Project Manager

• Manage assigned client projects end to end, ensuring delivery is on brief, on time, on budget, with quality and margin protected
• Coordinate project setup and kick-offs
• Act as the first escalation point for project issues and resolve them early
• Build relationships with client stakeholders and provide guidance and issue resolution
• Contribute to new business activities, including pitch development and delivery
• Manage account resourcing and maintain accurate team-capacity forecasts
• Own revenue forecasting, project data accuracy, and early risk/change escalation to Client Services and Finance
• Monitor project costs and margins and support billing and invoicing
• Guide, manage, and develop Project Managers
• Run training sessions to standardize project and workstream practices
• Maintain project status reports and enforce schedule, scope, and resource constraints
• Champion internal systems and collaborate on critical business metrics
• Use AI tools daily for status reporting, documentation, resourcing analysis, and QA
• Help embed AI-enabled delivery practices across the Delivery team
• Manage projects involving AI-assisted content production, ensuring appropriate QA and human review
• Report to a Project Director and communicate with Operations, Account Directors, Client Group Partners, Client Services, and Project Management staff

Senior Project Manager, Mat. Cover

• Identify and win new clients through outbound engagement, referrals, and networking
• Convert inbound leads into retained accounts and ongoing project pipelines
• Build client relationships and increase repeat business
• Track and report client revenue performance
• Coordinate engineer and subcontractor attendance for quote scoping
• Write and issue itemized quotes using the CRM system
• Liaise with suppliers and subcontractors to maintain cost competitiveness
• Follow up on outstanding quotes to improve conversion
• Schedule jobs in the CRM according to trade, geography, and availability
• Issue work orders to engineers or the supply chain
• Coordinate materials, access arrangements, and client communications
• Monitor job progress and completion quality
• Act as the client’s single point of contact throughout the job lifecycle
• Conduct quality checks using photos, feedback, and completion verification
• Resolve and escalate issues as necessary
• Provide job summaries and client updates
• Invoice jobs within 24 hours of completion
• Chase payments and resolve billing queries
• Track project profitability and payment cycles
• Meet weekly and monthly KPIs for revenue, jobs booked, quote turnaround, and collections
• Participate in daily stand-ups and report performance metrics
• Improve speed, accuracy, and customer experience

Client Project Manager – Refurbishment & Maintenance

• Provide project management coordination for critical infrastructure and science deployment initiatives
• Monitor project timelines, maintain delivery logs, track action items, and flag schedule risks
• Coordinate end-to-end temporary and vendor hiring pipeline logistics
• Support managers with drafting job descriptions and headcount approval documentation
• Follow up with HR, Finance, and recruitment stakeholders to keep candidate pipelines moving
• Coordinate candidate scheduling, interviewer availability, and interview panels
• Coordinate new hire onboarding logistics, including hardware provisioning and access requests
• Schedule high-level project meetings and prepare agendas
• Document service ownership transitions and follow up on post-meeting action items with international stakeholders
• Support internal approval workflows and track compliance updates
• Assist with Legal communications regarding resource usage or terms updates
• Record, categorise, and process user feedback, feature requests, and operational logs
• Represent SmartPA while working closely with a global technology client

Project Coordinator

• Maintain project plans, timelines and task boards
• Schedule meetings and write up actions
• Chase task owners and flag risks early
• Prepare weekly status reports
• Keep project documents organised and current
• Support project managers in keeping plans current and projects on schedule
• Provide weekly updates to stakeholders
• Join the client's existing team with a named manager in the UK and regular video check-ins

• Establish and manage performance dashboards; analyze event triggers and alerts and determine appropriate follow-up
• Manage project schedules and update key milestones
• Coordinate and lead risk and issue management processes
• Manage project finances, including EAC, monthly expenses, invoices, and reconciliation
• Identify out-of-scope activities and maintain change-control processes
• Manage vendor plans and purchase-order processes; assess vendor risks
• Provide project data on cost, schedule, scope, utilization, change orders, and quality
• Develop and maintain sections of Project Management Plans and support project-management system improvements
• Review project resource allocation within budget
• Prepare correspondence, meeting minutes, status reports, and presentation materials
• Organize internal project-team and customer meetings with the Project Leader
• Lead core study file reviews, support audits, and drive eTMF filing compliance
• Manage project-specific eTraining and oversee team compliance
• Coordinate onboarding and system access for key project team members
• Monitor project metrics and update IQVIA systems for accurate reporting
• Participate in regional and global PMA initiatives
• Mentor less experienced Project Management Analysts

