Hybrid Project Manager – Property Technology

at ARVO

• Job title: Project Manager – Property Technology
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cape Town, South Africa

About the role

• Project Manager leading residential transformation projects in Cape Town for international PropTech platform. Ensuring timely, budget-compliant, and high-quality project delivery across a growing property portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of property transformation projects from design handover to final completion
• Interpret design briefs and scopes, clarifying requirements and resolving ambiguity early
• Build and manage detailed project timelines, milestones, and dependencies
• Maintain visibility across the full transformation programme, including contractor capacity and pipeline risks
• Manage the overall transformation calendar to ensure properties are market-ready on schedule
• Select and allocate contractors based on skill set, availability, and performance history
• Build strong working relationships with contractors and suppliers
• Coordinate and track daily on-site progress remotely
• Conduct quality assurance through milestone-based checks and remote inspections
• Proactively identify capacity constraints and recommend onboarding new contractors
• Coordinate material ordering in line with design specifications and timelines
• Work closely with finance to ensure budget availability and cash flow
• Track contractor progress and manage staged payments
• Process and manage mid-project variations, assessing time, cost, and scope impact
• Act as the primary point of contact for vendors throughout projects
• Provide regular project updates with progress reporting and site imagery
• Collaborate with designers, inventory teams, client success, and operations hubs
• Ensure property access, compliance documentation, internet installation, and final handovers are completed
• Manage multiple projects using structured project management systems
• Maintain live dashboards tracking KPIs such as on-time delivery, budget adherence, and quality
• Provide regular reporting to senior leadership on progress, risks, and opportunities
• Identify operational bottlenecks and recommend scalable process improvements
• Support ongoing optimisation of tools and workflows

Requirements

• 3+ years’ experience in project management, ideally within residential renovations or construction
• Hands-on exposure to renovation or build projects
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification
• Strong understanding of UK renovation workflows, contractors, and compliance requirements
• High proficiency with project management systems (monday.com or similar preferred)

Benefits

• Join a high-growth international property and technology business
• Take ownership of a core operational function with real impact
• Hybrid role with strong autonomy and responsibility
• Opportunity to shape and scale a transformation operating model
• Collaborative, ambitious, and fast-moving team environment