Senior Rewards Project Manager

Blue Pearl PTY; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl PTY is seeking a Senior Rewards Project Manager based in Cape Town, South Africa. In this role, you will manage large, complex projects within the rewards environment, overseeing the end-to-end project lifecycle. You should have proven experience in rewards model design and strong hands-on competencies in Agile methodologies. Responsibilities include establishing project governance, coordinating teams, and providing status reports to leadership. This role is essential for ensuring strategic alignment across business and technology teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing end-to-end project lifecycles for rewards programs.
• Hands-on exposure to rewards model development and change management.
• Strong knowledge of Agile project methodologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex projects ensuring timely delivery and within budget.
• Establish project structure and governance forums.
• Coordinate workshops with stakeholders and external vendors.

Skills

Project management of large, complex initiatives

Rewards model design

Agile delivery methodologies

Stakeholder management

Risk and issue management

Tools

Project management tools

Dashboards and reporting systems

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 04/24/2026

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.

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 include:

• 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 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.
• Agile ceremonies and delivery practices.
• Project management tools, dashboards and reporting systems.
• Communication planning and stakeholder updates.