Agile Delivery Lead: Software Projects & Client Liaison

Red Panda Software; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Panda Software in Cape Town is seeking a Development Project Manager to lead a software development team using Scrum/Agile methods. You will drive delivery, manage client expectations, and oversee team performance across sprints and releases.

Responsibilities include reporting to clients, maintaining capacity plans, and ensuring high-quality deployments while guiding the team through SAFe practices and proactive stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Matric is required.
• A minimum of 3 years experience leading a team in a software development environment.
• IT related qualification.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum is required.
• Retail experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Delivery on time and in scope with backlog grooming, sprint planning, estimates and Burn down reports.
• Maintain 70% efficiency of Raw Capacity per sprint.
• Ensure UAT failures are below 5% per deployment.
• Provide progress reports and status updates in weekly Operations meetings.
• Manage client expectations and respond to escalations.
• Set individual goals and conduct performance evaluations.
• Monitor productivity and time logging.

Skills

Capacity and Sprint planning

Scrum Principles - SAFe

Work under pressure

Proactive

Customer relationship management

Coding concepts

Conflict management

Quality Control

Performance Management

Resource planning

Project management

Professional communication

Education

Matric

IT related qualification

Tools

JIRA/ Confluence

Job description

Red Panda Software in Cape Town is seeking a Development Project Manager to lead a software development team using Scrum/Agile methods. You will drive delivery, manage client expectations, and oversee team performance across sprints and releases.

Responsibilities include reporting to clients, maintaining capacity plans, and ensuring high-quality deployments while guiding the team through SAFe practices and proactive stakeholder communication.