure team accountability and foster a collaborative, positive environment with open communication.
• Provide coaching, advice, and support for performance management where necessary.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement and actively contribute to the PM community by sharing best practices.

Requirements

• Relevant University degree (B.Sc. / B. Com or similar).
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification.
• Minimum 8 years in project management.
• Preferably in the Financial Services sector.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

None specified.

Salary & Benefits

Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills).