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DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

IT Programme Manager at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 05 Mar 2026 by DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment
  • Expires in 30 days
  • Job 2634683 - Ref 878000017265903
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About the position

The IT Programme Manager is responsible for the successful planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale, strategic technology programmes. This role oversees multiple interdependent projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, effective resource coordination, governance compliance, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication.





Responsibilities:



Programme Leadership and Delivery:

  • Lead end-to-end management of complex IT programmes, including scoping, roadmap creation, delivery oversight, and benefit realisation.
  • Ensure programme delivery aligns with organisational strategy and technology standards.
  • Develop and maintain detailed programme plans, timelines, and reporting structures.
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration across technical and business teams.

Governance and Compliance
  • Establish and manage programme governance frameworks.
  • Facilitate Steering Committee meetings and executive reporting.
  • Maintain documentation such as charters, business cases, RAID logs, and financial controls.

Financial Management
  • Own programme budgets and forecasts.
  • Track expenditures and drive cost optimisation.
  • Ensure benefits realisation tracking.

Risk, Issue and Dependency Management
  • Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies.
  • Implement mitigation strategies and escalate where needed.
  • Stakeholder and Communication Management:
  • Manage senior stakeholder relationships and communication.
  • Produce high-quality dashboards, reports, and presentations.

Team and Vendor Management
  • Lead and mentor project managers, analysts, and delivery teams.
  • Coordinate external vendors and suppliers

Requirements
  • Matric and a Bachelors degree in IT, Business, or related field.
  • 8+ years experience delivering large IT programmes.
  • Experience with cloud, cybersecurity, ERP/CRM, or infrastructure modernisation.
Certifications


  • PMP, PgMP, MSP, Prince2 Practitioner.
  • Agile certifications (Scrum Master, SAFe).
  • ITIL Foundation or higher.
Skills


  • Strong understanding of Agile/Waterfall/DevOps methodologies.
  • Excellent financial and budget management.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.


Desired Skills:

  • Raid logs
  • Cloud
  • Cybersecurity
  • ERP/CRM
  • Agile
  • Waterfall
  • DevOps

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:


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About the agency

Dedicated to the recruitment of IT professionals Sabenza iT is a South African registered business focusing on Finance, Engineering, SAP and general iT recruitment. We have over 18 years' experience in recruiting in South Africa, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia and have worked with a number of large companies offering the best service. We at Sabenza iT understands the changing market and we mold our services around each of our client's needs to offer a personal service. Sabenza iT has forged strong relationships with both Clients and Consultants by ensuring both parties get the most out of every placement. Our Head Office is based in South Africa and we have a satellite office in the UK so that we can keep in contact with expats who may consider returning to South Africa and so that we can offer our services globally for Consultants looking to go to South Africa and Consultants who are looking for opportunities abroad. We at Sabenza recognize the difference it makes to maintain good client relationships and we are keeping our client base niche and manageable in order to give the best service possible. We have gained a good reputation in the market place and have built a very large network and database of consultants that we draw from for each role. We are able to send applications within 24 hours of receiving a role profile or spec. We use one of the best Database software tools available to keep our database up to date and very fast to search. Sabenza iT does not only use job-sites, we headhunt and we use our network to find our clients the right Candidates. We have a strong Facebook presence and we have over 12,000 LinkedIn connections. For further information, please visit our website www.sabenzait.co.za or call me at any time on Tel: 0330040131.

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