- This role will relate with business analysts, software developers, testers and other stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of projects in accordance with set standards, quality control and business objectives.
- He/she provides coaching and guidance to project team members about every aspect of the project so that team members can understand their tasks fully and act on them efficiently.
- This role will need to act quickly to identify problems and make decisions to solve them, leading to successful implementation of projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the successful execution of large and complex projects from start to finish.
- Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope not limited to issues resolution, schedule, costs, risk mitigation and change requests.
- Ensure solutions delivered meet business expectations and that project sponsors and business users. accept the solutions before project closure.
- Administers pricing model and charging / billing procedures to monitor receivables for projects.
- Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques.
- Create and maintain required project documentation.
- Liaise with Organizational Change Management function to define and execute a benefit realisation. plan and change management strategy for key projects leading to full project adoption.
- Ensure Central Design Authority, Information Security, Test and Version Control and Change
- Approval Board (CAB) approvals are obtained in the life cycle of the project.
- Monitor a project’s progress throughout its duration and communicate project status to senior.
- management and relevant stakeholders through reports and presentations
- Attend project governance meetings (Steering committee meetings, …)
- Ensure high quality delivery of software packages
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Experience & Qualifications
- Minimum of 8 years’ working experience with 5 years in Project Management.
- Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Social Sciences, Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering or related field of study.
- Strong knowledge of Systems Thinking, Business Analysis, Project Management, Banking Products,
- SDLC (Intermediate).
- Relevant certifications – PMP, Agile Scrum, Prince2 and/or ITIL
- Master’s Degree would be an added advantage
- Other certifications will be an advantage.
Skills, Capabilities & Attributes:
- Strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills.
- Strong leadership capability
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously
- Excellent at delivering and owning results
- Problem-solving skills.
- Bilingual (English/French) is an advantage.
