JOB TITLE:
Senior Project Manager.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Senior Project Manager
in Cellulant is responsible for managing key projects that have a heavy
cross-functional nature. He/she is a master coordinator and communicator and
delivers projects on time, within the scope, and in a sustainable and
cost-effective manner. The stakeholders of these projects include teams
internal to Cellulant and external parties such as Cellulant’s customers and
suppliers. Our projects are technologically complex so comfort with software
engineering principles, agile practices, cloud technologies, and a good grasp
of the financial services and/or mobile telecommunications VAS space is
important.
Expert command of common project management planning and reporting tools I expected for all project managers at Cellulant. Projects sometimes become very heated, so the Project Manager is expected to have the emotional intelligence and negotiation nous to manage tight deadlines, big egos and strike the right balance between the shortest time, lowest cost and highest quality when delivering projects.
Duties & Responsibilities
- End-to-end
project delivery. Initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control & close
the project as per the project management plan.
- Assist
in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant
stakeholders across every project stage.
- Coordinate
internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of
projects.
- Ensure
that all projects are delivered on time, within the scope, and within
budget.
- Develop
detailed project plans approved by all internal and external stakeholders to
monitor and track the progress of tasks on a daily basis.
- Manage
changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs &
project performance using appropriate verification techniques.
- Communicate,
report, and escalate to relevant stakeholders on progress or to unlock any
risks or project issues.
- Maintain
a healthy & transparent working relationship with all stakeholders.
- Frequent
status update meetings with project teams; Daily scrum sessions project
health with the project teams & frequent status meetings with
customers to monitor project health.
- Track
project performance, specifically to analyze if customer requirements were
met, expected quality is met, and customer delight is realized.
- Meet
budgetary objectives and adjust project constraints based on financial
analysis.
- Use
and continually develop leadership skills.
- Perform
other related duties as assigned.
- Develop,
and maintain project documentation such as project plans, project
documentation management processes; Risk/issue log, lessons learned, and
any other project documentation
- Participate
in hiring, training & onboarding of team members.
- Monitor,
track, and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies,
and critical path deliverables.
Qualifications
- Project
Management Professional (PMP®) certification is Mandatory.
- PMI
Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM),
Scaled Agile Framework Program Consultant (SAFe SPC), and Certified
Stanford Advanced Senior Program Manager (SAPM) are an added advantage.
- Bachelor’s
degree in IT, BBIT, Computer Science, Project management or equivalent.
- Over
6 years of experience managing large & complex projects/programs.
- Experience
gathering requirements, business analysis, and documentation.
- Knowledge
of project management tools, techniques, and processes eg. Jira, Asana,
and ClickUp.
- Strong
leadership and motivational skills including the ability to lead up,
across, and down.
- Strong
skills in cost management, scope management, schedule quality management,
stakeholder management, resource management, risk & communication
management.
- Capacity
to work in a fast-paced organization; achieving the balance of and the
right priority from multiple simultaneous projects.
- Experience
in different project management methodologies.
How to Apply
