Project Manager

About the role

The Project Manager leads a cross-departmental team to meet project goals and manages the risk, quality and progress of projects to organizational standards. Projects are typically medium to highly complex, affect multiple departments or the enterprise, and involve a medium to large body of project resources. The role is based in Nairobi (Westlands).

Key responsibilities

• Define project scope, goals and deliverables with senior management and stakeholders, and set and manage expectations.
• Plan and schedule timelines and milestones, track deliverables, and define success criteria.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, estimate resources, and recruit additional staff or consultants when needed.
• Develop full project plans, delegate tasks, resolve conflicts, and manage dependencies and the critical path.
• Produce progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations; run postmortems and recommend improvements.
• Manage scope changes, anticipate crises and prepare contingency plans.
• Coach, mentor and supervise team members and contractors, and build business relationships.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Engineering; MBA preferred.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary projects, including 3+ years at manager or director level.
• Demonstrated experience in resource management and in working independently and in teams.
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical users and to work under pressure with some travel.

Required skills

• Project management certification such as PMP or Prince2.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, project management software, diagram/process flow software, conference software and statistical software.
• Strong troubleshooting, research and multitasking abilities.