Senior IT Technical Project Manager—Cloud & Infra

Interpath; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Interpath in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks an IT Technical Project Manager to lead delivery of enterprise systems, infrastructure and tooling. You will drive governance and ensure alignment with long-term architectural strategy while engaging engineers, architects and third-party providers globally.

The role requires hands-on delivery, strong stakeholder engagement and experience across agile and waterfall methodologies in challenging environments.

Qualifications

• Background in a technical IT role (e.g. infrastructure, cloud, networking or similar).
• Proven experience delivering large-scale IT projects end-to-end.
• Strong technical understanding, with confidence working alongside engineers and architects.
• Experience managing risks, stakeholders and complex delivery environments.
• Comfortable working across agile and/or waterfall methodologies.
• Experience working with third-party vendors.
• Must be native or fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of complex technology initiatives across infrastructure, cloud platforms, security tooling, integrations and business-critical applications
• Own end-to-end project delivery, ensuring outcomes are achieved within scope, time, cost and quality parameters
• Translate strategic objectives into structured technical roadmaps and detailed implementation plans
• Collaborate with engineers and architects to review and validate technical designs, integration patterns and non-functional requirements
• Identify and manage technical, architectural and operational risks, embedding mitigation strategies into delivery plans
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, stakeholders and third-party vendors, ensuring effective resource and capacity planning
• Operate robust change governance processes, including technical impact assessment and change control
• Ensure smooth transition of solutions into live environments, aligned with IT service management practices
• Support vendor evaluation, technical due diligence and technology selection processes

Skills

Technical IT background

IT project delivery

English fluency

Education

Certifications (PRINCE2, PMP)

Tools

ITIL framework

Job description

Interpath in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks an IT Technical Project Manager to lead delivery of enterprise systems, infrastructure and tooling. You will drive governance and ensure alignment with long-term architectural strategy while engaging engineers, architects and third-party providers globally.

The role requires hands-on delivery, strong stakeholder engagement and experience across agile and waterfall methodologies in challenging environments.