Senior IS Project Manager – Retail Payments & Loyalty

Salt Digital Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a mid to senior Project Manager for our Cape Town-based IS Solution Delivery team. You will oversee Customer Applications, including Loyalty, VAS, Africa VAS, and Clothing portfolios, coordinating across business, technology, and vendors to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions throughout the project lifecycle.

You will drive governance, manage budgets, and balance multiple workstreams in a fast-moving retail tech environment, taking ownership and delivering

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing IT or IS business-application projects in a retail/loyalty/VAS environment preferred.
• Proven track record of delivering software projects on time with clear accountability.
• Knowledge of project management disciplines, SDLC, and application delivery lifecycles.
• Experience managing roadmap portfolios, steering committee packs, and project budgets (CAPEX/OPEX).
• Experience coordinating external vendors and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Systems, IT, Business, or related field.
• PM certification or methodology training (PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum) advantageous.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365, Excel-based project tracking, SharePoint, and Teams.

Responsibilities

• Build accurate project plans, manage dependencies and critical paths, and track deliverables in a structured, controlled way.
• Maintain a portfolio roadmap and manage multiple workstreams - from complex projects to smaller enhancements - simultaneously.
• Drive governance through steering committees, RAID logs, decision logs, and stakeholder status reporting.
• Manage business case and CAPEX approval processes with strong budget control and early warning of overruns.
• Coordinate delivery across business owners, product owners, IS capability leads, architects, analysts, testers, and external vendors.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with business and delivery teams - responsive, professional, and outcomes-focused.
• Manage scope, priorities, risks, issues, and escalation paths across multiple workstreams.

Skills

Project management

SDLC

Budget management

Vendor coordination

Agile

Stakeholder management

Microsoft 365

Education

Information Systems/IT/Business degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Excel

Teams

Job description

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a mid to senior Project Manager for our Cape Town-based IS Solution Delivery team. You will oversee Customer Applications, including Loyalty, VAS, Africa VAS, and Clothing portfolios, coordinating across business, technology, and vendors to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions throughout the project lifecycle.

You will drive governance, manage budgets, and balance multiple workstreams in a fast-moving retail tech environment, taking ownership and delivering