Intermediate Project Manager
On-siteJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Job Summary
Develop and maintain project management deliverables, including schedules, documentation, and reporting, while identifying and communicating risks that impact scope or timelines. Manage project team members through delegation and performance expectations, and monitor resource allocation to ensure milestones are met. Facilitate stakeholder meetings and control work input to keep projects on track using agreed methodologies. Plan and manage program stakeholders across a highly matrixed global organization, handling conflict resolution and escalations through direct interaction. This 3-6 month hybrid contract requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work in high-pressure environments.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to establish strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients
- Excellent client-centricity skills and ability to work at client sites
- Ability to manage customer satisfaction, commitment, and expectations to high service levels and manage escalations adequately
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent team-building skills and ability to work in high-pressure environments
- Ability to manage urgent and complex tasks simultaneously
- Good business acumen and commercial skills
- Passionate, strong initiative, self-driven with a commitment to succeed
- Good influencing ability whilst taking a collaborative approach
- Decisive with good attention to detail ability
- Ability to promote project services to both internal stakeholders and external clients
- Competent in project change management
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