KORUM by worldhire

Accounts Program Manager

Worldhire Global

Posted by a Verified Recruiter
Industry
-
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Work mode
hybrid
Job type
full-time
Annual salary
R140,000 - R150,000 (R140 Thousand - R150 Thousand)
Minimum experience
12+ years
Posted
5th August, 2026

Required skills

Account ManagementLast-Mile DeliveryUpsell ProductsCROSS-SELL

About the company

Worldhire is a global hiring and talent discovery company that helps organizations identify, engage, and hire experienced professionals across international markets. With expertise in executive search, leadership hiring, specialist recruitment, contract hiring, talent advisory, and cross-border talent acquisition, Worldhire serves businesses across more than 50 countries through its offices in the UK, US, and India, supported by a global partner network. The company is evolving into a platform-led talent ecosystem built around **KORUM**, a confidential and consent-led talent discovery platform, **Sphere**, a recruitment technology solution for structured hiring workflows, and **Select**, its advisory-led executive search practice. Worldhire's mission is to connect serious talent with meaningful opportunities while ensuring privacy, trust, and relevance throughout the hiring process.

About the role

Role - Accounts Program Manager
Domain - Banking
Location - Johannesburg, SA
Hybrid role

Role Purpose
Own end-to-end delivery and program management outcomes across assigned tribes and build scalable,
South Africa-anchored teams that support execution excellence and expansion aligned
1. Delivery Ownership & Program Management Excellence
  • Own delivery quality, timelines, scope alignment, and outcomes across assigned tribes and
workstreams within the program.
  • Lead end-to-end program management governance, including integrated planning, dependency
management, RAID tracking, milestone alignment, and execution oversight.
  • Maintain strong alignment with internal delivery teams and Client stakeholders to ensure
execution clarity across multiple initiatives.
  • Sustain a continuous execution pulse within the Unit of Work (UoW).
  • Proactively surface cross-team delivery risks, dependencies, capacity gaps, and mitigation plans.
2. Expansion & Execution-Led Growth Within Tribes
  • Support expansion within existing tribes and across priority technology areas aligned to the
Client’s Book of Work themes.
  • Identify upstream (discovery/design) and downstream (testing/stabilization/support) white
spaces.
  • Convert delivery credibility into adjacent lifecycle expansion opportunities.
3. Capability & Talent Strategy
  • Support capability planning across teams (seniority mix, technical depth, cross-skilling) aligned
to program needs.
  • Ensure optimal resource utilization across workstreams.
  • Flag skill gaps, over-engineering risks, or delivery misalignment early.
4. South Africa Team Build & Localization
  • Support hiring and scaling of South Africa-based delivery teams (PCEOs, BAs, QA Leads, Design,
Engineering Leads, etc.).
  • Travel to South Africa to onboard teams, establish delivery execution norms, and strengthen
stakeholder engagement.
  • Build a strong local leadership bench aligned to the Client’s localization strategy.
5. Stakeholder & Execution Interface
  • Act as the primary execution interface between internal delivery teams and Client program
stakeholders.
  • Drive structured governance cadence, escalation management, and delivery transparency across
tribes.
  • Ensure delivery discussions remain proactive, solution-oriented, and outcome-focused.
6. RFP Support & Solutioning Collaboration
  • Work with support and engineering teams in leading and contributing to RFP responses from
a program delivery perspective.
  • Provide inputs on delivery construct, staffing models, timelines, risks, and localization strategy.
  • Ensure proposed solutions are execution-ready and aligned with ongoing delivery realities.

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