Project Manager (BET)

BETSoftware; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Johannesburg seeks a Project Manager to oversee software development projects. The role demands strong planning, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects. Candidates should have relevant certifications and 2-3 years of experience in the field, with a focus on effective communication and collaboration within teams.

Qualifications

• 2 - 3 years’ experience in Software Development Project Management.
• Understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies.
• Sound experience in Software Development Lifecycle and Implementation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain business relations with internal customers.
• Validate product requirements and specifications.
• Accountable for project status reporting as defined.
• Manage end-to-end project planning and tracking.
• Participate in software development life cycle activities.

Skills

Planning skills

Organizational skills

Prioritization skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree / National Diplomas

Project Management Certifications (PMP, Prince II, Scrum Master)

Job description

Job title : Project Manager (BET)

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : November 21, 2025

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Skill Set

• Excellent planning, organizational and prioritization skills and be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

Ensuring Project Management

• Builds and maintains strong business relations with existing and prospective internal customers to interpret all individual requirements.
• Reviews changes in legal and procedural requirements affecting the business or projects.
• Validates product requirements and specifications with various departmental team members to understand the business requirements and facilitate handover to the development team.
• Analyzes information and business systems to make recommendations for improvement of processes and systems.
• Co-ordinates, arranges and manages daily / weekly and monthly meetings with subordinates, management and business stakeholders as required.
• Is accountable for project status reporting as defined in a Communication Plan or as required by the Business Unit.
• Is accountable for proactively tracking the end-to-end project schedule and driving corrective action where required.
• Is accountable for end-to-end project planning and a Project Management Plan – including plans for Scope, Communication, Risk & Issues, Dependencies, Cost and Stakeholder Management.
• Assists Team Lead in creating and updating of Team Capacity Plans.
• Assists Team Lead in reviewing team backlogs and re-prioritization with stakeholders.
• Identifies and schedules project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks.
• Adheres to best project management practices and methodologies such as Professional Management Institute standards or similar.
• Proactively manages change - including Time, Cost and Scope changes.
• Tracks project decisions made on the project.
• Assists Business Units in getting any required benefits monitoring and reporting in place.
• Participates in all areas of the software development life cycle and provides technical support to other company personnel.
• Manages internal business processes or systems / application development projects.
• Liaises and manages external resources and suppliers.
• Ensures appropriate procedures and processes are followed.
• Participates in design control activities, and monitors, evaluates and ensures the completion of tasks and projects.

Ensures effective Reporting

• Reports on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities.
• Determines the frequency and content of status reports from the project and program team, analyse results and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Provides status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
• Defines success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project and program life cycle.

Ensures effective Communication

• Communicates any project risk and issues including timing, budget, resources, scope and more to IT management.
• Collaborates closely with the Senior Project Manager and PMO Leader on enterprise projects.
• Communicates with various departmental team members to understand the business requirements.

Living our Spirit

• Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team.
• Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team.
• Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging team members to support each other not only within the department, but within BET Software as a whole.
• Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree / National Diplomas.
• Relevant Project Management Certifications PMP, Prince II, Scrum Master, etc.
• 2 - 3 years’ experience in Software Development Project Management.
• 2 – 3 years’ years of experience with full product lifecycle with understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle.
• Sound experience in Software Development Lifecycle and Implementation.

Apply Before 11 / 21 / 2025