Project Manager

Job Posting

Position Overview

• The Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, and delivering projects within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• The role involves overseeing project activities from initiation to completion, managing resources, coordinating cross-functional teams, engaging stakeholders, identifying and mitigating project risks, and ensuring that project deliverables align with organisational objectives.
• The successful candidate will ensure effective project governance, maintain accountability across project teams, and drive continuous improvement in project delivery.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Project Planning and Initiation:

• Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Define project scope, objectives, requirements, and success criteria.
• Identify project resources, dependencies, and potential constraints.
• Establish project budgets, schedules, and implementation strategies.
• Ensure alignment of project plans with organisational goals and priorities.

Project Execution and Coordination:

• Lead and coordinate project activities to ensure timely and successful delivery.
• Allocate responsibilities and monitor the performance of project team members.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure effective collaboration.
• Track project progress against agreed timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Ensure project activities are executed in line with approved plans and standards.

Stakeholder Management and Communication:

• Maintain effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide regular project updates, progress reports, and presentations to management.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and address project-related concerns.
• Facilitate project meetings and ensure timely follow-up on agreed action points.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with clients, vendors, partners, and team members.

Risk and Issue Management:

• Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks and potential challenges.
• Develop risk mitigation and contingency plans.
• Resolve project issues and escalate critical matters where necessary.
• Monitor changes in project scope and assess their impact on cost, quality, and timelines.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of project risks, issues, and resolutions.

Budget and Resource Management:

• Develop and manage project budgets to ensure cost efficiency.
• Monitor project expenditure and ensure adherence to approved budgets.
• Optimise the utilisation of project resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials.
• Review vendor performance and coordinate procurement activities where necessary.
• Identify opportunities to improve resource allocation and reduce project costs.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:

• Establish project performance indicators and monitoring frameworks.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, and key performance indicators.
• Prepare periodic project status reports for management and relevant stakeholders.
• Evaluate project outcomes against established objectives and success criteria.
• Identify lessons learned and recommend improvements for future projects.

Project Closure and Documentation:

• Ensure proper completion and handover of project deliverables.
• Conduct project closure meetings and post-implementation reviews.
• Document project outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Management Sciences, or a related discipline.
• A Master's degree in Project Management or a related field is an added advantage.
• Professional certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, or Agile certification is an added advantage.

Experience

• Minimum of 4–6 years of project management experience in a financial institution, IT, Fintech, or investment banking is an added advantage.
• Demonstrable experience managing projects from initiation through to completion.
• Proven experience in developing project plans, managing budgets, timelines, and resources.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Practical experience in project risk management, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
• Experience using project management tools and software.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and dynamic business environment.

Skills & Capabilities:

• Strong project planning, organisational, and coordination skills.
• Excellent leadership and team management capabilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Excellent time management and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong budgeting, resource allocation, and cost management skills.
• Ability to identify, assess, and manage project risks.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality delivery.
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Asana, Trello, Jira, or Monday.com.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.