Project Manager

Decision Inc.; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Decision Inc. is seeking a highly driven Project Manager to take end-to-end ownership of complex technology and digital transformation projects based in Johannesburg.

This hands-on delivery role requires someone who can drive execution, manage senior client stakeholders, and keep teams accountable while focusing on delivering measurable outcomes. You will balance governance, risk, and commercial considerations to ensure successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing complex technology, data, software, digital transformation or consulting projects.
• Experience in consulting or professional services environment.
• Strong project planning, governance and risk management capability.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets and commercial performance.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior and executive-level clients.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary technical and business teams.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.
• Relevant Project Management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile/Scrum would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of project delivery across scope, timelines, quality, resources and commercial outcomes.
• Develop and actively manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks and deliverables.
• Create clear accountability across project teams, ensuring everyone understands what needs to be delivered, by whom and by when.
• Proactively identify risks, delivery bottlenecks and resource constraints before they impact key milestones.
• Challenge delivery variance and drive practical recovery actions when projects fall behind plan.
• Maintain effective project governance, including project plans, RAID logs, actions, decisions and reporting.
• Manage project budgets, effort, utilisation and profitability, understanding the commercial impact of delivery decisions.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, sponsors, technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Confidently manage difficult conversations around delivery, scope, timelines, resources and performance.
• Develop sufficient understanding of the underlying technology or solution to challenge assumptions, identify risks and ask the right questions.
• Maintain urgency and momentum while ensuring quality and governance are not compromised.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Budget management

Governance

Agile

Waterfall

Hybrid delivery

Client relationships

Job description

We are looking for a highly driven, commercially astute Project Manager to take end-to-end ownership of complex technology and digital transformation projects.

This is a hands‑on delivery role requiring someone who can drive execution, anticipate problems, hold teams accountable and confidently manage senior client stakeholders. The successful candidate will combine strong project management discipline with commercial awareness, critical thinking, resilience and a relentless focus on delivering outcomes.

You will be expected to understand the project beyond the plan, stay ahead of risks and dependencies, and take ownership when delivery moves off track.

Who Are We?

Decision Inc. is a global digital partner that enables businesses to reinvent themselves to realise their full potential.

We deliver agility, resilience, and intelligence to any enterprise, enabling them to adapt quickly and thrive through innovation and opportunity. Our teams have engaged with more than 400 clients globally over the past 15 years, providing them with the expertise to build, operate, and optimise their digital businesses.

We achieve this by leveraging the world's best technology to drive our client's business ambitions forward into tomorrow's reality. These technologies include but are not limited to: Microsoft, SAP, Qlik, Snowflake, Alteryx, Automation Anywhere, and Workday Adaptive Insights.

Our success is ultimately driven by our entrepreneurial culture, industry exposure, and the passion of our people. We have three key cross‑functional teams – Functional and Specialist Consulting, Development, and Engineering teams. Based in four global offices, our exceptional consultants focus on delivering value to clients by keeping them at the centre of our service delivery.

To find out more about our exciting fast‑paced culture visit: Careers at Decision Inc.

What Will You Do?

Key Responsibility:

• Take end-to-end ownership of project delivery across scope, timelines, quality, resources and commercial outcomes.
• Develop and actively manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks and deliverables.
• Create clear accountability across project teams, ensuring everyone understands what needs to be delivered, by whom and by when.
• Proactively identify risks, delivery bottlenecks and resource constraints before they impact key milestones.
• Challenge delivery variance and drive practical recovery actions when projects fall behind plan.
• Maintain effective project governance, including project plans, RAID logs, actions, decisions and reporting.
• Manage project budgets, effort, utilisation and profitability, understanding the commercial impact of delivery decisions.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, sponsors, technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Confidently manage difficult conversations around delivery, scope, timelines, resources and performance.
• Develop sufficient understanding of the underlying technology or solution to challenge assumptions, identify risks and ask the right questions.
• Maintain urgency and momentum while ensuring quality and governance are not compromised.

Who Do You Need to Be?

• Proven experience managing complex technology, data, software, digital transformation or consulting projects.
• Experience working within a consulting or professional services environment is highly advantageous.
• Strong project planning, execution, governance and risk management capability.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets and commercial performance.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior and executive-level clients.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary technical and business teams.
• Comfortable working across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.
• Relevant Project Management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile/Scrum would be advantageous.

What success looks like:

An exceptional Project Manager in this role:

• Owns the outcome, not just the project plan.
• Anticipates problems rather than reacting to them.
• Holds people accountable for delivery commitments.
• Understands both the delivery and commercial implications of decisions.
• Drives issues through to resolution with urgency.
• Builds credibility with clients and technical teams.
• Remains composed when projects are under pressure.
• Uses governance to control delivery, not simply report on it