Project Manager at Equity Bank Kenya

Description

The Project Manager will be expected to deliver technology solutions by managing projects throughout their full life cycle; they will lead projects related at enterprise-level. In this role, the PM will be responsible for gathering resources, generating schedules, establishing teams to fulfil initiatives; they will interface with project members, vendors, managers, executives, and stakeholders to manage risk and ensure projects are completed to a high quality, on time and within budget.

The Project Manager will also be responsible for managing the work of consultants, allocating and utilizing resources in an efficient manner and maintaining a co-operative, motivated and successful project team.

Responsibilities

• Managing co-ordination of the partners and working groups engaged in project work
• Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan.
• Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan.
• Recording and managing project issues and escalating where necessary.
• Resolving cross-functional issues at project level.
• Managing project scope and change control and escalating issues where necessary.
• Monitoring project progress and performance.
• Providing status reports to the project sponsor.
• Managing project training within the defined budget.
• Liaison with, and updates progress to, project steering/senior management.
• Working closely with users to ensure the project meets business needs.
• Identifying user training needs and devising and managing user training programmes.
• Direct the coordination of all implementation tasks involving third party vendors
• Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment.
• Driving the project acceptance from the various internal customers
• Advising the management and the projects team on issues of project governance.
• Risk Management activities - work with the risk leadership, 3rd party vendors, cybersecurity staff, and other external stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate risks.

Required Skills/Experience

• Demonstrated successful mastery of major components of the Project Lifecycle Development in the context of major systems implementations.
• Demonstrated mastery on project scheduling on MS Project is a must.
• Ability to organize and direct quality time-bound work efforts in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with financial services systems preferred.
• Demonstrated high level of analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage teams; identify and secure needed resources; escalate conflicting priorities; influence team members and business leaders to successfully execute
• Ability to negotiate agreements and/or reach consensus with all levels and positions within the organization
• Ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms.
• Demonstrated ability to drive crucial conversations across stakeholders of varying seniority.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Strong leadership skills with demonstrated competencies in championing customer focus.

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in a business/ICT/Project Management or any other related field.
• Project Management professional qualifications in PMP/PRINCE2 or similar qualifications.
• An MBA/business related Master’s degree will be an added advantage
• Must demonstrate an understanding of financial services.
• 5+ years of professional project management experience