SaaS Implementation Project Lead

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment seeks an experienced SaaS Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery and implementation of SaaS solutions. You will manage multiple projects, coordinating cross-functional technical and business teams to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery aligned with customer and business requirements.

The role requires proven experience in SaaS implementations, strong stakeholder and vendor management, and a solid understanding of Agile/Scrum and traditional PM methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant qualification in IT, CS, business or project management.
• Proven experience in technology, software or SaaS implementation projects.
• Experience across full software implementation lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of SaaS/cloud environments.
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Stakeholder, customer and vendor management experience.
• Cross-functional teamwork with technical teams.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum and traditional PM methodologies.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Monday.com or MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SaaS delivery and implementation projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets and resources.
• Coordinate engineering, product, operations, customer success, vendors and stakeholders.
• Manage configuration, integrations, data migration, testing and deployment.
• Facilitate kick-offs, status meetings and governance activities.
• Identify risks, issues, dependencies and scope changes.
• Ensure clear communication among teams and customers.
• Oversee customer onboarding and implementation activities.
• Apply appropriate delivery methodologies (Agile/Scrum/Waterfall/hybrid).
• Track KPIs, deliverables and progress.
• Coordinate UAT, go-live readiness and production deployment.
• Support change management and user adoption.
• Maintain project documentation and reporting standards.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews for continuous improvement.

Skills

Project management

SaaS

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Monday.com

MS Project

Job description

Sabenza IT & Recruitment seeks an experienced SaaS Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery and implementation of SaaS solutions. You will manage multiple projects, coordinating cross-functional technical and business teams to ensure on-time, in-scope delivery aligned with customer and business requirements.

The role requires proven experience in SaaS implementations, strong stakeholder and vendor management, and a solid understanding of Agile/Scrum and traditional PM methodologies.