Remote IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Placements24; Vereeniging; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Generous leave

Professional development

Retirement plan

Home office stipend

Flexible hours

Collaborative remote culture

Career advancement

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Project Manager to lead IT infrastructure projects from a home office. The role covers planning, deployment, and upgrades across networks, servers, cloud, and data centers, working with distributed teams and stakeholders to ensure timely, secure delivery.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in IT project management, strong networking/cloud knowledge, and excellent remote leadership and communication skills. Certifications like PMP/ITIL/CompTIA are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years in IT project management with focus on infrastructure.
• Experience with networks, servers, cloud, and data centers.
• Strong remote leadership and communication skills.
• Familiarity with MS Project, Jira, Asana, Slack/Teams.
• Certifications such as PMP, ITIL, or CompTIA valued.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning and execution of IT infrastructure projects (networks, servers, cloud, data centers).
• Define scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria with technical teams and stakeholders.
• Develop project plans, schedules, resources, and budgets for infra projects.
• Lead cross-functional, distributed teams via virtual channels.
• Manage risks, issues, changes with mitigation plans.
• Provide status updates to stakeholders including executive leadership.
• Ensure compliance with IT security policies and standards.
• Manage vendor evaluation for infra hardware, software, services.
• Conduct post-project reviews and capture lessons learned.
• Monitor performance against key metrics for scalable IT solutions.

Skills

Remote leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Project planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

PMP

ITIL

CompTIA

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Asana

Slack

Teams

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Project Manager to lead IT infrastructure projects from a home office. The role covers planning, deployment, and upgrades across networks, servers, cloud, and data centers, working with distributed teams and stakeholders to ensure timely, secure delivery.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in IT project management, strong networking/cloud knowledge, and excellent remote leadership and communication skills. Certifications like PMP/ITIL/CompTIA are valued.