Senior Project Manager

Tech Mahindra; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mahindra is seeking a seasoned Programme Manager to lead high-complexity projects and cross-functional teams, including internal and vendor resources, in a hybrid delivery model. The role spans scope management, change control, budgeting and governance across multiple stakeholders.

You will drive benefits realisation, risk management and compliance, coordinate agile ceremonies, and champion continuous improvement with AI-enabled planning and real-time dashboards to ensure projects deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management or related field; postgraduate qualification and professional certification.
• Minimum 8 years of experience, with 6+ years in hybrid/agile and digital-transformation projects.
• Proficiency with MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet and Power BI; familiarity with AI-assisted planning tools.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity, data privacy and ESG considerations in project delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management and experience leading distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope with a formal change-control process.
• Authorise expenditure and monitor budget with real-time dashboards.
• Communicate across in-person, hybrid and virtual stakeholders.
• Lead delivery per plan, including agile ceremonies and governance.
• Identify and manage risk, including cybersecurity, data privacy, and third-party risk.
• Champion benefits realisation and post-implementation reviews.

Skills

MS Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Power BI

AI-assisted planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Project Management or related field

Postgraduate qualification

PMP/PRINCE2/MSP/SAFe certification

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Power BI

Job description

Manage and oversee high-complexity projects and programmes, and multi-disciplinary, cross-functional and increasingly distributed/hybrid teams (internal and vendor resources), driving measurable business benefit realisation. Team size >20.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Manage the scope through a formal change-control process (including evolving scope/backlogs in agile or hybrid delivery), ensuring the consequences of changes are understood by all stakeholders.
• Authorise expenditure and ensure accurate cost control, budget and variance reporting, using digital financial/PM tools and real-time dashboards; track return on investment and benefits realisation.
• Manage effective communication in line with documented and approved communication plans, across in-person, hybrid and virtual stakeholders, using modern collaboration platforms (e.g. Teams, Slack).
• Manage projects and programmes in accordance with the documented and agreed plan, covering the full range of project management knowledge/performance domains, integrating agile ceremonies where relevant.
• Facilitate and manage overall compliance to all policies and procedures (finance, HR, procurement, data privacy/POPIA, cybersecurity and ESG/sustainability requirements).
• Through consultation and influencing, establish correctly resourced, well-functioning, diverse and inclusive teams — including the effective management of remote/distributed staff and vendor resources.
• Oversee and approve overall project/programme plans, ensure regular updates via real-time dashboards, and document any variations.
• Proactively identify and manage project risk, including cybersecurity, data privacy and third-party/vendor risk, maintaining an up-to-date risk register.
• Champion benefits realisation and post-implementation review to ensure project outcomes translate into sustainable business value.
• Leverage AI-assisted planning, forecasting, reporting and scheduling tools to improve delivery predictability and decision making.

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

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• Signed-off scope statement prior to the execution of the project; timeously signed-off scope-change documentation via digital workflow.
• Demonstrated self-development in the area of project management (theoretical and practical), keeping pace with evolving methodologies (Agile, hybrid, AI-enabled PM) and maintaining relevant certifications.
• Budget compiled and approved prior to project execution; approvals processed via digital/ERP workflow (e.g. SAP); budget vs. actual spend deviation < 5%; variance reports submitted timeously via dashboards.
• Documented and approved communications plan, with evidenced adherence via collaboration-tool records and reporting dashboards.
• Project/programme milestones delivered on time, in budget and as per requirements, with measurable benefits tracked and confirmed post go-live.
• Risk register actively maintained with mitigations tracked; cybersecurity and data-privacy compliance evidenced for all projects.
• Stakeholder and team engagement/satisfaction maintained at a high standard (e.g. via periodic pulse surveys).

MINIMUM SKILL, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management or a related field, plus a postgraduate qualification and relevant specialist certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, or an Agile/SAFe certification).
• A minimum of 8 years' experience, with at least 6 years' specific experience in the field of expertise, including delivery of hybrid/agile and digital-transformation projects.
• Proficiency with modern project management and reporting tools (e.g. MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, Power BI) and MINIMUM SKILL, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE familiarity with AI-assisted planning/forecasting tools.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity, data privacy (e.g. POPIA/GDPR) and ESG/sustainability considerations as they apply to project delivery.
• Experience managing ICT/cloud vendor relationships and third-party risk.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills, with demonstrated ability to lead and influence diverse, distributed and hybrid/remote teams and interface effectively with clients at all levels.