Project Scoping Specialist (UK Hours)

MRI India; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office breakfasts

Quarterly lunches

Virtual social events

DEI committee

Job summary

MRI Software in Cape Town seeks a Project Scoping Specialist to define client engagements, craft Statements of Work and service estimates, and support proposals post-sales. You’ll balance customer success with delivery feasibility and work with global teams across Sales, Professional Services, Product and Delivery.

The role requires commercial judgment, problem-solving, and stakeholder collaboration, with a hybrid work pattern including three days from home per week and UK business hours for

Qualifications

• Strong commercial awareness balancing customer, delivery and business objectives.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills for complex requirements.
• Strong written communication for professional customer-facing docs.
• Excellent stakeholder management across multiple functions.
• Ability to identify, assess and communicate delivery, operational and commercial risks.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Produce Professional Services Statements of Work across MRI products and services.
• Create accurate services estimates with assumptions, exclusions, dependencies, risks and scope boundaries.
• Translate requirements into clear consultancy and implementation engagements.
• Ensure proposals reflect delivery approaches, timelines and resource needs.
• Assess commercial viability of engagements, identifying risks and delivery challenges.
• Challenge ambiguities and improve proposal quality and delivery success.
• Support contract discussions, SOW reviews and proposal redline activities.
• Position opportunities for successful delivery balancing customer expectations and commercial objectives.
• Collaborate with Sales, Consulting, PM, Product and Delivery teams across regions.
• Promote consistency and quality across all proposals and SOWs.
• Contribute to estimation governance, service catalogues, templates and frameworks.
• Help improve implementation methodologies, governance processes and delivery best practices.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Proposal writing

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Join MRI Software as a Project Scoping Specialist and play a pivotal role in defining how our clients engage with Professional Services. Working at the intersection of Sales, Professional Services, Product, and Delivery teams, you will be responsible for producing high-quality Statements of Work, service estimates and consultancy proposals that set projects up for success from day one. We are looking for an individual who can apply sound commercial judgement, logical thinking, and practical delivery experience to define successful customer engagements. You will be comfortable identifying risks, challenging assumptions, balancing competing priorities, and making recommendations that support both customer success and sustainable delivery outcomes. You will work with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure opportunities are appropriately scoped, estimated, governed, and positioned for successful execution before they enter delivery. Please note that this role requires working UK business hours (Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:30 BST/GMT) to support the global team. We understand the need to provide a flexible working environment partnered with team collaboration and socialisation. Therefore, we operate a hybrid working model with 3 days of working from home per week. This role is based in the Cape Town office.

Key responsibilities:

• Produce Professional Services Statements of Work across multiple MRI products and service offerings.
• Create accurate services estimates, documenting assumptions, exclusions, dependencies, risks, and scope boundaries.
• Translate customer requirements into clear, practical, and deliverable consultancy and implementation engagements.
• Ensure proposals accurately reflect agreed delivery approaches, timelines, and resource requirements.
• Assess the commercial viability of proposed engagements, identifying risks, assumptions, and potential delivery challenges.
• Apply sound commercial judgement when determining scope, effort, resource requirements and implementation approaches.
• Constructively challenge ambiguities, assumptions, and inconsistencies to improve proposal quality and delivery success.
• Support contractual discussions, Statements of Work reviews, and proposal redline activities.
• Ensure opportunities are positioned for successful delivery whilst balancing customer expectations, delivery requirements, and commercial objectives.
• Work closely with Sales teams throughout the sales cycle, supporting opportunity qualification, solution scoping and proposal development.
• Collaborate with Consulting, Project Management, Product Management, and Delivery teams to validate proposed approaches.
• Build strong working relationships across multiple departments and regions to ensure consistency and alignment.
• Ensure engagements entering delivery are appropriately scoped, estimated, and documented.
• Promote consistency and quality across all Professional Services proposals and Statements of Work.
• Support the application of agreed estimation, approval and engagement governance processes.
• Work collaboratively with delivery teams to capture lessons learned and improve future estimation accuracy and implementation planning.
• Help reduce delivery risk through strong governance, challenge and engagement planning practices.
• Maintain high standards of quality, accuracy, and consistency across all service proposals.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of estimation models, service catalogues, templates, and proposal frameworks.
• Support improvements to implementation methodologies, governance processes, and delivery best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve estimation accuracy, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes.

