Senior SaaS Project Manager - Banking Implementations

First Point Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Part time

Job summary

First Point Group seeks an experienced Senior SaaS Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of SaaS solutions in a banking environment. You will manage multiple projects, coordinating technical and business teams to ensure on-time delivery within scope and aligned with customer requirements.

You will drive project plans, budgets, and resources, while coordinating with engineering, product, operations, customer success, and vendors.

Qualifications

• Matric and a Bachelor's degree or relevant qualification in IT, Computer Science, Business, Project Management or a related field
• Proven experience managing technology, software or SaaS implementation projects
• Demonstrated experience managing projects across the full software implementation lifecycle
• Strong understanding of SaaS and cloud-based technology environments
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities
• Strong stakeholder, customer and vendor management experience
• Experience working with cross-functional technical teams
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum and traditional project management methodologies
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, MS Project or similar

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end SaaS implementation projects from initiation through deployment, go-live and post-implementation support
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, budgets and resource requirements
• Coordinate engineering, product, operations, customer success, vendors and business stakeholders
• Manage software configuration, system integrations, data migration, testing and deployment
• Facilitate project kick-offs, status meetings, steering committees and stakeholder engagements
• Identify and proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies and scope changes
• Manage customer onboarding and implementation activities
• Coordinate UAT, go-live readiness and production deployment
• Work across Agile, Scrum, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Track project performance, KPIs, deliverables and implementation progress
• Support change management, training and user adoption
• Maintain project documentation, governance and reporting standards
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and identify opportunities for continuous improvement

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile/Scrum

Project management

Vendor management

Software/SaaS implementation

Multi-project management

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Business/PM

Matric

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Monday.com

MS Project

Job description

First Point Group seeks an experienced Senior SaaS Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of SaaS solutions in a banking environment. You will manage multiple projects, coordinating technical and business teams to ensure on-time delivery within scope and aligned with customer requirements.

You will drive project plans, budgets, and resources, while coordinating with engineering, product, operations, customer success, and vendors.