Overview
Project Manager Jobs in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa at Resourgenix (Pty) Ltd
Title: Project Manager
Company: Resourgenix (Pty) Ltd
Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Project Manager
- Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Onsite – In office
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager II to join a leading technology organisation and take ownership of medium-to-large, complex technology projects.
This is a hands-on delivery role for a Project Manager who can work independently, manage multiple teams and workstreams, engage with senior stakeholders and external technology partners, and drive projects from requirements through to successful implementation and closure.
The successful candidate will also provide guidance and mentorship to junior Project Managers and project coordinators.
What We’re Looking For
- 4–6+ years’ professional Project Management experience
- Strong technology/software delivery background
- Proven experience managing medium-to-large technology projects
- Experience owning projects from requirements through to implementation and closure
- Experience managing multiple teams or workstreams simultaneously
- Strong stakeholder management experience, including senior management
- Experience working with external vendors and technology partners
- Strong experience managing project risks, issues and dependencies
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and competing stakeholders
- Experience mentoring junior PMs or project coordinators
Technology & Technical Knowledge
You don’t need to be a developer, but you should have strong technical understanding and be comfortable working with technical teams.
Experience with:
- Jira – strong knowledge
- Confluence
- Microsoft Project – strong knowledge
- Microsoft Visio
- Excel & PowerPoint
- Project dashboards and reporting
- RAID management
- SDLC
- Agile / Scrum / Kanban
- Software architecture concepts
- APIs and microservices
- System integrations
- Databases / SQL concepts
- Cloud platforms
- DevOps and CI/CD
- Automated testing
- Release management
- Production environments
- Security and compliance
- Technical debt and system dependencies
- Incident and change management
You should be comfortable participating in technical discussions around architecture, integrations, environments, releases, dependencies and delivery risks, without necessarily being hands-on technical.
Key Responsibilities
Manage complex technology projects from initiation through to delivery and closure.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines and milestones.
Coordinate multiple teams, workstreams and resources.
Manage project scope, requirements, dependencies and deliverables.
Identify and manage project risks and issues.
Monitor project capacity, resource allocation and scheduling.
Manage external vendors and technology partners.
Provide regular project reporting to senior stakeholders.
Facilitate governance meetings and ensure appropriate project controls are maintained.
Track project budgets, forecasting and financial performance.
Manage changes, escalations and competing priorities.
Support release planning and implementation.
Drive issue resolution and project recovery where required.
Monitor delivery against agreed objectives and outcomes.
Mentor and support junior Project Managers and project coordinators.
Continuously identify opportunities to improve project delivery.
Key Skills
- Complex Project Management
- Technology Project Delivery
- Project Planning & Scheduling
- Stakeholder Management
- Vendor Management
- Risk & Issue Management
- Dependency Management
- Resource & Capacity Planning
- Governance & Reporting
- Change Management
- Budget & Forecast Management
- Agile Delivery
- Release Management
- Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Delivery Assurance
- Leadership & Mentoring
- Qualifications & Certifications
A relevant 3-year degree or diploma is preferred.
Project Management certifications would be advantageous, including:
- PMP
- Agile PM
- PMI-ACP
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Why This Opportunity?
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Project Manager looking to take the next step in their career and work on complex technology projects with significant business impact.
If you have the technical understanding, stakeholder management ability and delivery experience to operate independently in a complex environment, we’d like to hear from you.