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Additional Career Level Description:

Knowledge and application:

• Uses extensive knowledge across functional areas to direct the application of existing policies and principles and guide the development of new policies and ideas across the function.
• Leads, integrates and directs work applying substantial practical expertise across function disciplines.

Problem solving:

• Solutions are devised based on limited information and issues that are occasionally complex and fundamental principles and data may be in conflict.
• New concepts and solutions consider multiple perspectives and future implications.

Interaction:

• Interacts with senior management, executives, and/or major customers which frequently involves negotiating matters of significance to the organization.
• Reconciles multiple stakeholder views to drive business results.

Impact:

• Works with senior management to establish strategic plans and translates business segment strategy into functional plans and guides execution.
• Erroneous decisions will have a critical long term (typically up to five years) impact on the overall success of function or multi departments.

Accountability:

• Accountable for results which impact function or multiple departments including budgets.
• Direct management of a team of professional managers and experienced individual contributors.

Workplace type :

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You’ll be joining a global employer that is committed to attracting, growing and keeping the best talent. A place where you will be at the heart of our success!

We are partnering with a leading firm in Cape Town to recruit a highly skilled Project Manager with strong client-facing experience . This is not a building contractor role but rather an opportunity to lead and deliver projects while building lasting client relationships across diverse sectors.

Requirements:

• BSc Construction Management (or equivalent).
• 5–10 years’ experience in project management within the hospitality, residential, and commercial sectors .
• Proven ability to manage client expectations, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery from inception to completion.
• Strong financial and contractual knowledge, with proficiency in CCS .
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong leadership with the ability to drive projects to successful completion.
• Commercially astute, detail-oriented, and able to balance client needs with project deliverables.

Contact RPO Recruitment for our next career opportunity.

• Salary: negotiable.
• Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
• Apply for this role today, contact Meghan du Plessis and Riana Hattingh at RPO Recruitment or on LinkedIn.
• You can also visit the RPO Recruitment website: rporecruitment.us or email us your CV:

We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.

Job Summary:

The Data Centre Infrastructure Project Manager is responsible for leading the planning, execution, and delivery of infrastructure projects within data centres. This includes overseeing hardware installations, network upgrades, cloud migrations, and ensuring compliance with security and regulatory standards. The role requires strong technical knowledge, leadership, and stakeholder management skills to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to specification.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the full lifecycle of infrastructure projects from initiation to closure.
• Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Coordinate installation of servers, storage, power, cooling, and network systems.
• Oversee data centre expansions, migrations, and upgrades.
• Develop and manage project budgets and schedules.
• Track costs and ensure financial accountability.
• Liaise with internal teams, vendors, and external clients.
• Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to data centre standards
• Manage disaster recovery planning and security compliance.
• Implement best practices for uptime, performance, and scalability.
• Monitor project KPIs and report progress to leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10 years of experience in infrastructure or data centre project management.
• ITIL Foundation Certification
• Strong MS Project skills
• Excellent experience in SLDC methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall

Skills

• Data Centre Infrastructure: Understanding of power, cooling, cabling, and rack layouts.
• IT Systems: Familiarity with servers, storage, networking, and virtualization.
• Cloud & Hybrid Environments: Knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Planning and implementation experience

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of systems implementation, software deployment, and integration projects across the organisation, ensuring alignment to programme objectives and strategic outcomes.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into functional specifications and structured delivery plans, leveraging project management tools for scheduling, dependency tracking, and portfolio visibility.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources to deliver milestones on schedule, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
• Provide clear, consistent progress reporting to stakeholders, proactively addressing risks, dependencies, and blockers.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including R&D, IT, finance, and operations to ensure technical solutions are fully integrated into existing environments.
• Oversee proofofconcept builds, pilot phases, and staged rollouts, ensuring lessons learned feed into full implementation.
• Facilitate training sessions with L&D for clients and endusers, ensuring adoption readiness and smooth transition to new systems.
• Continuously monitor, evaluate, and refine project processes, introducing improvements that increase delivery efficiency, reduce integration risk, and enhance stakeholder confidence.
  
  
  

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• PMP certification preferred; Agile or hybrid delivery credentials are a strong advantage.
• Minimum 5 years experience managing systems implementation, R&D, or enterprise software integration projects.
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within scope across cross-functional teams.
• Experience aligning project outcomes with business requirements and transformation objectives.
• Proficient in delivery frameworks including Waterfall, SDLC, Agile, and hybrid models.
• Skilled in SmartSheets for project scheduling, reporting, and milestone tracking.
• Familiarity with RAID logs, governance checklists, and artefact traceability across concurrent projects.
  
  
  

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to manage expectations across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience supporting change enablement through collaboration with Learning & Development teams for training and adoption.
• Confident presenting project status, risks, and mitigation plans to senior leadership and external partners.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a bias toward proactive issue resolution.
• Experience managing project budgets, resource planning, and vendor coordination.
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in fast-paced, innovation-driven environments.
  
  
  

• Ensure profitable execution of all allocated projects and related contracts within the constraints of schedule, budget and scope
• Execute projects and customer contracts in accordance with the SGD Management system
• Develop and maintain detailed project management documentation
• Keep project stakeholders informed of project status through effective communication within defined mechanisms (steering committees, monthly reports, project meetings, etc.)
• Provide Marketing and Bid support and fulfil the role of operations responsible for allocated bids by coordinating the generation of the operations data pack (schedule, costing and statement of work), in accordance with the SGD Management System
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders and thereby acting as the SGD point of contact (POC) for all contract matters
• Participate in the technical execution of projects, working with the technical responsible to ensure effective project execution
• Ensure adherence to contractual requirements and objectives, as well as company norms and standards
• International travel may be required
  
  
  

• Experience in the execution of customer contracts and R&D projects
• Experience in working across many different departments and stakeholders in a strong complex matrix organisation
• Minimum 5 – 7 years applicable project management experience in Defence or related environment, of which 2 – 3 years working with medium to high complexity projects
• Experience in MS Office, MS Excel and MS Projects
• Experience in working with MRP systems (e.g. IFS)
• In-depth financial knowledge within a project environment
• Leading and managing project teams in a technical environment
• Ability to lead virtual project team/s to a successful implementation across countries.
• Interfacing with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally to the organisation
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Strong Communication skills which include creating and delivering written and oral presentations
• Strong administration and time management skills.
• Methodical, thorough, and diligent
• Be able to identify and manage risks
• Advanced interpersonal skills
• Excellent intercultural skills to cooperate with international customers.
• Results driven; forward thinking with a problem-solving mentality
  
  
  

• In-depth knowledge of project management in a customer and R&D environment
• Knowledge and experience of Electronic Warfare systems fundamentals within the Air, Naval, Land and RF domains and development processes will be an advantage
• Strong technical background in the development of hardware and software for Electronic Warfare systems and products
  
  
  

• Effective Leadership
• Stakeholder management
• Planning and resource management
• Strategic thinking
  
  
  

• Engineering degree or equivalent qualification BSc(Eng.), BEng
• Masters level degree is desirable (MBA, Meng, MSc (Eng) or equivalent)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification will be an advantage