{"id":4082849,"url":"https://alion.io/job/remote-choice-senior-technical-digital-project-manager","title":"Senior Technical & Digital Project Manager","company":{"id":2731,"name":"Remote Choice","domain":"remotechoice.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/remote-choice","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":true,"employer_type":"agency","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Zoho Recruit","truth_index":null},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["South Africa"],"countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Azure DevOps","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Project","optional":false},{"name":"Monday.com","optional":false},{"name":"SharePoint","optional":false},{"name":"Waterfall","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T18:10:22Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-11T18:10:22Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Senior Technical & Digital Project Manager\nLocation:South Africa (Remote)\nWorking hours:UK business hours\nThe opportunity\nWe are recruiting on behalf of an established UK-based technology consultancy and digital services business for an experienced Senior Technical & Digital Project Manager.\nOur client provides a combination of IT consultancy, managed technology services, digital design and development, and technical project delivery. They work with a diverse range of organisations, including charities, membership bodies, non-profits and other purpose-led businesses.\nThis is an opportunity to join a collaborative, people-focused organisation with a strong emphasis on long-term client relationships, quality of service and practical, effective solutions.\nOur client is looking for someone who can take genuine ownership of projects, build strong relationships with clients and technical teams, and bring structure, momentum and accountability to delivery.\nThe role\nThis is a senior, hands-on project management position covering a varied portfolio of digital, IT and technology projects.\nThe successful candidate will be responsible for managing projects from initiation through to completion, ensuring that timelines, budgets, resources, risks and client expectations are managed effectively.\nYou will work directly with clients, lead project meetings, coordinate technical and creative specialists, and ensure that projects progress smoothly without requiring close supervision.\nYou will not be expected to develop software or design technical infrastructure yourself. However, you will need sufficient technical understanding to work confidently with developers, IT engineers and consultants, challenge assumptions, identify potential issues and explain technical matters clearly to non-technical stakeholders.\nThe role requires someone who is equally comfortable managing the detail of delivery and building positive, professional client relationships.\nKey responsibilities\nProject ownership and delivery\nTake full responsibility for managing multiple concurrent digital and technical projects from initiation through to successful delivery.\n\nDevelop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones and delivery timelines.\n\nIdentify dependencies, risks and potential bottlenecks early, taking proactive action to keep projects on track.\n\nCoordinate internal specialists, external suppliers and client stakeholders.\n\nManage project scope, change requests and competing priorities.\n\nOversee testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), migrations, launches and project handovers as required.\n\nClient and stakeholder management\nLead client project meetings independently, providing clear updates on progress, risks, decisions and next steps.\n\nBuild trusted working relationships with clients and internal delivery teams.\n\nCommunicate technical information clearly to stakeholders with varying levels of technical knowledge.\n\nManage expectations professionally, including challenging conversations around scope, deadlines and budgets.\n\nEnsure clients feel informed, supported and confident throughout the project lifecycle.\n\nCommercial and operational management\nMonitor project budgets, resource allocation and commercial performance.\n\nUnderstand the impact of project decisions on profitability, capacity and delivery commitments.\n\nSupport effective resource and capacity planning across multiple projects.\n\nMaintain accurate project documentation, reporting and action tracking.\n\nContribute to consistent, practical project management standards across the business.\n\nContinuous improvement and AI\nIdentify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, reporting and internal coordination.\n\nUse AI tools effectively to streamline project administration, meeting notes, action tracking and client communications.\n\nExplore practical opportunities to use automation and AI to improve project visibility and operational efficiency.\n\nHelp introduce incremental improvements that make project delivery more consistent, efficient and scalable.\n\nTypes of projects\nThe successful candidate will manage a mixture of projects, potentially including:\nWebsite design, development and redevelopment.\n\nMicrosoft 365 and SharePoint implementations.\n\nIT infrastructure upgrades and technology change projects.\n\nData migrations and systems integrations.\n\nImplementation and rollout of new business systems and platforms.\n\nProjects will vary in size, complexity and technical requirements, so adaptability and sound judgement are essential.\nAbout you\nWe are looking for an experienced project manager with approximately 7+ years of relevant experience, including substantial responsibility for delivering client-facing digital, IT or technology projects.\nEssential experience and skills\nA proven track record of independently managing technical or digital projects through their full lifecycle.\n\nStrong project planning, organisation and prioritisation skills.\n\nExperience managing several projects simultaneously.\n\nConfidence leading client meetings and managing senior stakeholders.\n\nDemonstrable experience managing project budgets, scope, risks, dependencies and deadlines.\n\nGood technical understanding of IT, software development, digital platforms or related technology environments.\n\nExperience working with multidisciplinary teams, including developers, engineers, consultants and designers.\n\nStrong commercial awareness and an understanding of project profitability.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\nExperience using modern project management and collaboration tools.\n\nThe ability to work independently and effectively within a remote, distributed team.\n\nPersonal attributes\nWe are particularly interested in candidates who are:\nProactive and take ownership rather than waiting for direction.\n\nHighly organised, dependable and detail-oriented.\n\nConfident, personable and comfortable building client relationships.\n\nCalm and pragmatic when dealing with challenges.\n\nComfortable asking questions, challenging assumptions and resolving problems.\n\nPositive, energetic and able to create momentum within project teams.\n\nAdaptable and comfortable working across different types of technical projects.\n\nNaturally interested in improving processes and finding more efficient ways of working.\n\nTools and methodologies\nCandidates should have substantial experience with recognised project management and collaboration platforms, such as:\nMonday.com\n\nJira\n\nAzure DevOps\n\nMicrosoft Project\n\nMicrosoft 365, Teams and SharePoint\n\nEquivalent project management and reporting tools\n\nYou should understand Agile, Waterfall and hybrid project delivery approaches and be able to select practical methods appropriate to the project.\nFormal qualifications such as PRINCE2, PMP or Agile certifications would be advantageous but are not essential. Proven experience, sound judgement and successful project delivery are more important.\nExperience using AI tools to improve productivity, reporting and project coordination would also be beneficial.\nDesirable background\nCandidates with experience in one or more of the following environments would be particularly well suited:\nIT managed service providers (MSPs).\n\nTechnology consultancies.\n\nDigital design and development agencies.\n\nSoftware implementation or professional services businesses.\n\nOther client-facing technical delivery environments.\n\nExperience managing both digital development and IT infrastructure or systems projects would be particularly valuable.\nWorking arrangements\nThis is a fully remote position for a candidate based in South Africa.\nAs the business and the majority of its clients are UK-based, the successful candidate must be comfortable working substantially within UK business hours.\nThe role involves regular client meetings, close collaboration with UK-based colleagues and a high degree of personal responsibility.\nWhat success looks like\nThe successful candidate will bring structure, confidence and consistency to project delivery.\nClients will receive clear communication, realistic expectations and proactive management. Internal teams will understand their priorities, responsibilities and deadlines. 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