Infrastructure & Security Project Manager

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 90 000 - 130 000; Full time

Job summary

A professional recruitment firm is seeking an experienced Infrastructure and Security Project Manager in Johannesburg, South Africa. The role involves ensuring project delivery within budget and timelines while maintaining quality and client satisfaction. Candidates should possess a project management degree, relevant certifications (preferably PMP), and a strong background in managing complex projects. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and change management abilities are essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated moderate level project management experience, preferably in a multinational professional services environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of the project life cycle.
• Proven experience managing expectations against business and financial constraints.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the project delivers an as-sold solution, remains within budget and is delivered on time.
• Manage project delivery, including rigorous scope control and change management.
• Documentation and management of risks and issues.
• Coordinate activities of project teams through task delegation and resource assignment.

Skills

Project Management degree or equivalent

Relevant project management certifications (PMP preferred)

ITIL certification

Business Analysis experience

Ability to manage urgent and complex tasks simultaneously

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education

Project Management degree or equivalent

Job description

Infrastructure and Security Project Manager

About the job Infrastructure and Security Project Manager

Contract position

• Project Management degree or equivalent with a moderate level of related experience
• Relevant project management certifications preferably PMP
• ITIL certification is preferable
• Demonstrated moderate level project management experience preferably in a multinational professional services environment
• Demonstrated understanding of the project life cycle
• Demonstrated competency in project change management
• Proven experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes:

• Security infrastructure - None-Negotiable
• Businses Analysis experience
• Ability to establish strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients
• Excellent client-centricity skills and ability to work at client sites
• Ability to manage customer satisfaction, commitment, and expectations to high service levels and manage escalations adequately
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent team-building skills and ability to work in high-pressure environments
• Ability to manage urgent and complex tasks simultaneously
• Good business acumen and commercial skills
• Passionate, strong initiative, self-driven with a commitment to succeed
• Good influencing ability whilst taking a collaborative approach
• Decisive with good attention to detail ability
• Ability to promote project services to both internal stakeholders and external clients
• Competent in project change management

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the project/programme delivers an as-sold solution, remains within the baselined budget and is delivered on time whilst maintaining quality criteria and client satisfaction
• Manage the delivery of the project/programme, including rigorous scope control and change management
• Ensure client satisfaction and manage escalations, acting as a single point of contact to the client
• Documentation and management of risks and issues
• Ensuring clear and concise communications to all stakeholders
• Provide pre-sales support by working with sales teams to scope and cost a project or programme solution which includes the completion of a proposal.
• This may include Client presentations of our delivery approach as part of a tender process.
• Coordinate activities of the project teams through task delegation, resource assignment and programme management
• Lead and direct concurrent standard or complex projects and in the case of programme management, ensure the management of multiple related projects directed towards a common objective
• Engage with stakeholders to deliver projects from original concept through final implementation
• Ensure client satisfaction and manage escalations, acting as a single point of contact to the client