Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business
• Provide on-site leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one or more initiatives simultaneously
• Report on project success criteria results, metrics, testing, and deployment management activities
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships that facilitate project success
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plans for all phases of the project
• Procure and manage adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources
• Monitor staff performance and complete performance reviews
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
• Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution
• Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration, or litigation, as needed
• Support formal/informal schedules to manage the engagement contract
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project and program team
• Effectively communicate with superiors, team members, clients, and other stakeholders
• Continue professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects
• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and SharePoint, with experience presenting to stakeholders and/or Senior Leadership
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions, and identifying priorities
• Experience negotiating vendor contracts
• Experience drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary
• Experience in successfully leading projects and programs on-time, and schedule. and within budget parameters
• Experience leading, motivating, and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding the team accountable for performance

Remuneration: NGN 300,000 - 350,000 Monthly