Project Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

We’re searching for a highly skilled operations manager to contribute to company growth and help us maintain our position as an innovative authority. The ideal candidate will have production experience as well as strong work plan development and progress oversight skills. He/She will be expected to prepare and present progress updates to appropriate management channels on a regular basis, ensuring the innovation we seek is being achieved.

Job Description

  • Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, providing purpose, direction, and motivation
  • Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and project implementation plans, including risk mitigation
  • To coordinate internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets, in collaboration with project staff from various functional departments
  • Analyze project progress and, when necessary, adapt scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that project team adheres to project requirements
  • Establish and maintain relationships with appropriate client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes
  • Establish and maintain processes to manage scope over the project lifecycle, setting project quality and performance standards, and assessing and managing risk within, and across, multiple projects
  • Structure and manage integrated, multi-track project performance databases for
    multiple IT projects, company’s score card, milestones, quarterly priorities, issues and experiential projects, with an eye on overall progress
  • Develop and maintain partnerships with outside resources—including third-party
    vendors, customers, partners and stakeholders
  • Monitor and assign resources appropriately to streamline project efficiency and
    maximize deliverable outputs
  • Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels as needed—escalating issues as necessary based on project work plans
  • Defining project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and
    ensuring technical feasibility
  • Monitor all Technology project plans for projects to monitor and track progress

Qualifications

 

  • Minimum Bachelors in Computer Sciences or any related field
  • Previous success in producing deliverable software platforms
  • Strong attention to deadlines and budgetary guidelines
  • Experience developing in-house platforms for internal processes
  • Experience coaching and educating project teams to strengthen team members’ capabilities and skill sets.
  • 3+ years management experience
  • Hands-on experience with developing web technologies and software platforms for maximum usability
  • Proven success working with all levels of management
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong presentation skills

Additional Information

This role is open to Tanzanian National ONLY