Job Title: Technical Project Manager (CORE)
Job Location: Lagos
Job Details:
About the Technical Project Manager (CORE) Role
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- We are hiring a talented and experienced Technical Project Manager to oversee a wide variety of projects within our Transaction Switching and Processing division. You will work alongside other project managers to deliver projects from conceptual design through implementation.
- You will have a dual reporting line to Transaction Switching and Processing Engineering team and the Project Management team.
What Your Day to Day Activities Will Be Like
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases and elements, forming project team, etc
- Develop full-scale project plans to track performance and progress as well as associated communication documents using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
- Identify technology trends and figure out how to use these trends to our advantage and what the right way to use them is
- Prioritizing initiatives based on business needs and requirements
- Monitor project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions
- Effectively communicate project expectations to stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
- Estimate resources needed to achieve project goals and objectives
- Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all projects/initiatives undertaken by the Core team
- Implement effective stakeholder engagement and communications strategy for all stages of projects
- Manage transitions between project stages and ensure that changes are consistent with organizational goals
- Create informative, actionable and repeatable reporting that highlights relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement
- Submit weekly and monthly progress / status reports of all projects
- Serving as a liaison between project team and users
- Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects
Required Competency and Skillset to be a Waver
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
- Minimum of three years project management experience in the IT field (FINTECH, Banking, etc.)
- Minimum 6 – 12 months experience as a Technical Product Manager
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the organization’s products and services.
- The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solution.
- Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontationaL
- Detail-oriented, analytical and inquisitive
- Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel
- Excellent documentation skills
- A track record of following through on commitments
- Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills
- A history of leading and/or supporting successful projects
- Preferred; Proficiency with at least one web development language, such as Ruby or Python
Need Help? we are happy to support – Contact us at: [email protected]
Deadline: February 28, 2021
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Job Category | Engineering / Technical, Manager |