IT Project Manager

Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Project Delivery & Governance

• Lead end-to-end delivery of system development and enhancement projects, ensuring scope, timeline, budget, quality, and business objectives are achieved.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, resource allocation, and implementation strategies using suitable project management methodologies.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish project governance structures and drive stakeholder engagement, communications, and change management activities.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, security policies, quality standards, and operational procedures.

Vendor & Contract Management

• Manage external vendors and service providers to ensure successful delivery of systems and ICT services.
• Oversee the full contract lifecycle, including procurement, onboarding, transition, renewal, termination, and handover activities.
• Monitor vendor performance against contractual obligations, service levels, and project deliverables.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and resolve contractual or service-related issues effectively.

ICT Procurement & Budget Management

• Develop business cases, project funding proposals, budgets, and resource plans aligned to organisational objectives.
• Lead procurement activities including requirement definition, tender preparation, evaluation, recommendation, and contract award.
• Manage project financials and ensure optimal utilisation of approved budgets.

System Maintenance & Operations

• Plan and oversee system maintenance, enhancement initiatives, and operational support activities.
• Ensure system availability, reliability, and service performance meet business requirements.
• Coordinate incident resolution, service improvements, and maintenance initiatives with internal teams and vendors.
• Track operational risks, costs, and service levels to ensure effective system operations.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in IT project management, preferably in large-scale system development and maintenance environments.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC) projects.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and vendor management skills.
• Experience in ICT procurement, contract management, budgeting, and governance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
• Results-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Agile, Scrum, PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience managing projects with multi-million-dollar budgets.
• Experience in digital transformation, enterprise systems, or public sector/government projects.
• Familiarity with IT governance, cybersecurity, and quality management frameworks.

Tell employers what skills you have

Change Request Management
Organisational Skills
Managerial Skills
project budget
IT Governance
Project Governance
Ability to Juggle Multiple Projects
Agile
Project Planning
Contract and Vendor Management
Computer Science
Achieve Business Objectives
Ict Systems
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Stakeholder Management
Ict Procurement