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JOB TITLE: Project Manager
JOB LOCATION: Lagos
Job Type: Permanent
Department: Purepay – Transaction Switching & Payment Processing
JOB DETAILS:
- To guide key projects within the assigned portfolio to a successful conclusion.
Responsibilities
- Ensure projects within the portfolio are completed on time, on the scope and with a high degree of customer satisfaction
- Accountable for maintaining good communication lines for project performance reports periodically, to support Line Business’ executive decision making
- Collaborate with the business line to ensure that all projects in the assigned portfolio receive the required attention
- Engage C-level stakeholders regularly to ensure that projects are properly prioritized
- Work with the Business Partner from the Financial Management group to establish targets for the fiscal year
- Work with the Value Realization team to ensure that projects are closed as at when due and ensure the realization of budgeted revenue
- Manage the project portfolio of Line Business, by continuously reviewing, updating, and optimizing the portfolio to ensure alignment with evolving organizational strategy, goals, and objectives
- Ensure adherence and compliance to organizational process and industry standards
- Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
- Coach team members in Agile frameworks
- Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
- Be the point of contact for external communications (eg from customers or stakeholders)
- Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
- Resolve conflicts and remove impediments that occur
- Help teams implement changes effectively
- Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
- Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it
- Advice proactively on projects that will require management intervention and provide feedback to the business team
- Partake in Project process review and improvement
- Coordinate elicitation exercises for Client solution requests with various SMEs and stakeholders
- Prepare Business Requirements Documents or Statement of Work
Requirements
- Academic qualification(s): A good Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
- Professional qualification(s): APM, Prince2, and PMP would be added advantage
Experience:
- At least 3 years of experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master or in a similar role
- Working knowledge of Agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as SAFe, Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.
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Deadline: August 15, 2022
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Job Category | project manager |