Technical Project Manager

Ditto Hire; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm in Cape Town is seeking a Technical Project Manager to bridge ideas with execution. You'll be responsible for driving project timelines, coordinating between teams, and ensuring effective communication. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in project management, particularly within startups. This role offers the chance to work on a groundbreaking product that aims to reshape how people build identity and community online.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in technical project management, ideally in startups.
• Strong understanding of software development cycles.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive sprint planning and delivery timelines.
• Translate product vision into engineering roadmaps.
• Coordinate across teams to remove blockers.

Skills

Technical project management

Communication

Software development cycles understanding

Jira

Notion

Slack

Figma

GitHub

Tools

Jira

Notion

Slack

Figma

GitHub

Job description

What You’ll Do

As our Technical Project Manager, you’ll be the bridge between wild ideas and clean execution. You'll work closely with product, design, and engineering to keep projects running like a Swiss watch.

• Drive sprint planning, standups, retros, and delivery timelines
• Translate product vision into actionable engineering roadmaps
• Coordinate across teams and time zones to remove blockers
• Keep Jira (and our souls) in order
• Own communication - internal and external - on what's being built, by who, why, and when
• Track progress, scope creep, and the occasional meltdown (we’re all human)
• Help the team move fast without breaking everything (only some things)

What You Bring

• You’re not just a project manager. You’re a tech whisperer, chaos wrangler, and execution machine.
• 3 years+ in technical project management (preferably in startups or high-growth products)
• Strong understanding of modern software development cycles (bonus if you’ve shipped social or consumer platforms)
• Excellent communicator - clear, concise, and unafraid to say "no"
• Experience with tools like Jira, Notion, Slack, Figma, and GitHub
• Able to balance speed and quality without losing your mind
• Comfortable working async, remote, and in ambiguity
• You give a damn. About the product, the people, and the mission

Why Join Us?

• You’ll be early. Like, really really early working on a brand new Stealth Product that will be used by millions on the day of launch.
• You’ll have a voice, not just a task list
• You'll help reshape how millions of people build identity and community online
• We move fast, but we care deeply
• Oh, and did we mention... we don’t do boring?