Cyber-IT Project Lead — End-to-End Delivery (Client-Facing)

Kontak Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 201,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent employment

Exposure to cybersecurity projects

Job summary

Kontak Recruitment seeks a Project Manager for a Sandton-based specialist services business. You will coordinate client and internal delivery with a focus on planning, documentation, stakeholder communication and controlled handover.

You will manage multiple projects from scope confirmation through to completion and handover, working across technical teams, clients and suppliers to keep plans current, surface risks early and drive actions to sign-off. Salary: R18,000 to R25,000 gross per month.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Business Management or Project Management, such as a BCom in Business Management.
• Recognised project management certification.
• Experience managing multiple projects, preferably in IT, cybersecurity or technical services.
• Strong organisation, communication, problem-solving and follow-through.
• Ability to understand technical discussions and coordinate specialists and client stakeholders.
• Comfortable using Microsoft 365 and project tracking tools.
• Willing to visit client sites when required.

Responsibilities

• Confirm client requirements, project scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria against the approved contract and statement of work.
• Maintain project plans and trackers with clear task owners, deadlines, milestones and dependencies.
• Coordinate technical teams, clients and suppliers, including resources, access, equipment, licences and approvals needed for delivery.
• Follow up on actions and drive agreed work to start within 48 hours.
• Track progress through to completion.
• Identify risks, delays and blockers early and escalate.
• Run project meetings and record decisions and actions.
• Keep clients and management informed with clear weekly updates by Friday at 15:00.
• Record scope or timeline changes and obtain required approvals before committing to additional work.
• Keep project documents, approvals, technical reports and completion evidence current, organised and accessible to authorised people.
• Coordinate technical review and testing, client sign-off, training where required and handover to the relevant support or operations team.
• Protect confidential client and company information.
• Follow company procedures and capture lessons learned when closing projects.

Skills

Organised

Communication

Problem-solving

Follow-through

Stakeholder coordination

Coordinate across teams

Education

Degree or diploma in Business Management/PM

Tools

Microsoft 365

Project tracking tools

Job description

Kontak Recruitment seeks a Project Manager for a Sandton-based specialist services business. You will coordinate client and internal delivery with a focus on planning, documentation, stakeholder communication and controlled handover.

You will manage multiple projects from scope confirmation through to completion and handover, working across technical teams, clients and suppliers to keep plans current, surface risks early and drive actions to sign-off. Salary: R18,000 to R25,000 gross per month.