Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Systems Analyst

Position Summary:

IT Max is seeking an experienced, highly technical, and accomplished Project Manager to join our delivery management team in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this specialized IT project delivery role, you will spearhead managing complex technology transformation projects across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from planning through production. You will work closely with cross-functional software engineering squads, third-party technology vendors, and senior executive stakeholders across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery frameworks.

Ideal candidates bring a strong academic background in computer science or project management, deep practical mastery of enterprise IT project governance, and immediate availability for employment in Johannesburg.

As a Project Manager at IT Max in Johannesburg, South Africa, you will take full ownership of planning, executing, monitoring, and closing high-impact ICT and software implementation projects. Your day-to-day responsibilities encompass defining project scopes, establishing robust work breakdown structures (WBS), managing multi-million-dollar project budgets, and tracking milestones against strict delivery timelines. You will coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams, manage vendor deliverables, facilitate steering committee reviews, and proactively mitigate project risks and dependencies.

Working in a fast-paced enterprise environment, you will operate fluidly across Agile and Waterfall methodologies, ensuring uncompromised quality assurance and high customer satisfaction.

• Manage end-to-end delivery of complex IT, software development, and infrastructure transformation projects.
• Define project scopes, objectives, resource allocations, and detailed work breakdown structures (WBS).
• Establish and maintain robust project schedules, milestone trackers, and critical path analyses using PM tools.
• Monitor financial performance, budget utilization, cost variances, and profitability across assigned projects.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, technical dependencies, and cross-functional roadblocks proactively.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering squads, software developers, QA testers, and third-party vendors.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies, sprint planning, project status briefings, and executive steering committee meetings.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, risk logs, change request registers, and sign-off records.
• Ensure strict adherence to corporate governance standards, quality assurance baselines, and delivery schedules.

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years of professional project management experience delivering enterprise IT and software projects.
• Proven track record leading end-to-end technology implementations across the full SDLC in corporate environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of project management frameworks and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Hybrid).
• Exceptional leadership, financial budgeting, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with enterprise project management and collaboration platforms (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Confluence, Asana).
• Professional availability for full-time employment in Johannesburg, South Africa.

• Professional certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2 Practitioner, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
• Technical familiarity with cloud migrations, software engineering life cycles, and network infrastructure deployments.
• Prior working experience in global IT services consultancies, telecommunications…