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  • Posted: Jul 7, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Deloitte is one of the country's leading professional services firms in Southern Africa, and is dedicated to assisting companies succeed in the business environment- whether it be through our tax, audit, consulting or financial advisory services. At Deloitte, we understand that solutions are not just a static one dimensional report, but rather, an integrated...
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    Technical Project Manager – AI & Data

    Job Description
    Role Summary

    • We are seeking a Technical Project Manager (TPM) to lead the end-to-end delivery of AI and Data initiatives for high-impact clients across the African continent. This role requires a blend of technical fluency, project leadership expertise, and client-facing consulting capability.
    • You will lead multi-disciplinary teams across data engineering, data science, and business consulting, ensuring delivery excellence and measurable business impact from AI & Data transformation initiatives.

    Key Responsibilities

    AI & Data Program & Project delivery

    • Lead cross-functional teams to deliver AI and Data projects on time, within scope, and to expected quality
    • Define and manage project plans, sprint schedules, dependencies, risks, and issue resolution
    • Drive delivery across model development, data readiness, deployment, and operationalization (MLOps)

    Stakeholder engagement & Value realisation

    • Act as the primary interface between technical teams and business stakeholders
    • Translate complex technical progress into clear business outcomes and business impact
    • Align delivery with broader client transformation agendas (AI strategy, platform, use cases, operations)
    • Facilitate collaboration across AI/ML, data engineering, and platform architecture
    • Understand AI use case pipelines: experimentation, model development, evaluation, deployment
    • Support the definition of scalable AI operating models, platforms, and governance structures
    • Establish cadence of status reviews, steering committees, and retrospectives
    • Maintain comprehensive project documentation, risk logs, and financial tracking
    • Ensure compliance with delivery methodologies (Agile, Scrum, hybrid)

    Technical & Domain fluency
    Governance & Reporting
    Qualifications

    • 8–12+ years total
    • 3–5+ years in technical project or program management
    • 2+ years managing AI/ML or advanced analytics initiatives

    Delivery Context:

    • Experience in consulting, digital transformation, or enterprise technology delivery (client-facing roles preferred)

    AI/Tech Understanding:

    • Familiarity with ML lifecycle, MLOps, data science workflows
    • Basic understanding of cloud-native AI platforms (Azure ML, Vertex AI, SageMaker)

    Methodologies:

    • Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Hybrid delivery approaches
    • Experience managing cross-shore or multi-market teams

    Education:

    • Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related
    • Master’s preferred

    Certifications:

    • PMP, Prince2, or Scrum Master (bonus: SAFe, AI/ML certifications)

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