Project Manager - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 17-01-2020 8:05:25 AM
13-03-2020 8:05:25 AM
We are:
Construct was born out of a passion to leverage the disruptive power of digital learning to transform individuals and organizations, globally. With offices in London, Salt Lake City, and Cape Town, and delivering courses to 100,000+ learners in over 165 countries, our vision is to become the global leader in digital learning. We partner with Higher Education, Government and Enterprise to create tailored and engaging digital learning experiences. We provide world-class instructional design, digital content production, and project management services.

It’s a hugely exciting time to join Construct! We’re delivering ambitious projects with partners such as the University of Oxford, University of Michigan, UK Cabinet Office and King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. We are experiencing an exciting period of growth, having secured recent investment and several significant client wins.

We need you:
We're seeking a Project Manager with a special cocktail of skills. For this role, you must be passionate about people and forging strong, long-lasting relationships - both with your client stakeholders and with your co-workers, who sit in offices around the globe. You should be extremely detail-oriented, and enjoy the process so much that when there isn't a process, you take pride in creating one. We expect you to be both fiercely independent and deeply collaborative - you must be able to work hard without oversight and communicate early and often with your project teams.

To do:
Project management:
-Deliver projects on time and within budget
- Present regular reports on client accounts to management team
- Drive improvement in delivery effectiveness and efficiency

Managing key client accounts:
- Partner with a portfolio of global clients
- Manage the seamless delivery of our products and exceptional client service
- Prepare regular reports on account status and manage project budgets
- Drive further business opportunities with existing partners

Support business development:
- Collaborate with sales team to identify and drive opportunities
- Work with the management team on strategic projects and improvement initiatives
- Support sales team up-sell or cross-sell services and products
- Study competition to find new ways to attract and retain clients
- Represent Construct at conferences, events or other marketing opportunities

You’ll need to be good at:
- People management, especially with a global project team
- Developing trusted advisor relationships
- Juggling multiple projects at a time
- Maintaining a sharp attention to detail
- Driving continuous improvement in the quality of products and service
- Previous exposure to Learning Design and supporting Technologies, or an enthusiasm to learn

And enjoy:
- As a rapidly growing company, change, and the ability to adapt to change, is inherently part of our culture. We pride ourselves in:
- Being dynamic and fast-paced; ultimately, we make things happen
- Making smart decisions that build a sustainable future for us and our partners
- Being collaborative, co-creating engaging learning experiences together
- Keeping things straightforward, grounded in integrity, simplicity and fairness
- Being invested; using our shared passions to achieve outcomes and impact