Project Manager – 12-Month Contract at DeARX Services (Pty) Ltd

• A leading Investments Institution is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and deliver strategic business and technology initiatives within a complex enterprise environment.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for managing end-to-end project delivery, ensuring alignment to business objectives, governance standards, timelines, budgets, and quality requirements. This role requires a strong delivery-focused professional with excellent stakeholder management and coordination skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full project lifecycle from initiation through planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, RAID logs, and status reports.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines, budget, and quality standards.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including business, technology, operations, vendors, and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate project governance forums, steering committees, and stakeholder engagements.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
• Drive alignment between business objectives, project deliverables, and strategic priorities.
• Support business transformation, process optimisation, and digital modernisation initiatives.
• Monitor project performance and provide regular reporting to senior leadership and PMO stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to organisational project management methodologies, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Manage project communications and stakeholder expectations throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Support resource planning, vendor coordination, and financial tracking activities.

Experience & Key Deliverables

Experience delivering projects such as:

• Enterprise transformation initiatives
• Digital and technology implementation projects
• Process optimisation and operational improvement initiatives
• System implementation and integration projects
• Customer and operational experience enhancements
• Cross-functional strategic delivery programmes

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Degree or Diploma in Business Management, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–8+ years' experience in Project Management roles within enterprise environments.
• Proven experience delivering business and technology projects end-to-end.
• Strong understanding of:
• Project management methodologies
• Risk and issue management
• Budget and resource management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Change management principles
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.
• Strong planning, organisational, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities effectively.

Advantageous

• Experience within financial services, development finance, or public sector environments.
• PMP, Prince2, Agile, Scrum, or SAFe certifications advantageous.
• Experience with project management tools such as:
• MS Project
• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• Confluence
• Power BI
• Exposure to enterprise transformation and digital modernisation programmes.