Summary: Our client is one of the leading service provider
in this highly competitive and dynamic technology space delivering innovative
technology applications in East Africa and beyond.
They are looking for a suitable
candidate to fill the post of a Project
Manager - Enterprise Applications on a 6-month contractual basis.
Purpose of the job: The Project Manager will primarily plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget.
Purpose of the job: The Project Manager will primarily plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget.
This will include acquiring resources
and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or
consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan.
The Project Manager will also define
the project’s objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and execute project work plans and
revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements from
beginning to the end.
- Define project scope, goals and deliverables
that support business goals in collaboration with senior management,
project stakeholders and other members of the project team.
- Plan and schedule project timelines and
milestones using appropriate tools and track such milestones and
deliverables.
- Monitor project delivery and proactively
identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
- Effectively enforce project standards, prepare
for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures including
reviewing deliverables prepared by team before passing to client.
- Build, maintain, develop, and grow any
business relationships vital to the success of the project.
- Chair project steering committee meetings and
effectively communicate project expectations to team members and
stakeholders in a timely and clear manner.
- Work with business development department in
creating new business ideas, opportunities and new projects; draft and
submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes.
- Manage internal and external communication to
clients and the team regarding the project progress and deliverables.
- Set and continually manage project
expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
- Develop and deliver progress reports,
proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
- Define project success criteria and
disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project
team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action
and accountability for their assigned work.
- Conduct project post mortems and create a
recommendations report in order to identify and document successful and
unsuccessful project elements.
Requirement
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science,
Engineering, Mathematics, related field or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in Ms Projects and or Primavera
project portfolio management or any equivalent project management tool.
- At least 8 years experience in managing
enterprise applications projects in East and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Experience in technology related areas including:
enterprise systems management and infrastructure (datacenter) architecture
experience with significant depth around designing, implementing, and
managing critical business infrastructure.
- Engagement experience should include IT
strategy initiatives, database and applications, and leveraging overall
technical architecture knowledge across multiple industries
- The individual should have extensive
architectural skills dealing with infrastructure solutions such as systems
management and business continuity.
- Expert level knowledge of x86 operating
systems, advanced networking, storage architectures.
- Strong leadership and relationship building
skills.
- Must be effective in a team setting and
motivation.
- Ability to uncover business challenges and
develop a custom solution to solve those challenges.
- He or she should be an accomplished presenter
of technical material to both small and large groups. The ability to
present extemporaneously is desirable
- Excellent communication skills, both written
and oral are required.
- Ability to travel up to 80%.
How to Apply:
Send your application including a
cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV
highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a
daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional
referees to:
Adept Systems
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Closing Date: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please note that we do not charge
fees for receiving or processing job applications.
