Senior Pitch Project Manager | Remote & AI-Driven Pitches

Brandtech+; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Brandtech+ (formerly OLIVER+) seeks a Senior Pitch Project Manager with an ad agency background to lead global pitches from brief to submission. This remote-friendly role supports multi-time-zone teams, leveraging AI-enabled workflows and strong governance.

You will manage budgets, coordinate cross-market collaboration, and ensure quality submissions. 12-month fixed term contract; strong client-facing and leadership skills required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years managing projects successfully in an agency, in-house studio or new business environment.
• Experience owning pitch processes end-to-end, with a clear understanding of what drives pitch success.
• Experience managing project-level production budgets, including cost estimation, supplier negotiation and financial reconciliation.
• Sufficient familiarity with creative and production workflows to anticipate team needs and manage dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management of global pitches across new business, client-facing and cross-market opportunities, from initial brief to final submission.
• Manage multiple concurrent pitches of different types and scales, across different disciplines and time zones.
• Follow and implement our defined project management and production processes, and work with partners to do the same.
• Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, and meet setbacks and pressure with a resilient, solutions-focused mindset.
• Drive continuous improvement by maintaining and improving pitch management tools, templates and workflows, and by building shared institutional knowledge.
• Close off each pitch to set standards, including final documentation, financial reconciliation and a debrief that captures learnings.

Skills

Project management

Pitch processes

Budget management

Creative workflows

Education

Formal degrees welcome

Tools

Monday.com

Asana

Smartsheet

OMG

Job description

Brandtech+ (formerly OLIVER+) seeks a Senior Pitch Project Manager with an ad agency background to lead global pitches from brief to submission. This remote-friendly role supports multi-time-zone teams, leveraging AI-enabled workflows and strong governance.

You will manage budgets, coordinate cross-market collaboration, and ensure quality submissions. 12-month fixed term contract; strong client-facing and leadership skills required.