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Digital Project Manager
Location
South Africa
Posted
2 days ago
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0
Seniority
Lead
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Digital Project Manager
Parvana
Role Description This is a remote position. - Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and critical paths, ensuring alignment with the overall program strategy. - Lead daily project delivery by coordinating cross-functional teams (developers, analysts, testers, and vendors) to meet milestones and quality standards. - Adapt delivery frameworks - including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid models - to the specific project needs, running relevant ceremonies and maintaining backlog hygiene. - Proactively manage the project-level RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) and escalate critical items to the Program Manager. - Coordinate configuration, integration, and release activities, including planning SIT/UAT testing, defect triage, and managing go-live readiness. - Oversee third-party vendors and systems integrators against statements of work, while managing change requests to maintain scope, plan, and documentation alignment. - Produce accurate status reports and dashboards, ensuring all project artifacts adhere to PMO standards, templates, and governance for audit readiness. - Manage operational stakeholder engagement and support the transition to business-as-usual operations through training, cutover, and adoption planning. Qualifications - A relevant tertiary qualification would be beneficial (IT, Business, Engineering, etc.). - A PMP (or equivalent) and an Agile/Scrum or scaled-agile certification such as PSM, CSM, or SAFe. - 6 - 8 years of experience in project management, specifically with a track record of end-to-end delivery of digital and technology projects. - Proven success working within large, complex, and regulated enterprise environments following structured PMO and governance models. - Hands-on experience executing projects across Agile, waterfall, and hybrid frameworks, including managing sprints, releases, and testing cycles (SIT/UAT). - Ability to coordinate third-party vendors, systems integrators, and business analysts while ensuring requirements are captured and traceable. - Proficiency with industry-standard delivery tools, including Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Confluence, and Power BI. - Experience thriving in distributed or remote team settings, with strong resilience and skill in managing operational stakeholders. - Familiarity with data protection and privacy obligations relevant to personal and project data, such as POPIA. - Advantageous to have exposure to AI or automation-enabled solutions, familiarity with GRC/LGC processes, or previous project experience in the GCC/Middle East. Requirements - Digital Project Manager - AI - Digital Transformation - PMP - Agile/Scrum - Remote - Enterprise - Jira - Azure DevOps - PMO - RAID - Governance - Stakeholder Management - SIT/UAT - POPIA - GRC Company Description Our client is a premier global legal consultancy that provides high-level support for international corporations and law firms. They offer a full spectrum of litigation and data solutions, ranging from eDiscovery and information governance to specialized project staffing and advisory services. By combining a worldwide infrastructure with secure, innovative technology, they help clients manage the complexities of regulatory compliance and cross-border investigations.
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