Project Manager-JHB

Banking

Location: Gauteng

- Hybrid

Salary: Competitive (because you’re worth it)

Project Manager – Financial Services Disruptor!

Big Moves, Bold Projects, No Snooze-Fest!

Are you the kind of Project Manager who sees change coming and races to meet it head on? Our client is shaking up the financial services landscape with high-impact projects that challenge the status quo. If your idea of a good time is steering complex initiatives, wrangling stakeholders, and keeping all the plates spinning (without dropping a single one), then keep reading.

Your Mission (Should You Choose to Accept It)

Drive change the right way: lead transformative projects that actually make a difference.
Evaluate project performance, skills requirements for delivery, manage and resolve risks and issues, and provide project updates to senior stakeholders.
Collaborate with finance and business teams to deliver high level subject matter analysis for project objectives that enable detailed project work to commence.
Solving complex industry specific problems.
Diagnose, design, and deliver game-changing solutions.
Bringing fresh ideas to the table and challenging the status quo.
Keep chaos in check: manage scope, timelines, and budgets like a pro.
Speak fluent stakeholder: translate business needs into action and keep executives, teams, and clients on the same page, enable a coordinated delivery, sometimes in a portfolio of projects.
Risk? We eat that for breakfast. Identify, manage, and mitigate risks before they become issues.
Tech + Strategy = Your Playground: partner with business and IT teams to make sure solutions work, not just look good on paper.

You’ll Fit Right in, If You…

Hold a relevant bachelor’s degree with strong preference for a post graduate qualification (PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certifications? Even better!).
Have 5+ years of experience leading high-stakes projects in financial services & technology.
Be technically proficient in project management software such as MS Project, JIRA, Confluence etc.
Have practical application experience of project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall.
Bonus points if you have a background of relevant data analytics, software and / or programming skills with tools such as SQL, SAS, Python.
Can spot a risk a mile away and solve problems before they even exist.
Are a master communicator: your updates will be legendary.

Why You’ll Love This Role

Work on projects that actually change the financial landscape.
Collaborate with brilliant minds who thrive on innovation.
Challenge yourself, grow your skill set, and make a real impact.

Ready to drive change and own your career? Apply now!

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