Banking IT Agile Project Lead: Integrations & Delivery

Codeconnect Staffing; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Codeconnect Staffing in Gauteng, South Africa, seeks an experienced Agile Project Manager to lead complex IT delivery projects in a banking environment. This permanent role operates in a hybrid model and requires strong governance, stakeholder engagement, and clear reporting.

You will steer cross-functional teams, manage integrations and data migrations, facilitate Scrum or Kanban ceremonies, and mentor junior PMs while ensuring budgets, schedules and risks are controlled.

Qualifications

• Proven IT project delivery experience within banking or financial services.
• Strong Agile experience, including Scrum and/or Kanban.
• Strong working knowledge of Jira and Confluence.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules in Microsoft Project.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing project budgets and financials.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile delivery across cross-functional technical teams.
• Facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Manage system integration, API and data migration workstreams.
• Maintain project plans and schedules using Microsoft Project.
• Manage sprint execution, dependencies and documentation through Jira and Confluence.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues and technical dependencies.
• Provide clear progress and risk reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts and financial reporting.
• Mentor and support junior Agile Project Management resources.

Skills

Agile delivery

Scrum & Kanban

Stakeholder management

Communication

Budget management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

Codeconnect Staffing in Gauteng, South Africa, seeks an experienced Agile Project Manager to lead complex IT delivery projects in a banking environment. This permanent role operates in a hybrid model and requires strong governance, stakeholder engagement, and clear reporting.

You will steer cross-functional teams, manage integrations and data migrations, facilitate Scrum or Kanban ceremonies, and mentor junior PMs while ensuring budgets, schedules and risks are controlled.