Delivery-Driven Project Manager - 3-6 Month Onsite Contract

Datonomy Solutions (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Datonomy Solutions (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Project Manager for a short-term contract (3-6 months), onsite in Johannesburg. You will plan, coordinate, and deliver priority business projects within scope, time, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder expectations.

You will apply agile or scrum practices, monitor progress, manage risks and issues, and provide clear communication to senior stakeholders and delivery partners. A degree and 5+ years PM experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or diploma in business, finance, commerce, accounting, information systems, project management, or a related discipline.
• Formal project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, AgilePM, Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or equivalent is preferred.
• Additional qualifications in change management, process improvement, Lean Six Sigma, risk management, or business analysis would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, delivery schedules, RAID logs, decision logs, and action trackers.
• Coordinate delivery activities across business, finance, technology, risk, compliance, audit, and vendor teams.
• Apply agile or scrum practices where appropriate, including sprint planning, backlog coordination, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and impediment tracking.
• Work with product owners, business leads, and delivery teams to prioritise work, clarify requirements, manage backlogs, and maintain delivery momentum.
• Monitor progress against agreed timelines and proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints.
• Ensure project outputs are delivered to the required quality and are accepted by the appropriate business owners.
• Prepare clear project status reports, steering committee packs, progress updates, and escalation summaries.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and ensure decisions, approvals, dependencies, and risks are traceable.
• Support audit readiness, control discipline, and compliance with relevant internal policies and delivery standards.
• Escalate material risks, unresolved decisions, and delivery blockers in a timely and structured manner.

Skills

Project planning

Governance

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Delivery management

Education

Degree or diploma in business, finance, or related field

Tools

MS Office

Collaboration platforms

Project reporting templates

PM software

Job description

Datonomy Solutions (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Project Manager for a short-term contract (3-6 months), onsite in Johannesburg. You will plan, coordinate, and deliver priority business projects within scope, time, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder expectations.

You will apply agile or scrum practices, monitor progress, manage risks and issues, and provide clear communication to senior stakeholders and delivery partners. A degree and 5+ years PM experience are preferred.