Principal Project Manager

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 02/06/2026

The Principal Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of IBM’s largest and most complex SAP HANA Enterprise Application projects, ensuring alignment with client business and IT requirements. This role involves managing client engagements, leading project teams, and delivering solutions according to project charters, agreements, or contracts. The Principal Project Manager provides strategic leadership, manages risks, oversees resources, and ensures that scope, cost, schedule, and contractual obligations are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex SAP projects from planning through execution and closure
• Manage scope, cost, schedule, risk, and contractual deliverables
• Direct all project resources, including subcontractors, and maintain an effective communication plan with the team and client
• Analyze business and IT challenges and provide strategic insights <...