Intermediate Project Manager (iOCO0190)

iOCO; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

iOCO is seeking a Project Manager to lead cloud projects from initiation through delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams and vendors. You will manage scope, timelines, budget, and quality while maintaining strong stakeholder communication.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in project delivery, with AWS, AI, or cloud certifications considered advantageous. The role emphasizes governance, risk handling, and alignment with commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, IT, Business or related field.
• PM certification (PMP/PRINCE2/AgilePM) would be advantageous.
• Cloud platform certification and Agile training are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain project plans, governance, schedules, RAID and decision logs.
• Lead execution from initiation to closure with cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Provide regular reporting on progress, risks, issues, and financials.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, costs, billing milestones, and resource utilization.
• Coordinate resources and ensure accountability and collaborative delivery.
• Ensure deliverables meet quality, security, and compliance requirements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Risk management

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

PM certification (PMP/PRINCE2/AgilePM)

Tools

AWS Cloud

Azure

Job description

The Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering Cloud projects within agreed scope, timelines, budget, and quality standards. The role provides end-to-end project leadership, manages risk and dependencies, coordinates cross-functional teams and vendors, and maintains clear communication with customers and business stakeholders. The incumbent supports successful implementation, customer satisfaction, sound governance, and the achievement of commercial and operational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Project Governance & Planning

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, milestones, and acceptance criteria with relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project plans, governance structures, schedules, RAID logs, decision logs, and status reports.
• Ensure project documentation, approvals, controls, and governance requirements remain current throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage projects in line with the agreed delivery methodology, contractual obligations, and company standards.

Project Delivery

• Lead project execution from initiation through implementation, transition, closure, and post-project review.
• Coordinate technical, professional services, commercial, operational, vendor, and customer resources to achieve delivery objectives.
• Monitor progress against the agreed baseline and take corrective action where delivery deviates from scope, schedule, cost, or quality.
• Manage interdependencies across workstreams and ensure deliverables are completed, validated, and formally accepted.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary project contact and maintain effective relationships with customers, sponsors, delivery teams, and partners.
• Facilitate project meetings, steering committees, workshops, and progress reviews, ensuring decisions and actions are documented.
• Provide clear, accurate, and timely reporting on progress, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and financial performance.

Risk & Change Management

• Identify, assess, manage, and elevate project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies.
• Control scope and change requests by assessing delivery, commercial, resource, and timeline impacts before approval.
• Drive timely resolution of blockers and ensure agreed mitigation and recovery actions are implemented and tracked.

Financial Management

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, costs, billing milestones, resource utilisation, and overall project financial performance.
• Monitor delivery against contractual commitments, statements of work, purchase orders, and approved commercial parameters.
• Identify commercial risks and support corrective actions to protect revenue, margin, and customer outcomes.

Resource Management

• Plan and coordinate project resources, responsibilities, capacity, and availability across internal and external teams.
• Create accountability for deliverables and promote collaboration, disciplined execution, and effective problem-solving.
• Support team performance through clear direction, regular follow-up, constructive feedback, and escalation where required.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure deliverables meet agreed quality, security, compliance, architecture, and customer acceptance requirements.
• Maintain audit-ready project records and support governance, quality, risk, and compliance reviews.
• Capture lessons learned and apply practical improvements to future cloud project delivery.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Project Management, Information Technology, Business Management, Engineering, Commerce, or a related field.
• Recognised project management certification, such as PMP, PRINCE2, AgilePM, or equivalent, would be advantageous.
• Cloud platform certification, Scrum or Agile certification, and commercial or service management training would be advantageous.

Experience Required

• 5-8 years of experience in project management, technology delivery, professional services, or a related environment.
• Experience in managing one or more of the following: AWS cloud migrations, AI Development, infrastructure migrations, and data (BI and SQL)
• Proven experience managing technology or cloud projects from initiation through implementation and closure.
• Experience managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and change control.
• Experience working with cross-functional technical, commercial, operational, vendor, and customer teams.
• Experience preparing and presenting project plans, governance packs, dashboards, financial reports, and executive updates.
• Working knowledge of project delivery methodologies, governance practices, contracting, and quality controls.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, negotiation, and problem-solving capability.
• AWS, AI or other development or Cloud certifications advantageous
• Business Analysis experience would be advantageous.