Senior Project Manager, Midrand

We are looking for an experienced and results-driven Senior Project Manager to lead and oversee complex projects from initiation through to completion.

About the job Senior Project Manager Job Title:

Senior Project Manager

Accountable to:

Head: PMO, Delivery and Training

Salary:

Market related

Contract type:

Permanent

Working arrangement:

Hybrid, with 3 days per week in our Midrand office and 2 days remote.

Commencement date:

01 July 2026

Overview The Senior Project Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the entire lifecycle of complex projects, from initiation to closure. They lead cross-functional teams, develop project plans, manage budgets and resources, and ensure successful project delivery while meeting client expectations and organisational goals.

Key responsibilities

Contractual Alignment: Monitor delivery against Terms of Reference (ToR), Service Level Agreements (SLA), and scope of work.

Compliance: Ensure all work complies with regulatory standards (e.g. POPIA, government audit rules), particularly in public sector engagements.

Documentation&Sign-Offs: Maintain audit trails, sign-offs, and version-controlled documents for all project phases.

Internal Reporting: Provide regular reports to the PMO, including milestone achievements, risks, and resource utilisation.

Client Reporting: Submit progress reports, dashboards, and invoices to clients in accordance with contractual obligations.

Executive Summaries: Develop concise, impactful briefs for Boxfusion executives and client leadership.

Budget Ownership: Develop and monitor project budgets, ensuring alignment with profitability goals.

Cost Control: Track actual vs. planned spend, prevent overruns, and optimise for cost-effectiveness.

Timesheet Oversight: Ensure accurate timesheet logging by all team members and flag discrepancies that may affect project profitability.

Project Planning&Oversight: Lead end-to-end project lifecycle from initiation to closure, ensuring alignment with client objectives and Boxfusion’s business goals.

Strategic Alignment: Ensure that project scope, deliverables, and execution strategies align with broader program goals.

Multi-Project Supervision: Manage multiple concurrent projects or large-scale programs with interdependencies, resources, and timelines.

Client Relationship Management: Serve as the primary liaison with senior client stakeholders (e.g. Directors, CIOs), ensuring satisfaction, transparency, and trust.

Expectation Management: Translate client requirements into achievable goals; manage scope creep and propose change requests where necessary.

Steering Committee Engagement: Prepare and present status updates, risks, and recommendations in high-level governance forums.

Mentorship&Coaching: Guide junior project managers, implementers, business analysts, and change managers, fostering growth and performance.

Cross-Functional Coordination: Align activities across technical teams (developers, DevOps), functional teams (trainers, BAs), and third-party service providers.

Capacity Planning: Forecast, allocate, and optimise human and technical resources to meet project milestones efficiently.

Project Methodology Enforcement: Ensure adherence to project management frameworks (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid) as applicable to the project context.

Risk&Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, mitigate, and elevate project risks and issues.

Quality Assurance: Ensure deliverables meet defined acceptance criteria, client standards, and Boxfusion’s internal quality frameworks.

Post-Implementation Reviews: Facilitate retrospectives to capture lessons and best practices.

Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to internal knowledge bases and mentoring programs.

Process Optimisation: Recommend improvements to PMO processes, tools, and methodologies.

Qualifications&Experience

Minimum 5 years of project management experience, with at least 3 years managing complex IT implementation projects.

Experience working with government/public sector clients or on donor-funded projects (e.g. World Bank, UNDP) is highly advantageous. Experience in software development and implementation projects, including post-golive support and user adoption phases.

Demonstrated success managing multi-disciplinary teams and multiple concurrent projects.

Familiarity with project profitability tracking, timesheet-driven project controls, and reporting on KPIs.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or a related field (required).

Project Management Certification such as:

PMP (Project Management Professional)– highly preferred

PRINCE2 Practitioner– optional but advantageous

Agile or Scrum certifications (e.g. Certified ScrumMaster)– optional depending on methodology preference

Core Skills

Project Planning&Execution: Strong command of project lifecycle management (initiation to close-out) using both agile and waterfall methodologies.

Scope&Budget Control: Proven ability to manage scope, budgets, and timelines while controlling risks and avoiding scope creep.

Team Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams including business analysts, developers, implementers, and trainers.

Client Relationship Management: Skilled in stakeholder engagement, expectation setting, and conflict resolution—particularly within public sector environments.

Reporting&Documentation: Strong skills in preparing project charters, status reports, change logs, risk registers, and post-implementation reviews.

Problem Solving: Advanced analytical thinking and structured problem-solving to unblock project barriers and improve delivery efficiency.

Time Management: Excellent prioritisation and resource scheduling abilities.

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