# Technical Program Manager – Tyger Valley (Hybrid) – R1000k PA

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Company: e-Merge Recruitment

Category: Information & Communication Technology

Location: South Africa

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-07-27

Expires: 2026-09-12

## Job Description

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for driving complex technology initiatives from concept to delivery? We’re looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional teams, align business and technical priorities, and ensure the successful execution of high-impact projects. If you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and enjoy turning strategy into measurable results, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Education & Experience

- Demonstrated technical fluency and judgment, built through hands – on experience in software engineering or a closely related technical field – quality assurance (QA), DevOps, technical support, or solutions engineering – giving genuine command of the terminology and a real understanding of how systems are built.

- 5+ years in technical program management, technical delivery management, or a hybrid technical/project-management role inside software engineering organisations.

- Experience planning and delivering multi-team, multi-workstream software programs.

Technical Core Competencies

- Solid working understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), with the ability to quickly learn and apply company specific process

- Enough fluency in software terminology, APIs, interfaces, and data contracts to follow technical discussions and track dependencies and readiness as engineers and technical leads describe them – architecture and sequencing decisions stay with the technical leads

- Knows what minimum viable requirements set looks like before high-level estimation or design can responsibly begin

- Recognises when a change is likely to require AppSec review or penetration testing, and factors that into planning

- Exposure to ISO 27001 or a similar ISMS/security-compliance framework is a strong plus

- Basic understanding of SaaS and cloud-based application concepts.

Planning & Tools

- Proficient with project/roadmap planning tools such as MS Project, GanttPro, OmniPlan, or equivalent (Monday.com, Smartsheet also acceptable).

- Comfortable working with ticketing/issue-tracking systems such as Azure DevOps, Zammad, Jira, or equivalent.

- Experience maintaining RAID logs, dependency maps, and milestone tracking across concurrent programs.

- Comfortable running or contributing to Agile/Scrum ceremonies to support team leads.

- Other duties may be assigned after successful integration

Reference Number for this position is GZ61466 which is a permanent Hybrid position based in Cape Town Tyger Valley offering a salary of R1000K per annum, negotiable based on experience and ability.

Contact Garth on garthz@e-merge.co.za or call 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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## Requirements

Apply by email: garthz@e-merge.co.za

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