Project Manager

About this role

Juru Holdings is hiring a Project Manager in Cape Town. The role runs projects for legal, financial and professional services clients, and it supports the growth of the Project Management Office.

What you’ll do

• Lead legal projects from set-up through to delivery and formal close-out.
• Work with the Delivery team to understand client problems and shape practical, creative solutions.
• Control budgets, build schedules and plans, and keep your team productive and focused on quality.
• Spot and manage risks, issues and changes before they cause delays.
• Write project reports, brief your team and run training, including creating the training material.
• Manage stakeholders and capture lessons learned at the end of each project.
• Help the business development team with project scope, requirements and solution documents.

What you need

• A tertiary qualification in Commerce or Management studies, Information Systems, or an LLB degree.
• At least 4 years of experience as a business-facing project manager in legal, financial or professional services.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a fast-changing environment.
• A flexible, agile way of working.
• A customer-focused approach and a drive to deliver value.
• Self-starter who is results-driven.
• Advantageous: a keen interest in process efficiency and the use of technology to support it.
• Professional maturity to work directly with international law firms, corporate clients and investment banking clients.

Is this job for you?

This job suits an experienced project manager who wants to grow into programme or portfolio management. You should be comfortable speaking directly with senior clients and handling change with a calm, practical approach.

Tips before you apply

• Have your qualification certificates and a clear record of your years in project management ready.
• On your CV, show projects you ran in legal, financial or professional services, with budgets, timelines and results.
• Give concrete examples of how you handled risk, scope changes or difficult stakeholders.