Digital Project Manager (AI & Digital Transformation)
Category: IT Services
Location:
Location: South Africa | Work Type: Remote | Duration: 24 Months | Time Zone: GST (UTC+4) | Job ID: J107210
About our client:
Our client is a premier global legal consultancy that provides high-level support for international corporations and law firms. They offer a full spectrum of litigation and data solutions, ranging from eDiscovery and information governance to specialized project staffing and advisory services. By combining a worldwide infrastructure with secure, innovative technology, they help clients manage the complexities of regulatory compliance and cross-border investigations.
What you will be doing:
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and critical paths, ensuring alignment with the overall program strategy.
- Lead daily project delivery by coordinating cross-functional teams (developers, analysts, testers, and vendors) to meet milestones and quality standards.
- Adapt delivery frameworks - including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid models - to the specific project needs, running relevant ceremonies and maintaining backlog hygiene.
- Proactively manage the project-level RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) and escalate critical items to the Program Manager.
- Coordinate configuration, integration, and release activities, including planning SIT/UAT testing, defect triage, and managing go-live readiness.
- Oversee third-party vendors and systems integrators against statements of work, while managing change requests to maintain scope, plan, and documentation alignment.
- Produce accurate status reports and dashboards, ensuring all project artifacts adhere to PMO standards, templates, and governance for audit readiness.
- Manage operational stakeholder engagement and support the transition to business-as-usual operations through training, cutover, and adoption planning.
What our client is looking for:
- A relevant tertiary qualification would be beneficial (IT, Business, Engineering, etc.).
- A PMP (or equivalent) and an Agile/Scrum or scaled-agile certification such as PSM, CSM, or SAFe.
- 6 - 8 years of experience in project management, specifically with a track record of end-to-end delivery of digital and technology projects.
- Proven success working within large, complex, and regulated enterprise environments following structured PMO and governance models.
- Hands-on experience executing projects across Agile, waterfall, and hybrid frameworks, including managing sprints, releases, and testing cycles (SIT/UAT).
- Ability to coordinate third-party vendors, systems integrators, and business analysts while ensuring requirements are captured and traceable.
- Proficiency with industry-standard delivery tools, including Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Confluence, and Power BI.
- Experience thriving in distributed or remote team settings, with strong resilience and skill in managing operational stakeholders.
- Familiarity with data protection and privacy obligations relevant to personal and project data, such as POPIA.
- Advantageous to have exposure to AI or automation-enabled solutions, familiarity with GRC/LGC processes, or previous project experience in the GCC/Middle East.
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Requirements
Digital Project Manager, AI, Digital Transformation, PMP, Agile/Scrum, Remote, Enterprise, Jira, Azure DevOps, PMO, RAID, Governance, Stakeholder Mgmt, SIT/UAT, POPIA, GRC
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