Project Manager
2026-01-19T17:08:03+00:00
The Remnant Foundation
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CONTRACTOR
Lusaka
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Professional Services
Management, Computer & IT, Business Operations
2026-01-25T17:00:00+00:00
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Organization context: The Remnant Foundation
· We are dedicated to cultivating a generation grounded in faith, focused on promoting spiritual growth while also striving for success in every aspect of life.
· The PM will lead a multi-phase initiative aligned with this mission, coordinating design, development, and operations across UI/UX, frontend, backend, and DevOps/QA with outsourced teams to deliver a high-quality digital platform that supports spiritual growth, community engagement, and practical life coaching resources.
Role summary
· Own end-to-end delivery of a multi-phase product initiative spanning UI/UX design, frontend development (Flutter for mobile, React/Nex.js for web), backend development (Django + PostgreSQL), and DevOps/QA/publishing.
· Acts as the primary interface between internal stakeholders and all outsourced development teams, ensuring alignment, quality, and on-time releases within budget.
· Owns product backlog governance, milestone planning, risk management, governance ceremonies, vendor management, and delivery reporting.
Core responsibilities
Program governance and planning
- Define the program scope, milestones, budgets, and success metrics for all five phases.
- Build and maintain a phased project plan with clear dependencies, critical path, and acceptance criteria.
- Create and maintain the RACI matrix for the program.
Backlog and requirements management
- Collaborate with product, design, and engineering leads to translate business goals into backlog items, user stories, acceptance criteria, and tangible deliverables.
- Prioritize across phases to optimize scope, value, and risk, while managing stakeholder expectations.
Vendor and team orchestration
- Recruit, onboard, and manage outsourced development teams; establish SLAs, working agreements, communication cadences, and escalation paths.
- Serve as the single point of contact for status, blockers, and contractual governance; coordinate across frontend, backend, design, and DevOps/QA partners.
Delivery cadence and quality assurance
- Plan and facilitate sprint/iteration cadences (planning, reviews, retrospectives) and ensure timely demos to stakeholders.
- Enforce quality gates (code quality, testing coverage, performance criteria, security standards, accessibility) and ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria.
- Manage risk, scope changes, and issue resolution with transparent reporting.
Architecture and technical alignment (through domain leads)
- While technical motifs are handled by the Technical Leads (Frontend Lead, Backend Lead, UX/UI Lead, DevOps/QA Lead), ensure alignment with overall architecture, API contracts, data models, and design system fidelity.
- Review high-level architectural decisions, integration points, and cross-team dependencies to prevent siloed work.
Stakeholder communication and reporting
- Provide transparent program updates to executives and stakeholders; prepare dashboards, risk logs, budget burn, and milestone progress.
- Document decisions, trade-offs, and change requests; maintain a single source of truth for all artifacts.
Compliance, risk, and security
- Ensure compliance with data privacy, security requirements, and IP considerations in vendor agreements.
- Lead risk management planning and implement contingency strategies.
Change management and go-live readiness
- Coordinate release planning, user training, documentation, and support handoffs.
- Ensure smooth publishing across platforms and post-release monitoring.
Required qualifications
- 7+ years of project/program management in software development, including multiple-phase product delivery and distributed/outsourced teams.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multi-vendor engagements with clear SLA structures and governance.
- Strong familiarity with the tech stack (Flutter, React/Nex.js, Django, PostgreSQL) at a high level; ability to interface effectively with Technical Leads.
- Proficient in Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), backlog management, and value-driven prioritization.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills; proven ability to translate business goals into actionable technical tasks.
- Experience with PM tools (Jira/Linear/Aha!, Confluence), plus reporting dashboards and risk registries.
Nice-to-have
- Prior experience leading cross-functional programs that span design, frontend, backend, and DevOps.
- Exposure to design systems and Figma handoffs; working knowledge of API contracts and data modeling.
- familiarity with cloud deployments and basic DevOps concepts to better coordinate with the DevOps/QA team.
- Define the program scope, milestones, budgets, and success metrics for all five phases.
- Build and maintain a phased project plan with clear dependencies, critical path, and acceptance criteria.
- Create and maintain the RACI matrix for the program.
- Collaborate with product, design, and engineering leads to translate business goals into backlog items, user stories, acceptance criteria, and tangible deliverables.
- Prioritize across phases to optimize scope, value, and risk, while managing stakeholder expectations.
- Recruit, onboard, and manage outsourced development teams; establish SLAs, working agreements, communication cadences, and escalation paths.
- Serve as the single point of contact for status, blockers, and contractual governance; coordinate across frontend, backend, design, and DevOps/QA partners.
- Plan and facilitate sprint/iteration cadences (planning, reviews, retrospectives) and ensure timely demos to stakeholders.
- Enforce quality gates (code quality, testing coverage, performance criteria, security standards, accessibility) and ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria.
- Manage risk, scope changes, and issue resolution with transparent reporting.
- While technical motifs are handled by the Technical Leads (Frontend Lead, Backend Lead, UX/UI Lead, DevOps/QA Lead), ensure alignment with overall architecture, API contracts, data models, and design system fidelity.
- Review high-level architectural decisions, integration points, and cross-team dependencies to prevent siloed work.
- Provide transparent program updates to executives and stakeholders; prepare dashboards, risk logs, budget burn, and milestone progress.
- Document decisions, trade-offs, and change requests; maintain a single source of truth for all artifacts.
- Ensure compliance with data privacy, security requirements, and IP considerations in vendor agreements.
