Senior Project Manager

Amaris Consulting; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International team

Internal Academy training

Team events

Job summary

Amaris Consulting in Cape Town seeks a Project Manager to deliver initiatives in the Legal and Compliance domain, collaborating with cross‑functional teams and senior leadership in an international, fast‑growing environment.

You will apply traditional and agile project management tools, drive project execution, and ensure alignment with business objectives while guiding planning, stakeholder engagement, and transparent communication.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management, preferably within Legal, Compliance, or Risk domains.
• Familiarity with traditional and agile project management tools and frameworks.
• Previous experience on Risk and Compliance projects advantageous.
• Previous experience working in Amaris or similar consulting environments advantageous.
• Proficiency in relevant project management software and tools.
• Degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent facilitation and planning skills.
• Ability to operate in highly pressured and ambiguous environments.
• Ability to inspire and motivate teams toward common goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects within the Legal and Compliance domain, ensuring successful delivery and alignment with business objectives.
• Apply traditional and agile project management tools and frameworks to drive project execution.
• Facilitate project planning, stakeholder engagement, and communication across teams.
• Collaborate with Senior and C-suite leadership to ensure project alignment and visibility.
• Build and maintain a healthy, collaborative, and productive team culture.
• Navigate highly pressured and ambiguous environments to achieve project goals.
• Foster exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills to encourage collaboration across teams.
• Inspire and motivate teams toward common goals and adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic environment.

Skills

Project management

Traditional & agile PM

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Team leadership

Education

Degree in business or related field

Job description

Join our team and start a new adventure in an international and dynamic environment, where you will be able to fulfil your career expectations in a fast-growing organization. As Project Manager at Amaris Consulting, you will play a key role in delivering projects within the Legal and Compliance domain, collaborating with cross-functional teams and engaging with senior leadership.

Your Missions

• Lead and manage projects within the Legal and Compliance domain, ensuring successful delivery and alignment with business objectives.
• Apply both traditional and agile project management tools and frameworks to drive project execution.
• Facilitate project planning, stakeholder engagement, and communication across teams.
• Collaborate with Senior and C-suite leadership to ensure project alignment and visibility.
• Build and maintain a healthy, collaborative, and productive team culture.
• Navigate highly pressured and ambiguous environments to achieve project goals.
• Foster exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills to encourage collaboration across teams.
• Inspire and motivate teams toward common goals and adapt to changing priorities in a dynamic environment.

Your Profile

• Experience in project management, preferably within Legal, Compliance, or Risk domains.
• Familiarity with both traditional and agile project management tools and frameworks.
• Previous experience working on Risk and Compliance projects advantageous.
• Previous experience working on projects within Amaris or similar consulting environments advantageous.
• Proficiency in relevant project management software and tools.
• Degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
• You demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• You demonstrate excellent facilitation and planning skills.
• You demonstrate the ability to operate in and navigate highly pressured and ambiguous environments.
• You demonstrate the ability to inspire and motivate teams toward common goals.

What We Offer

• An international community bringing together 110+ different nationalities.
• An environment where trust has a central place: 70% of our key leaders started their careers at the first level of responsibilities.
• A robust training system with our internal Academy and 250+ available modules.
• A vibrant workplace that frequently gathers for internal events (afterworks, team buildings, etc.).

Amaris Consulting is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to promoting diversity within the workforce and creating an inclusive working environment. For this purpose, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.

Who are we?

Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1,000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here's what our recruitment process looks like:

Brief Call

Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you!

Interviews

(the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!

Case study

Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem‑solving scenario, etc.

As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company. That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate's shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience.

We look forward to meeting you!