• Job Title: Junior Project Manager
• Location: Umhlanga
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid

• Fluent in English
• Experience working in a SCRUM / Agile environment

• Support the delivery of IT projects using Agile / Scrum ways of working
• Shadow and assist a Senior Director with day-to-day project leadership and decision making
• Help coordinate Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews and Retrospectives
• Track project progress across scope, timeline, risks, issues and dependencies
• Maintain clear project documentation (plans, RAID logs, actions, meeting notes)
• Liaise with international stakeholders to gather updates and align priorities
• Support the Product Owner / business teams with requirements and user story clarity
• Work closely with Developers, QA and Delivery teams to unblock delivery bottlenecks
• Ensure tasks are updated accurately in tools such as Jira / Confluence / Azure DevOps
• Assist with reporting on project status and delivery metrics to senior leadership
• Help manage stakeholder communication and ensure expectations are set correctly
• Identify risks early and escalate to the Senior Director when needed
• Support UAT coordination and ensure feedback is captured and actioned
• Assist with release planning and go-live readiness activities
• Continuously improve delivery processes and ways of working across the team

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Lungelo Nkosi