Senior Rewards Project Manager

Blue Pearl HQ; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl HQ is seeking a Senior Rewards Project Manager to lead large, complex initiatives across multiple workstreams in Cape Town. You will define project vision, develop plans, and oversee end-to-end delivery, ensuring on-time, in-scope, and on-budget results with a hands-on rewards program focus.

The role requires experience in rewards environments, agile delivery, and senior stakeholder coordination.

Qualifications

• End-to-end project management of large, complex, multi-workstream initiatives.
• Rewards program lifecycle management and optimization.
• Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, or hybrid environments).
• Project governance setup, planning and execution management.
• Risk, issue and dependency (RAID) management across multiple teams.
• Stakeholder management at senior and executive level.
• Delivery of multiple strategic rewards or transformation projects.
• Consolidated project reporting (status reports, dashboards, RAID logs).
• Agile ceremonies and delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Setting up the overall project structure, including governance forums, roles and responsibilities.
• Coordinating and facilitating workshops with stakeholders, delivery teams, and external vendors.
• Developing and maintaining a consolidated project plan with clear milestones for each work-stream.
• Tracking progress across all teams and providing consolidated reporting to stakeholders.
• Managing dependencies, risks, and issues across business and technical teams.
• Overseeing contracting and engagement with external service providers or vendors as required.
• Ensuring alignment across business, technology, compliance, and operations stakeholders.
• Providing regular communication and updates to senior leadership on progress and blockers.

Skills

End-to-end project management

Rewards program lifecycle management

Agile delivery methodologies

Stakeholder management

RAID management

Delivery of strategic rewards projects

Consolidated project reporting

Agile ceremonies & delivery practices

Project governance setup

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Dashboards

RAID log

Job description

Job Description The Senior Rewards Project Manager will lead one or more large, moderately to highly complex projects, managing medium to large teams. The role is responsible for defining the project vision, developing planning documents, and overseeing end-to-end delivery, reporting, and performance to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

Job Description The Senior Rewards Project Manager will lead one or more large, moderately to highly complex projects, managing medium to large teams. The role is responsible for defining the project vision, developing planning documents, and overseeing end-to-end delivery, reporting, and performance to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. Non-negotiables include proven experience in rewards environments, with hands‑on exposure to rewards programs such as rewards model development, rule changes, and partnership strategy and onboarding. The candidate must have end‑to‑end rewards program lifecycle management experience, as well as strong knowledge and practical application of Agile project methodologies and delivery frameworks.

Responsibilities

Role of the Project Manager The Project Manager will establish and maintain the delivery framework required to coordinate all activities across the initiative. Their responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Setting up the overall project structure, including governance forums, roles and responsibilities.
• Coordinating and facilitating workshops with stakeholders, delivery teams, and external vendors.
• Developing and maintaining a consolidated project plan with clear milestones for each work‑stream.
• Tracking progress across all teams and providing consolidated reporting to stakeholders.
• Managing dependencies, risks, and issues across business and technical teams.
• Overseeing contracting and engagement with external service providers or vendors as required.
• Ensuring alignment across business, technology, compliance, and operations stakeholders.
• Providing regular communication and updates to senior leadership on progress and blockers.

Key Deliverables From The Project Manager

• Comprehensive project plan with milestones, timelines, and interdependencies.
• Workshop schedules, agendas, and documented outputs (decisions, action items, etc.).
• Consolidated status reports (weekly and monthly) with RAG status indicators.
• Risk, Issue, and Dependency logs with clear owners and mitigation plans.
• Contracting delivery timelines with dependent teams.
• Consolidated view of delivery timelines across business and technology teams.
• Change management plan to support adoption and communication of new capabilities.

Project Setup Requirements

• Establish project governance forums (steering committee, working groups, etc.).
• Set up collaboration tools and reporting templates (project plan, RAID log, dashboards).
• Baseline scope, timelines, and success metrics for delivery.
• Agree on stakeholder engagement and communication plan.
• Identify and secure resources (people, systems, budget).
• Ensure alignment with compliance, risk, and operational readiness requirements.

Requirements

• End‑to‑end project management of large, complex, multi‑workstream initiatives.
• Rewards program lifecycle management.
• Rewards model design, rule changes, and program optimization.
• Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, or hybrid environments).
• Project governance setup, planning and execution management.
• Risk, issue and dependency (RAID) management across multiple teams.
• Stakeholder management at senior and executive level.
• Delivery of multiple strategic rewards or transformation projects.
• Consolidated project reporting (status reports, dashboards, RAG tracking).
• Agile ceremonies and delivery practices.
• Project management tools, dashboards and reporting systems.
• Communication planning and stakeholder updates.