INTL - REMOTE Project Manager (South Africa)

We are seeking a mid-senior Digital Project Manager for a secondment into the Digital team of a major energy client in the Middle East, delivering assigned digital and technology projects within the client’s Legal, Governance and Compliance (LGC) AI & Digital Transformation Office (DTO).
Reporting to and taking direction from the Senior Program Manager for LGC AI & Digital Transformation, the post-holder will own the plan, schedule and day-to-day delivery of one or more concurrent projects or workstreams, getting solutions configured, tested, deployed and into use to time, cost and quality.
This is a hands-on, true digital project management role. The post-holder will be a confident technology delivery operator – fluent in Agile, waterfall and hybrid delivery, comfortable with sprints, releases, SIT/UAT and go-live, and disciplined in planning, RAID management and structured reporting. They will coordinate developers, configures, business analysts, testers and vendor / systems-integrator resources to hit milestones and quality gates, and keep delivery on track within the governance and PMO standards set by the Program Manager.
The role is based in South Africa and delivered remotely in close collaboration with the client’s Middle East-based DTO. The post-holder will be expected to work Gulf time zone working hours, effectively as part of a distributed, international team, with excellent written communication and self-management. The ideal candidate is a certified, delivery-focused project manager with a track record of shipping digital and technology projects in large, complex enterprise environments. LGC / GRC domain knowledge and AI delivery exposure is welcome but not essential – strong digital delivery skill is what matters most.

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• Circa 6–8 years’ project management experience, with a demonstrable track record of delivering digital and technology projects end-to-end – planning, execution, testing, deployment and handover.
• Proven delivery within large, complex enterprise environments (e.g. multinational corporates, regulated industries, or organisations of comparable scale to a national energy major), operating within a structured PMO and governance environment.
• Hands-on experience running projects in Agile, waterfall and hybrid modes, including sprints, releases and SIT / UAT.
• Experience coordinating vendors / systems integrators against statements of work, and working with business analysts on requirements and traceability.
• Experience working as part of a distributed, international or remote team, with strong written communication and self-management.

• Agile / Scrum certification (e.g. PSM, CSM) or scaled-agile certification (e.g. SAFe), in addition to PMP.
• Exposure to delivering AI- or automation-enabled solutions (e.g. generative AI, intelligent document processing, workflow automation) within a project context, and comfort coordinating delivery where AI capability is part of the solution. Deep AI or technical specialism is not required.
• Familiarity with legal, governance, risk or compliance (LGC / GRC) processes or technologies (e.g. contract / CLM, matter management, GRC, policy, board / entity management). Equally, strong delivery experience from another regulated or complex enterprise domain – financial services, energy, telecoms, public sector – is welcomed; domain knowledge can be built on the job.
• GCC or Middle East delivery experience.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.