Compliance Senior Project Manager

Johannesburg, South AfricaFull-timeSeniorOn-sitePosted 10 Nov 2026

Job Overview

Praesignis' client in the insurance industry is seeking an experienced Compliance Senior Project Manager in Johannesburg to lead strategic Compliance, Regulatory, Forensics, Fraud and Risk technology projects (advert closes 10 December 2026).

The role oversees multiple business-critical initiatives including the Maestro future-state Forensics platform implementation, SIRON ONE upgrades, Personal Conduct Declaration (PCD) initiatives, fraud reporting solutions and regulatory compliance projects, managing executive stakeholders, steering committees, vendors and budgets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Compliance and Regulatory technology projects within scope, time, budget and quality

• Manage project plans, resources, dependencies, risks, governance and reporting

• Oversee Maestro, SIRON ONE and PCD implementations including vendor engagement, testing, deployment and migrations

• Coordinate business, technology and operational workstreams against regulatory requirements

• Manage executive stakeholders and steering committees across Compliance, Forensics, Risk, Audit, Legal and Technology

• Manage budgets, forecasts, business cases, funding approvals and vendor contracts

• Maintain project controls and RAID logs and drive audit and security remediation

• Ensure transition into business-as-usual and delivery of measurable business value

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, Commerce, Finance, Engineering or related field; Honours advantageous

• Minimum 10 years' project management experience, incl. 5+ years leading large enterprise technology projects

• Proven delivery in Financial Services, Banking or Insurance

• Experience delivering projects valued over R10 million in regulated environments

• Strong executive stakeholder and vendor management

• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/SAFe, Scrum Master, Change Management or ITIL certifications advantageous

• Financial crime, AML, fraud management and GRC platform exposure advantageous

Skills & Requirements

Project ManagementRegulatory ComplianceFraud ManagementAMLGRCVendor ManagementStakeholder ManagementBudget ManagementRAID ManagementPRINCE2AgileChange ManagementInsurance