Technical Project Manager

Ditto Hire; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to work on a new stealth product

Voice in project development

Job summary

Ditto Hire in South Africa is seeking a Technical Project Manager to bridge the gap between ideas and execution. You will work with product, design, and engineering teams to ensure projects run smoothly.

With a minimum of 3 years in technical project management, you will help shape transformative products used by millions. Your strong communication skills and tech-savvy approach will be crucial.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in technical project management, preferably in startups or high-growth products.
• Strong understanding of modern software development cycles.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to say 'no' when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Drive sprint planning, standups, retros, and delivery timelines.
• Translate product vision into actionable engineering roadmaps.
• Coordinate across teams and time zones to remove blockers.

Skills

Technical project management

Software development understanding

Excellent communication

Experience with Jira, Notion, Slack, Figma, GitHub

Ability to work in ambiguity

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 melancholy (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?