About the position
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a Business Intelligence enablement and scorecard reporting project across retail and pharmaceutical distribution operations.
This is a contract role, onsite based in Cape Town.
The role will coordinate business reporting requirements, data and technical delivery, testing and implementation. The successful candidate must be comfortable working directly with C-suite executives and translating strategic reporting priorities into practical delivery plans.
Retail experience and a proven delivery record are highly valued. Familiarity with Snowflake is beneficial, while broader BI and reporting delivery experience is central to the role.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the project from initiation and planning through implementation, handover and closure.
- Coordinate stakeholders across retail, distribution, Finance, technology and data teams.
- Facilitate agreement on scorecard measures, reporting requirements, priorities and acceptance criteria.
- Manage delivery of the data integration, reporting and BI capabilities needed to support business outcomes.
- Coordinate technical teams and vendors, tracking milestones, dependencies and delivery commitments.
- Oversee data validation, integration testing, user acceptance testing and defect resolution.
- Maintain project governance, risk and issue logs, resource plans and executive reporting.
- Engage executive sponsors to resolve decisions, manage expectations and maintain alignment.
- Support reporting adoption, business readiness and transition into operational support.
- Travel to Johannesburg for stakeholder engagement and delivery activities as required.
Essential Requirements
- At least seven years of project management experience with a proven record of delivering complex business and technology projects.
- Experience managing BI, data, analytics or reporting initiatives.
- Proven delivery experience with CIO or C-suite executive sponsors.
- Ability to translate business reporting needs into clear delivery scope and priorities.
- Strong understanding of data dependencies, reporting validation and testing activities.
- Assertive stakeholder management and the ability to drive decisions and accountability.
- A hands-on delivery approach suited to a lean environment.
- Willingness to work onsite four days per week, travel to Johannesburg and accommodate executive schedules.
Preferred Experience
- Retail and/or pharmaceutical distribution experience.
- Experience delivering business scorecards and performance reporting.
- Exposure to Snowflake or comparable enterprise data platforms.
- Candidates without retail experience must demonstrate strong executive engagement and delivery experience, ideally on CIO-sponsored projects.
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