Overview

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.

Job Position: Project Manager

Job Location: Yaba, Lagos

Job Description

  1. We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to manage the organization of key client projects.
  2. The Project Manager will be in charge of ensuring our teams complete all projects on time and within budget.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organization and timeline.

Job Responsibilities
Monitoring & Coordination:

  1. Coordinate internal resources (cross-discipline team members) and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
  2. Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within the stipulated scope and budget
  3. Ensure resource availability and allocation
  4. Report and escalate to management as and when needed

Strategic:

  1. Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, and ensuring technical feasibility.
  2. Develop and manage a detailed project plan/schedule and track the work plan/progress of the project
  3. Use appropriate verification techniques and industry best practices to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs throughout the entire project execution.
  4. Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress

Risk Management:

  1. Identifying and mitigating potential risks.
  2. Perform risk management to minimize project risks
  3. Conducting post-project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements

Customer Centric:

  1. Identifying and developing new opportunities with clients.
  2. Obtaining customer acceptance of project deliverables.
  3. Managing customer satisfaction within the project transition period
  4. Manage the relationship with the clients and all stakeholders
  5. Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
  6. Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

Technical Responsibilities:

  1. Oversee all the technical aspects of the project
  2. Identify the technical resources needed for the project and coordinate with key stakeholders to have those resources in place.
  3. Assign and monitor the work of technical personnel
  4. Maintain technical alignment with key stakeholders
  5. Ensure all technical devices or platforms used by the team are in their top shape at all times
  6. 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

Job Requirements

  1. A Master’s in Business Administration or a related field is desirable.
  2. Must have 8-10 years of project management and related experience
  3. 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
  4. A Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred
  5. Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
  6. Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline
  7. Proven working experience as a project administrator/manager in the information technology sector preferably
  8. Ability to lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to completion.
  9. Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
  10. Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
  11. Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
  12. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  13. Excellent analytical skills
  14. Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
  15. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
  16. A team player and have a problem-solving aptitude
  17. A background in business skills, management, budgeting, and analysis is important.

Salary
Competitive and Negotiable

Application Deadline
30th June, 2023.

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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