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Senior Project Manager
Job in
Durban, 4056, South Africa
Listed on 2026-06-27
Listing for:
Derivco
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-27
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Change Management, IT Project Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
What you’ll be doing Lead complex, high-impact programmes
- Deliver large, multi-team, multi-stream projects from initiation through to closure
- Drive clarity across ambiguity, ensuring work progresses with momentum and purpose
- Own timelines, dependencies, and outcomes across multiple work streams
- Lead projects that impact engineering ways of working and internal platforms
- Deliver initiatives such as:
- Source code tool migrations
- Enterprise tooling implementations (e.g. Jira, Monday, Anaplan)
- Process and workflow optimisation across teams
- Translate technical challenges into clear, actionable plans and narratives
- Work closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders
- Enable informed decision-making across all levels
- Apply project management best practices intelligently — not dogmatically
- Adapt delivery approaches to suit the context, teams, and outcomes required
- Balance governance with agility to keep teams effective, not constrained
- Treat every user as a stakeholder
- Drive adoption through:
- Strong communication
- Change impact assessments
- Structured rollout and enablement approaches
- Navigate resistance and build alignment across diverse teams
- Mentor and develop other project practitioners
- Improve governance frameworks, templates, and delivery standards
- Contribute to the evolution of project management maturity across the organisation.
- 6–8+ years in project/programme management within technology environments
- Proven experience delivering complex, multi-team initiatives independently
- Background in a software development or engineering-led organisation
- Hands‑on experience with enterprise tool implementations or migrations (e.g. Jira, SCM tools, planning platforms)
- Strong understanding of:
- Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Agile and hybrid delivery models
- Governance, risk, and dependency management
- Ability to influence without authority across senior stakeholders
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Strong change management capability — you know how to bring people with you
- Commercial awareness and delivery accountability
- Pragmatic mindset — you focus on outcomes over process purity
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification preferred
Closing date: 01 July 2026
#J-18808-LjbffrPosition Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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