Remote Ecommerce Project Lead - Agile Delivery

Placements24; Vereeniging; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Professional growth

Remote team collaboration

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a dedicated Remote Project Manager to lead the development and enhancement of our client’s e-commerce platform. You will drive the complete project lifecycle from requirements and user stories to sprints, testing and deployment, working fully remotely from South Africa.

Ideal candidate has strong e-commerce tech knowledge, agile PM experience, and excellent communication to coordinate a distributed team and deliver a seamless online shopping experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Marketing or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years in project management with e-commerce/digital product focus.
• Proficient with Jira, Asana or Trello and Agile practices.
• Experience with Shopify Plus, Magento or similar platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end e-commerce platform projects from requirements to deployment.
• Define scope, goals and deliverables with stakeholders.
• Create detailed plans, timelines and resource strategies.
• Manage development sprints using Scrum or Kanban.
• Coordinate with UX/UI, marketing and tech teams.
• Identify risks and manage issues and dependencies.
• Oversee UAT and ensure platform quality.
• Monitor deployment processes and post-launch support.
• Track metrics and report progress to stakeholders.
• Pursue improvements to UX and performance.

Skills

Project management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Asana

Trello

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a dedicated Remote Project Manager to lead the development and enhancement of our client’s e-commerce platform. You will drive the complete project lifecycle from requirements and user stories to sprints, testing and deployment, working fully remotely from South Africa.

Ideal candidate has strong e-commerce tech knowledge, agile PM experience, and excellent communication to coordinate a distributed team and deliver a seamless online shopping experience.