Requirements:

• Experience within Professional Services, Consulting, Software Delivery, Pre-Sales, Solution Design, Project Management, or a related environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to balance customer, delivery, and business objectives.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex requirements and scenarios.
• Demonstrable ability to make informed decisions and recommendations based on available information and sound judgement.
• Strong written communication skills with experience producing professional customer-facing documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions.
• Ability to identify, assess and communicate delivery, operational, and commercial risks.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Desirable experience:

• Experience producing Statements of Work, project estimates, proposals, bids, or tender responses.
• Knowledge of software implementation and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience within enterprise software, SaaS, or technology organisations.
• Experience working across multiple products, business units, or geographic regions.
• Understanding of professional services commercial models including forecasting, utilisation, and project budgeting principles.
• Experience participating in commercial reviews, governance processes, or opportunity qualification activities.

We’re obsessed with making this the best job you’ve ever had!

We want our teams to love working here, so we’ve created some incredible perks for you to enjoy: We want our staff to love working here, and so we’ve created a few unique perks such as office breakfasts, quarterly lunches and virtual social events. Additionally, we value your input in your employee experience and have employee-led groups such as our DEI committee, employee resource groups such as Women and Allies, and our Pride Event Group Have confidence in your health with our offered Medical Aid Scheme. Invest in our competitive Personal Pension plan and help set you up for your future. Big on family? So are we! Here at MRI Software we recognise that your family is important, and being able to spend quality time with your family as it grows is a wonderful experience. Therefore, the MRI Software Parental Leave benefit is designed to give you the opportunity to spend time with your new arrival(s). Enjoy a fantastic work-life balance with 25 days of annual leave plus Public Holidays, in addition to a bank of 16 hours of "Flex Time Off" to be used whenever and however you choose! Further your professional development with our Tuition Reimbursement Schemes Enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere in the world for two weeks out of the year!

About Us

From the day we opened our doors, MRI Software has built flexible, game-changing real estate software that powers thriving communities and helps make the world a better place to live, work and play. Fulfilling that mission is only possible because of one thing: exceptional people. People like you! Our people-first approach to PropTech is defining a new industry standard for client experiences that, quite frankly, can’t be duplicated. Experiences that deliver real value every day. And we know those experiences begin with our people. We believe MRI is more than just a workplace; it’s a connected community of people who truly feel they belong. Whether we’re investing in employee resource groups or providing tailored resources for each person to reach their full potential, we’re passionate about creating a work environment that makes you excited to show up every single day. At MRI, one of our core values is to strive to amaze. From the intelligent solutions we create to the culture we cultivate, that’s our goal every day. Because that’s what industry leaders do. Whether you’re joining as a new Pride member or rejoining us after a short time away, your talent is vital to us, our partners and our clients. Amazing growth requires amazing employees. Are you up to the challenge? We know confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply. We’d love to hear from you!

We’re completely dedicated to making this the best job you’ve ever had!

Join our employee-led resource groups to maximize your experience at work. Add 16 extra hours to your time off to shorten your workday as part of our Flex at MRI program. Utilize 16 hours of paid time to volunteer. Know great workers? Our generous employee referral scheme rewards you for bringing in talent. Enjoy peace of mind with our regional-specific healthcare benefits for you and your family. Big on family? So are we! Our Parental Leave and parental support perks allow you to grow your family comfortably as an MRI employee. Maintain a fantastic work-life balance with PTO days plus observed holidays. Further your professional development and growth with our tuition reimbursement offerings. Enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere in the world for two weeks out of the year. And more! Now, take a glimpse into some of the fun we have here: MRI Software Instagram