- Lead risk management planning and implement contingency strategies.
- Coordinate release planning, user training, documentation, and support handoffs.
- Ensure smooth publishing across platforms and post-release monitoring.
- Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
- Backlog management
- Value-driven prioritization
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Jira/Linear/Aha!
- Confluence
- Reporting dashboards
- Risk registries
- High-level understanding of Flutter, React/Nex.js, Django, PostgreSQL
- Cross-functional program leadership
- Design systems
- Figma handoffs
- API contracts
- Data modeling
- Cloud deployments
- DevOps concepts
- 7+ years of project/program management in software development
- Experience with multiple-phase product delivery
- Experience with distributed/outsourced teams
- Demonstrated ability to manage multi-vendor engagements with clear SLA structures and governance
- Strong familiarity with the tech stack (Flutter, React/Nex.js, Django, PostgreSQL) at a high level
- Ability to interface effectively with Technical Leads
- Proficient in Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
- Proficient in backlog management
- Proficient in value-driven prioritization
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Proven ability to translate business goals into actionable technical tasks
- Experience with PM tools (Jira/Linear/Aha!, Confluence)
- Experience with reporting dashboards
- Experience with risk registries
- Prior experience leading cross-functional programs that span design, frontend, backend, and DevOps (Nice-to-have)
- Exposure to design systems and Figma handoffs (Nice-to-have)
- Working knowledge of API contracts and data modeling (Nice-to-have)
- Familiarity with cloud deployments and basic DevOps concepts (Nice-to-have)
JOB-696e64f332a5c
Vacancy title:
Project Manager
[Type: CONTRACTOR, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Management, Computer & IT, Business Operations]
Jobs at:
The Remnant Foundation
Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, January 25 2026
Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 19 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Organization context: The Remnant Foundation
· We are dedicated to cultivating a generation grounded in faith, focused on promoting spiritual growth while also striving for success in every aspect of life.
· The PM will lead a multi-phase initiative aligned with this mission, coordinating design, development, and operations across UI/UX, frontend, backend, and DevOps/QA with outsourced teams to deliver a high-quality digital platform that supports spiritual growth, community engagement, and practical life coaching resources.
Role summary
· Own end-to-end delivery of a multi-phase product initiative spanning UI/UX design, frontend development (Flutter for mobile, React/Nex.js for web), backend development (Django + PostgreSQL), and DevOps/QA/publishing.
· Acts as the primary interface between internal stakeholders and all outsourced development teams, ensuring alignment, quality, and on-time releases within budget.
· Owns product backlog governance, milestone planning, risk management, governance ceremonies, vendor management, and delivery reporting.
Core responsibilities
Program governance and planning
- Define the program scope, milestones, budgets, and success metrics for all five phases.
- Build and maintain a phased project plan with clear dependencies, critical path, and acceptance criteria.
- Create and maintain the RACI matrix for the program.
Backlog and requirements management
- Collaborate with product, design, and engineering leads to translate business goals into backlog items, user stories, acceptance criteria, and tangible deliverables.
- Prioritize across phases to optimize scope, value, and risk, while managing stakeholder expectations.
Vendor and team orchestration
- Recruit, onboard, and manage outsourced development teams; establish SLAs, working agreements, communication cadences, and escalation paths.
- Serve as the single point of contact for status, blockers, and contractual governance; coordinate across frontend, backend, design, and DevOps/QA partners.
Delivery cadence and quality assurance
- Plan and facilitate sprint/iteration cadences (planning, reviews, retrospectives) and ensure timely demos to stakeholders.
- Enforce quality gates (code quality, testing coverage, performance criteria, security standards, accessibility) and ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria.
- Manage risk, scope changes, and issue resolution with transparent reporting.
Architecture and technical alignment (through domain leads)
- While technical motifs are handled by the Technical Leads (Frontend Lead, Backend Lead, UX/UI Lead, DevOps/QA Lead), ensure alignment with overall architecture, API contracts, data models, and design system fidelity.
- Review high-level architectural decisions, integration points, and cross-team dependencies to prevent siloed work.
Stakeholder communication and reporting
- Provide transparent program updates to executives and stakeholders; prepare dashboards, risk logs, budget burn, and milestone progress.
- Document decisions, trade-offs, and change requests; maintain a single source of truth for all artifacts.
Compliance, risk, and security
- Ensure compliance with data privacy, security requirements, and IP considerations in vendor agreements.
- Lead risk management planning and implement contingency strategies.
Change management and go-live readiness
- Coordinate release planning, user training, documentation, and support handoffs.
- Ensure smooth publishing across platforms and post-release monitoring.
Required qualifications
- 7+ years of project/program management in software development, including multiple-phase product delivery and distributed/outsourced teams.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multi-vendor engagements with clear SLA structures and governance.
- Strong familiarity with the tech stack (Flutter, React/Nex.js, Django, PostgreSQL) at a high level; ability to interface effectively with Technical Leads.
- Proficient in Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), backlog management, and value-driven prioritization.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills; proven ability to translate business goals into actionable technical tasks.
- Experience with PM tools (Jira/Linear/Aha!, Confluence), plus reporting dashboards and risk registries.
Nice-to-have
- Prior experience leading cross-functional programs that span design, frontend, backend, and DevOps.
- Exposure to design systems and Figma handoffs; working knowledge of API contracts and data modeling.
- familiarity with cloud deployments and basic DevOps concepts to better coordinate with the DevOps/QA team.
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Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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