IT Project Manager (JHB North) at Aspen Pharma Group

OBJECTIVE OF ROLE

• The IT Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of IT initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and agree quality standards. The role focuses on execution excellence, coordinating resources, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver predictable outcomes while managing risks, dependencies, and change. Driving organisational change management is also a vital part of the role.
• This role is accountable for how initiatives are delivered, working closely with Business Relationship Managers, the Digital Operational Excellence Lead, and technical teams to ensure successful implementation and transition into operations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

End-to-End Project Delivery:

• Plan, execute, and close IT projects in line with agreed scope, timelines, and budgets
• Ensure delivery activities are structured and coordinated
• Manage project teams, vendors, and dependencies

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management:

• Proactively identify and manage project risks and issues
• Escalate risks appropriately with mitigation plans
• Manage interdependencies across initiatives and teams

Delivery Governance & Reporting:

• Ensure projects follow agreed governance, standards, and controls
• Maintain accurate project documentation and reporting
• Support decision-making through transparent reporting

Change, Transition & Handover:

• Coordinate change and release activities
• Ensure solutions are transitioned smoothly into operations
• Work with OE Lead to support adoption and benefits realisation

Support Innovation Pipeline

Requirements
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years’ experience in process improvement, operational excellence
• 4+ years IT Project Management
• Strong exposure to digital transformation initiatives
• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives
• Experience managing external vendors and system integrators
• Exposure to regulated or compliance-driven environments advantageous
• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent (Advantageous)

SOFT SKILLS AND COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

• Highly organised with strong planning, coordination, and attention to detail
• Strong execution, follow-through, and ability to drive results independently
• Clear, confident communicator with excellent facilitation skills
• Effective stakeholder and vendor management, with strong influencing ability
• Strategic and systems thinker with solid commercial awareness
• Comfortable managing ambiguity, change, and making trade-off decisions
• Calm under pressure with strong prioritisation and sound judgement
• Outcome-driven with high accountability and ownership
• Able to challenge constructively and demonstrate assertiveness
• Strong leadership presence and ability to influence without formal authority
• Analytical and structured thinker with strong logical reasoning skills
• Pragmatic problem-solver with effective decision-making capability
• Capable of operating across both technical and business domains
• Skilled in negotiation and strategic demand management