The Project Manager is responsible for managing and overseeing special projects and tasks under the direction of Senior Management; assists in performing various activities related to administrative, compliance, and internal affairs; ensures compliance with legal regulations; analyzes verbal or statistical data for report preparation for use by management; and aids executive officers and other management by analyzing and coordinating office services such as personnel, budget preparation and control, records control, and special management studies.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assess and confirm that the pre-requisites for initiating the project are in place. This would entail the review of ;
- the objectives for the project;
- the product under development;
- Provide a high level plan and cost estimate
- After project approval, assist the sponsor to create a detailed project plan and update the project cost estimate
- Manage the various phases over the life cycle of the project:
- schedule the project based on targets and resource availability;
- management of the project plan (milestones, activities, key deliverables);
- initiate the project - change to project initiation;
- adherence to best practice software development processes;
- monitor progress and prepare reports for discussion with management;
- review test scenarios, test outcomes, documentation, re-work and sign-off’s;
- implement effective project monitors and controls;
- assess conformity of deliverables to original designs and intended capabilities;
- assess quality of outputs against set criteria and expectations of stakeholders;
- assess conformity to set change control procedures; and
- manage/monitor cost
- Guide project teams to deliver projects to agreed time, quality and budget;
- Obtain approval of completed products; and
- Orchestrate project closure and review.
- Review of business, system and functional requirements
- Risk and issue management
- Knowledge sharing and mentorship to junior staff
- Reporting to key stakeholders
- Liaising with other Project Managers and Stake holders
Desired Skills & Experience
- 1+ years of experience as Project Manager.
- Effective project management and leadership skills are essential.
- Proven ability to manage complex and multiple projects with tight and conflicting deadlines - fast paced, dynamic work environment.
- Sound working knowledge of technologies and industry trends.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to successfully engender a participative process across a culturally diverse group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong initiative, forward thinking and creative problem solving skills with the ability to create or stimulate customer-focused strategies.
- Strong level PC/software skills, particularly in MS Office suite and project/process design and administration tools (e.g. Visio, MS Project).
The position is for a specific project running for duration of 6 – 12 months, but is renewable based on a favorable performance.
Applicants should send their CV and cover letter to jobs@tezzasolutions.com with the subject PM0116, on or before the 14th January 2016
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