Job Description

Key purpose:

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll lead projects for the company. You will be responsible for managing teams and ensuring that all project goals are met on time and within budget. You should have experience working with Agile methodologies, lean software development or other similar methodologies. Experience in IT is preferred but not required.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Define the scope of the project, as prioritised by the Exco and/ or the head of the PMO
• Translate the approved and defined POC and/ or project plan into milestones to execute
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive project documentation for all projects with milestone detail around:
• Prioritising project activities and timelines
• Coordinating and allocating resources
• Managing budgets
• Roles of third parties and vendors
• Identify project inter dependencies and determine the optimal approach to deliver on the project
• Track project deliverables using appropriate tools
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders
• Develop full scale project plans Provide direction and support to project team
• Project evaluations and assessment of outcomes
• Manage projects team to deliver on the project objectives
• Ensure that business cases, functional specifications and relevant test cases are prepared and signed off by key stakeholders (where applicable)
• Facilitated projects scoping sessions to assist technical team to translating business requirements into functional end solutions (where applicable)
• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities
• Track and Deliver projects within agreed objectives, standards, budget and timelines
• Manage and motivate project team members to achieve set project objectives
• Effectively manage stakeholders expectations and project plan changes and consequences
• Ensured approval of all changes, costs and decisions by project sponsors, owners and senior management
• Track and report on all Issues, Risks and Decision that may impact project delivery

Qualifications and experience:

• Minimum of 6-8 years experience in managing multiple, large complex projects
• Solid direct knowledge and experience of project management methodologies
• Experience of managing activity across the hole of a project lifecycle inclusive of benefits tracking
• Media/Telecoms/Finance industry project management experience preferred
• Rest of Africa hands on project experience will be advantageous
• Exposure to governance control and risk management Proven ability to effectively work across teams at all levels
• Good financial business case skills
• 3 rd Party Vendor Management preferred