Senior Project Management Analyst

• Serve as the operational bridge between executive strategy and daily marketing execution
• Translate leadership’s high-level objectives into structured, actionable project plans
• Manage editorial calendars across owned, shared, and PR content
• Ensure content deliverables align with established SEO strategy
• Draft briefs and topics for the internal content writing team
• Hold content writers accountable to publication deadlines
• Coordinate organic content execution and organic social media activities to drive brand awareness
• Coordinate internal content writers and freelance designers across marketing initiatives
• Leverage freelance graphic designers using existing brand templates
• Ensure the paid media team receives necessary creative assets on schedule
• Manage multiple timelines, templates, deliverables, and stakeholders simultaneously
• Research, evaluate, and select high-value B2B industry events
• Manage logistics for selected industry events and coordinate social media promotion
• Support lead-generation, agency expansion, and referral-pipeline objectives through field marketing
• Identify relevant industry awards and map submission requirements and deadlines
• Coordinate award submissions and work with executive leadership to finalize materials on time
• Keep leadership accountable to submission deadlines
• Establish reliable operational pipelines for writers, designers, and paid media specialists
• Place the agency at relevant US and EU industry events to support regional awareness and referral generation

Marketing Project Manager

• Assist Project Managers in planning, coordinating, and tracking project activities across multiple projects
• Monitor project timelines, milestones, priorities, dependencies, risks, and blockers, escalating issues when required
• Follow up on actions and deliverables with internal teams, clients, and other stakeholders
• Create, update, and maintain project tasks, tickets, and boards in Jira
• Maintain project plans, status reports, process documentation, user guides, and project closure documentation
• Coordinate communication between clients and Product, Business, Development, QA, Commercial, and Operations teams
• Participate in project meetings, workshops, and status calls
• Prepare meeting agendas, capture key decisions and action items, and ensure agreed actions are followed through
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities with internal teams and clients
• Track testing progress, defects, and resolution status
• Support project launches, deployments, and transition to operational teams
• Assist in identifying and coordinating resolution of launch or post-launch issues

Junior Project Manager – 1-year Fixed Term Contract

• Own and sequence the M&A backlog, including a diligence data room with notifications, a target-analysis summary tool, and target identification
• Document the deal process from identifying an owner to a signed file and turn it into an engineering specification
• Run the rebrand programme as one parent company becomes eight to ten specialty brands
• Define launch requirements for each brand, including name, logo, colour system, website, signage, collateral, and ad creative
• Track all eight to ten specialty brands against launch requirements
• Decide launch order and dependencies with the Marketing Lead
• Scope the brand asset engine, including formats, volume, and approval workflow
• Write acceptance criteria for Engineering and QA
• Own the sprint, board, tickets, standup, and weekly review
• Provide executives with project updates and reduce project overhead
• Sequence cash-flow and reconciliation work after the FP&A platform is ready
• Report to the Head of IT and collaborate with the M&A Director, CFO, Marketing Lead, Engineer, and QA

Senior AI-Enabled Product/Project Manager

• Define project scope and objectives with relevant stakeholders and senior management
• Ensure technical feasibility
• Create detailed work plans and sequence project activities
• Execute projects according to the project plan
• Develop forms and records to document project activities
• Organize and secure project information
• Monitor project progress and adjust plans as necessary
• Establish stakeholder communication schedules and provide progress updates
• Communicate with funders according to funding agreements
• Monitor and approve budgeted project expenditures
• Prioritize and document requirements comprehensively
• Deliver solutions on schedule through effective interaction with clients, suppliers and internal production teams

Project Manager jobs in South Africa

Senior Project Manager, Mat. Cover

Client Project Manager – Refurbishment & Maintenance

Project Coordinator

Project Coordinator

Senior Project Management Analyst

Marketing Project Manager

Junior Project Manager – 1-year Fixed Term Contract

Senior AI-Enabled Product/Project Manager

Project Manager – Specialized Consulting