Semicolon Africa is a social enterprise accelerating digital transformation in Africa. We are on a journey to transform individuals, industries and communities, by spurring them towards solving problems with a focus on talent, technology, and innovation. With the rise in the internet-based economy across the continent, individuals and businesses alike are beginning to digitally adapt to avoid the risk of going extinct. However, to successfully do that, the right talent, skills/ training, partners & advisory are needed. Semicolon Africa aims to be the partner for digital transformation and help businesses and individuals be rightly positioned and adapted while building a thriving technology sector in Africa.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time - Physical
Position Summary
- We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to manage the organization of key client projects.
- The Project Manager will be in charge of ensuring our teams complete all projects on time and within budget.
- He or she will prevent scope creep while also managing individual tasks for their respective teams with keen attention to detail to avoid any unpleasant surprises.
- As our Project Manager, your job will be to coordinate people and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results.
- You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organization and timeline.
Responsibilities
Monitoring & Coordination:
- Coordinate internal resources (cross-discipline team members) and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
- Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within the stipulated scope and budget
- Ensure resource availability and allocation
- Report and escalate to management as and when needed
Strategic:
- Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Develop and manage a detailed project plan/schedule and track the work plan/progress of the project
- Use appropriate verification techniques and industry best practices to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs throughout the entire project execution.
- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
Risk Management:
- Identifying and mitigating potential risks.
- Perform risk management to minimize project risks
- Conducting post-project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements
Customer Centric:
- Identifying and developing new opportunities with clients.
- Obtaining customer acceptance of project deliverables.
- Managing customer satisfaction within the project transition period
- Manage the relationship with the clients and all stakeholders
- Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
Technical Responsibilities:
- Oversee all the technical aspects of the project
- Identify the technical resources needed for the project and coordinate with key stakeholders to have those resources in place.
- Assign and monitor the work of technical personnel
- Maintain technical alignment with key stakeholders
- Ensure all technical devices or platforms used by the team are in their top shape at all times
- Measure project performance using appropriate project management systems, tools, and techniques to identify areas of improvement.
Primary Relationships
- Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO/COO)
- Manages: Key client projects, coordinates with team members
Requirements and Skills
- A Master's in Business Administration or a related field is desirable.
- Must have 8-10 years of project management and related experience
- Educational background, preferably in the fields of computer science, engineering, or business management with knowledge in managing technical projects; since ours is a technical project manager
- A Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
- Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline
- Proven working experience as a project administrator/manager in the information technology sector preferably
- Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion.
- Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
- Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- A team player and have a problem-solving aptitude
- A background in business skills, management, budgeting, and analysis is important.
Salary
Competitive and Negotiable
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: hr.semicolonafrica@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
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