Project Manager

Nedbank; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nedbank is seeking a Project Manager to lead medium to large projects across technology, property and engineering. You will work in a fast-paced environment, applying Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies, mentoring teams and ensuring governance and delivery excellence.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage budgets, and drive change while maintaining stakeholder alignment and reporting through PMO tools such as Jira, MS Project and SharePoint.

Qualifications

• Matric or equivalent required.
• Diploma or higher suitable for the role.
• PM qualifications (PMP/CAPM) preferred.
• Certification in PM practices (PRINCE/PMBOK) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage medium to large projects across technology, property and engineering.
• Ensure governance, visibility and delivery using PMO standards.
• Mentor teams on Agile best practices and drive transformation.
• Coordinate with product managers to translate epics into actionable tasks.
• Maintain stakeholder engagement and ensure on-time delivery within budget.

Education

Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Diploma

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Job description

Personal and Provate Banking

Projects

Manage Self: Technical

Position

Project Manager

Why join our team!

Step into a high-impact Project Manager role at Nedbank, where strategic delivery meets innovation. You’ll lead medium to large-scale projects across diverse disciplines—including technology, property, and engineering—using Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies. This is a hands-on opportunity to drive transformation, mentor teams on Agile best practices, and manage multiple projects within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, leveraging tools like Jira and MSP to ensure visibility, governance, and delivery excellence. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, scaling delivery, and growing your leadership footprint in a collaborative, purpose-driven culture, this role offers the platform to do just that.

Job Purpose

To plan, track, monitor, and control activities of medium to large projects to ensure that project goals/objectives are accomplished within the prescribed time frame, agreed quality, and funding parameters enabled through Nedbank project methodologies and people management.

The methodologies for the projects include Waterfall, Hybrid, Agile and Milestone tracking. The Projects could be associated with any discipline e.g. property, engineering, information technology, in line with the business strategy. The Project Manager will also need to play an active role in providing mentorship and coaching on agile best practices to the projects they are involved with.

The Project Manager will also ensure that the team is working on the right tasks at the right time, working closely with the Project team. If the methodology of the project is Agile, the Project Manager will work closely with the product manager to translate epics, stories, and other items on the sprint list into actionable tasks for the delivery team.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g., staff surveys etc.).
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes, systems, and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies, and systems.
• Timely delivery of agreed project scope within budget across a portfolio of projects, ensuring delivery commitments are met and variances are managed and escalated.
• Ensure full compliance with PMO governance frameworks, standards, controls and reporting requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain complete, accurate and current project information within the approved PMO systems including SharePoint repositories and project tracking tools.
• Identify, assess, communicate, monitor and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies and blockers ensuring timely escalation and adherence to approved change control processes.
• Ensure accurate cost estimation based on coverage of customer requirements and project scope.
• Manage project budget within mandate.
• Ensure traceability of defined benefits throughout the life cycle of the project and elevate any deviations arising throughout the project.
• Identify project stakeholders; communicate their roles; define level of participation in the project; map their communication needs and manage stakeholder engagement strategies through the project.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and proactively manage stakeholder satisfaction through regular engagement, feedback mechanisms, expectationmanagement and transparent communication.
• Manage the business change impact across process, systems and technology.
• Ensure change management process is led and supported together with the customer; capture client needs accurately in scope and ensure sign-off by stakeholders.
• Ensure satisfactory post-implementation review by obtaining final sign-off from customers.
• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in the field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers.
• Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality in accordance with business needs and strategic goals.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving, decision-making, prioritisation and adaptability skills to effectively manage changing project environments and competing demands.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Diploma

Preferred Qualification

• Project Management (PMP and CAPM)

Essential Certifications

• Relevant certification in PM practises or methodology (PRINCE/ PMBOK ETC)

Minimum Experience Level

• 3 to 7 years working experience in a project environment, including exposure to the management of medium to large projects.
• Experience managing multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously.
• Banking or financial services experience: Preferred if the candidate has experience in banking or financial services, particularly in projects that deliver software to production.
• Experience in using different project tools such as Jira, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, etc.
• Exposure to Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid Methodologies preferred.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Data analysis
• Relevant project management platform and tool knowledge
• Principles of financial management
• Project Tool Kit
• project management principles and methodologies

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

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