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Deloitte Africa is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead AI and Data initiatives for high-impact clients across Africa. With a focus on project delivery excellence, the role involves managing cross-disciplinary teams and ensuring alignment with client transformation goals. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in technical project management, a strong understanding of AI/ML, and the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders.
Company Description
At Deloitte, our Purpose is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, and society. This is the lens for which our global strategy is set. It unites Deloitte professionals across geographies, businesses, and skills. It makes us better at what we do and how we do it. It enables us to deliver on our promises to stakeholders, while creating the lasting impact we seek.
Harnessing the talent of 457 000+ people located across more than 150 countries and territories, our size and scale puts us in a unique position to help change the world for the better—by bringing together the services we provide, the societal investments we make, and the collaborations we advance through our ecosystems.
Deloitte offers career opportunities across Audit & Assurance (A&A), Tax & Legal (T&L) and our Consulting Services business, which is made up of Strategy, Risk & Transactions (SR&T) and Technology & Transformation (T&T).
Deloitte Consulting — Our Culture
Innovation, transformation and leadership occur in many ways. At Deloitte, our ability to help solve clients’ most complex issues is distinct. We deliver strategy and implementation, from a business and technology view, to help lead in the markets where our clients compete.
Are you a game changer? Do you believe in adding advantage at every level in everything you do? You may be one of us.
Deloitte Consulting is growing, with a focus on developing our already powerful teams across our portfolio of offerings. We are looking for smart, accountable, innovative professionals with technical expertise and deep industry experience insights. The combination of our 6 areas of expertise, our well-developed industry structure and our integrated signature solutions is a unique offering never seen before on the African continent.
Job DescriptionRole Summary
We are seeking aTechnical Project Manager (TPM) to lead theend-to-end delivery of AI and Data initiatives for high-impact clients across the African continent. This role requires ablend of technical fluency, project leadership expertise, and client-facing consulting capability.
You will lead multi-disciplinary teams across data engineering, data science, and business consulting, ensuring delivery excellence and measurable business impact from AI & Data transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
1. AI & Data Program & Project delivery
8–12+ years total
3–5+ years in technical project or program management
2+ years managing AI/ML or advanced analytics initiatives
Delivery Context:
Experience in consulting, digital transformation, or enterprise technology delivery (client-facing roles preferred)
AI/Tech Understanding:
Familiarity with ML lifecycle, MLOps, data science workflows
Basic understanding of cloud-native AI platforms (Azure ML, Vertex AI, SageMaker)
Methodologies:
Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Hybrid delivery approaches
Experience managing cross-shore or multi-market teams
Education:
Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or related
Master’s preferred
Certifications:
PMP, Prince2, or Scrum Master (bonus: SAFe, AI/ML certifications)
Additional InformationRegional & Culture fit
At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day.We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. Weseek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.
Join us. Shape the future. Win big.
Key Performance areas
Differentiators for this specific role
Leadership Capabilities
Technical and Professional Capabilities
At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day.We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. Weseek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.
Note: The list of tasks / duties and responsibilities contained in this document is not necessarily exhaustive. Deloitte may ask the employee to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which may fall reasonably within the ambit of the role profile, depending on operational requirements.
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