Project Manager – Information Governance & Digital Transformation

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead strategic information governance and digital transformation initiatives in a highly regulated environment. You will oversee complex projects that span electronic records management, compliance, and enterprise content management, ensuring alignment with governance frameworks and best‑practice project delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of projects from planning through implementation and close‑out.
• Develop and execute detailed project plans, manage timelines, budgets, resources and governance structures.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues and dependencies while providing regular reporting.
• Drive implementation of enterprise information governance, electronic records management and SharePoint Online solutions.
• Support records digitisation, document migration and change‑management activities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define requirements and ensure successful adoption.
• Monitor performance against KPIs and produce executive reports.
• Ensure compliance with POPIA, PAIA and other relevant legislation.
• Recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency and governance.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, IT, BCom or related field.
• PMP or equivalent project‑management certification (advantageous).
• 8–10 years of project‑management experience in a regulated environment.
• Proven track record delivering large, complex projects from initiation to implementation.
• Demonstrated success with information‑governance, records‑management or compliance frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of POPIA; familiarity with PAIA and National Archives requirements is a plus.

Required skills

• Microsoft SharePoint Online implementation.
• Electronic Records Management (ERM) solutions.
• POPIA compliance expertise.
• PAIA knowledge.
• Project Management (PMP) methodologies.