Senior Project Manager (Mat. Cover)

Location: Remote; Cape Town, South Africa. The role is UK-based. Work from abroad is permitted for up to 4 weeks per year.

Company

hirify.global is a global digital agency specialising in omnichannel search and social, creative content, and performance technology for international brands.

What you will do

• Lead multiple complex digital projects and workstreams from brief to completion, managing scope, timelines, budgets, quality, risks, dependencies, approvals, and change control.
• Define deliverables, estimates, assumptions, exclusions, acceptance criteria, delivery plans, kick-offs, handovers, project closure, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate Client Services, specialist teams, resource and discipline leads, Finance, Operations, and senior stakeholders.
• Forecast skills and hours, manage resourcing and handovers, track costs and margins, maintain revenue forecasts, and coordinate purchase orders, invoicing, and financial reconciliation.
• Maintain project documentation and job-costing data, coordinate quality reviews and launch readiness, and resolve issues through recovery planning and escalation.
• Coach less experienced PMs and Project Executives, use approved AI tools with human review and confidentiality safeguards, and propose delivery improvements.

Requirements

• At least five years of project management experience in a digital, content, creative, or media agency, including independently leading multiple complex projects and workstreams.
• Experience delivering projects for global brands, ideally in FMCG, healthcare, or similarly complex sectors with multiple stakeholders and approval requirements.
• Strong planning, estimating, resource coordination, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and change-control skills.
• Practical understanding of integrated delivery across areas such as SEO, AEO, content, social, digital PR, and paid media; expertise in every channel is not required.
• Analytical thinking, sound judgement, root-cause analysis, and the ability to recommend practical solutions.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including confidence engaging senior stakeholders, challenging constructively, and negotiating priorities.
• Proactive, organised working style, strong attention to detail, and reliable follow-through when priorities change.
• Confidence using agency job-costing and project-management systems such as Paprika or equivalent.
• Experience using AI tools for delivery with appropriate judgement, human review, and protection of confidential information.
• Experience coaching less experienced PMs and sharing practical guidance, together with alignment with hirify.global’s values of openness, respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Culture & Benefits

• Fixed-term employment with a remote working arrangement.
• 25 days of paid holiday per year, South African public holidays, birthday leave, and an additional Christmas closure.
• Work-from-abroad policy for up to 4 weeks per year.
• Employee assistance, eye tests, wellness and peer-recognition initiatives, and a monthly entertainment subscription.
• LinkedIn Learning, Calm subscription, and regular social events.
• Inclusive, respectful, collaborative culture guided by the values “We Strive”, “Acting Together”, and “With Kindness”.