Project Manager

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Cape Town seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead planning, execution and delivery of key IT projects. You will coordinate internal teams and external vendors, ensuring projects stay on schedule, within scope and budget while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships throughout the lifecycle.

The role requires a minimum of 5 years' PM experience, relevant tertiary PM/IS/IT credentials, and strong communication skills to effectively guide multi-disciplinary

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Project Manager.
• Tertiary qualification in Project Management and/or Information Systems and/or Information Technology and/or related technical certification in the project management field.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress.
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk analysis

SCRUM

Agile methodologies

Education

PM Certification

Information Systems degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Oracle

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 06/11/2026

Our client islooking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the planning, execution and delivery of key information technology projects. The successful candidate will coordinate internal teams and external vendors, ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

Duties:

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawlessexecution of projects.
  
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
  
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders,and ensuring technical feasibility.
  
• Ensure resource availability and allocation.
  
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress.
  
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in projectscope, schedule, and costs.
  
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools andtechniques.
  
• Report and escalat to management as needed.
  
• Mitigate constraints and eliminate bottleneck impediments through riskanalysis.
  
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
  
• Will be responsible for developing project plans, managing, and monitoring ofkey Information technology projects.
  
• Ability to lead and oversee a team of professionals.
  
• Large scale Microsoft and Oracle solutions delivery experience.
  
• Relative business development experience and skills.
  
• Experience and capability of leading IT technologies.
  
• The ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
  

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications & Competencies

• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Project Manager.Tertiary qualification in Project Management and/or Information Systemsand/or Information Technology and/or related technical certification in theproject management field.
  
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Experience in developing a detailed project plan to track progress
  
• Experience in SCRUM and Agile related methodologies
  
• Experience in project performance measurements using appropriatesystems, tools, and techniques