Technical Project Manager

HARMAN International; Bloemfontein; On-site; ZAR 900 000 - 1 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology leader is looking for a Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Project Manager in Bloemfontein. The successful candidate will manage projects by delivering high-quality technology solutions, benefitting from extensive experience in cloud technologies and project management practices. Ideal applicants are bilingual in Korean and English, with a strong background in cloud platforms and communication skills. Opportunities for career growth and innovation await at this leading firm.

Qualifications

• 5+ years senior leadership in large-scale, global infrastructure projects.
• 3+ years of cloud-related projects leading Kubernetes initiatives.
• Deep understanding of Service Mesh concepts, especially Istio.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technology implementations adhering to high standards.
• Create project plans and reports, managing budgets and risks.
• Lead cross-functional projects and manage complex dependencies.

Skills

Project management

Effective communication

Cloud technology understanding

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Education

Bilingual in Korean and English

PMP certification

Tools

Project Management tools

Agile methodologies

Job description

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career. A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS)

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN DTS, you solve challenges by creating innovative solutions.

• Combine the physical and digital, making technology a more dynamic force to solve challenges and serve humanity’s needs
• Work at the convergence of cross channel UX, cloud, insightful data, IoT and mobility
• Empower companies to create new digital business models, enter new markets, and improve customer experience.

About the Role

Client powers the global cloud infrastructure and developer platform providing back-end services for Samsung's billions of devices. Client's data center footprint is within 100ms latency to 70% of the world's population, while our multi-cloud, Kubernetes‑based developer platform extends our reach to additional resource regions. We're operating at hyperscale to power workloads that bring capability and delight to Samsung's employees and customers.

We are looking for an experienced cloud platform and infrastructure project manager who is responsible for the planning, execution, and delivery of assigned projects that include all technology required to build and maintain cloud infrastructure, core platform and associated SaaS services. The project manager is responsible for delivering technology solutions that adhere to our high standards and are in coordination with the overall projected delivery targets.

Working with global development teams, business stakeholders and our customers to deliver cloud platform services such as compute, storage and data platform.

The Project Manager will develop project plans, manage project budget, identify critical path, manage risks, develop and track detailed work plans, prioritize tasks, identify and address scope changes, resource constraints, possible project delays, resolve delivery issues and provide status reporting for each assigned project and be responsible for delivering high-quality projects on time and within budget. The project manager will also identify missing policies and processes and develop them by working with different stakeholders.

This is not a people manager role. We are NOT looking for a person from a pure consulting background. Managing projects in Product Development/Platform Development in a Cloud environment is extremely important. The ideal candidate would have experience working in Project Management focused functions such as PMO. While the candidate should be highly experienced and proficient with professional project management practices, it’s equally important to have deep technical skills and understanding of cloud products as well.

What You Will Do

• Project Delivery: Deliver technology implementations that adhere to our high standards and are in coordination with the overall projected delivery targets. Understand the security compliance requirements and plan deliverables accordingly.
• Prioritization: Strike the right balance among multiple stakeholders’ demands, prioritize tasks effectively and interact with a global team on a regular basis.
• Process Management: Identify missing policies and processes and work on creation processes and ensure compliance. Identify repetitive tasks and develop processes to manage them more effectively.
• Project Planning and Reporting: Create the project plan in a self-directed manner by having a little direction and managing assignments sometime in a bit ambiguous environment. Create project reports using tools to communicate the status of projects regularly.
• Cross‑functional team coordination: Lead projects coming from cross‑functional teams and manage complex dependencies. Manage ad hoc requests from different stakeholders.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Strong project management skills to plan, execute, and monitor projects effectively. This includes proficiency in project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and resource allocation.
• Effective communication is critical to convey project goals, requirements, and progress to stakeholders, team members, and other relevant parties. Technical project managers should excel in both verbal and written communication.
• Able to handle multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with team members across different time zones and locations.
• Ownership – takes ownership of projects, ensuring excellence in execution and accountability for results. Foster a sense of urgency and pride in delivering high‑quality work.
• Innovation – Drive innovation by proposing and implementing creative solutions to challenge. Stay abreast of industry trends and technologies, bringing fresh ideas to the table.
• Customer focus – Understand and prioritize customer needs, striving to exceed expectations in every interaction. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure the delivery of customer‑centric solutions.
• Teamwork – Embrace a collaborative and inclusive approach, working seamlessly with colleagues to achieve common goals.

What Makes You Eligible

• 5+ years senior leadership experience in successfully planning, implementing, managing and continuously improving large‑scale, global infrastructure and cloud platform programs/projects/solutions and capabilities (e.g., technical deliverables, policies, processes, teams, measures, tools and reporting).
• 5+ years senior leadership experience successfully building collaborative relationships with clients, executives, business partners, team members and partner/vendors to successfully deliver on technology vision, direction, strategies and key priorities pertaining to project and program planning.
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud related projects, specifically leading projects in the Kubernetes domain.
• Understanding of Service Mesh concepts, Istio in Kubernetes is mandatory.
• Experience with and understanding products such as Google Anthos, Azure Arc, or any multi‑Kubernetes solution is preferred.
• 10+ years of total technology industry experience.
• Deep understanding and experience of a Project Management tool is mandatory. Candidates managing projects without any professional project management tool will not be considered.
• Well versed with Agile methodologies.
• Any certification such as PMP is preferred but not mandatory.
• Able to handle multiple projects concurrently.
• Bilingual in Korean and English.

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affidavit Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.