Project Manager OG-AM26-PM
Optim-G is a specialist IT optimisation and managed services company committed to helping organisations innovate, optimise, and excel. We deliver tailored, results-driven solutions across cybersecurity, specialised resourcing, and managed IT services.
This role forms part of a strategic contract engagement with a Tier 1 South African bank.
About the Role
Optim-G is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of a high-priority regulatory remediation engagement at a Tier 1 South African bank. This is a fixed-term contract role embedded within a specialist delivery team, responsible for driving the full lifecycle closure of 21 outstanding AMLoC findings related to Cross Border Payments operations.
This is a senior delivery leadership role with direct exposure to regulatory stakeholders, compliance teams, and executive leadership. The successful candidate will be someone who thrives in complex, compliance-driven environments and has a proven track record of delivering within financial services.
What You Will Do
As Project Manager, you will own the end-to-end delivery governance for the AMLoC Resolution engagement. You will be accountable for planning, stakeholder management, risk oversight, and ensuring that all findings are formally remediated and closed within the agreed engagement window.
- Own and maintain the AMLoC Resolution delivery roadmap, project plan, and RAID log
- Chair weekly delivery meetings, steering committee sessions, and stakeholder reviews
- Track and report progress against all 21 AMLoC findings to client leadership
- Manage risks, issues, and blockers escalating proactively and driving resolution
- Coordinate resource capacity, onboarding, and leave management across the team
- Manage the change control process for scope, timeline, or budget variations
- Ensure all project artefacts are audit-ready and version-controlled
- Facilitate formal handover of closure evidence packages to Exchange Control Compliance
- Minimum 8 years of project management experience, with at least 5 years in banking or financial services
- Demonstrable experience managing regulatory-driven or compliance remediation programmes
- Strong stakeholder management at executive and compliance levels
- Experience working within a Tier 1 South African bank environment (advantageous)
- Proficiency in MS Project, JIRA, or equivalent tooling; advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint
- PMP (Project Management Professional) or PRINCE2 Practitioner required
- Agile / SAFe certification advantageous
- Relevant tertiary qualification (Bachelor's degree minimum)
- Prior experience managing AMLoC, AML, Exchange Control, or FinSurv remediation engagements
- Familiarity with cross-border payments or SWIFT infrastructure
- Experience at Standard Bank, ABSA, FNB, or Nedbank