Project Manager

Contec Global Group - Established in 1984 and headquartered in London, the Contec Global Group has a worldwide presence, with operations in Asia, Africa and Europe. As a company established on the platform of e-Governance and smart technologies, Contec Global is amongst the most experienced independent technology and systems organizations operating in developing countries. Today, the Group is engaged, globally, in providing integrated, systems-based solutions in the fields of Secure Technologies, Infrastructure and Hospitality.

We are recruiting to fill the position below: 

Job Position: Project Manager

Job Location: Lagos

 Responsibilities

• Design and create the company’s project management best practices, including leading continuous improvement initiatives and providing leadership and guidance.
• Create business workflows to reduce defects, improve customer satisfaction, manage end-user impact, reduce cost and increase project efficiency.
• Translate business objectives and needs to technical requirements from various stakeholders.
• Assist with the financial management and budgeting of projects, resource allocation and procurement management.
• Define, create and maintain tools and processes for tracking project status, change requests, sign offs and approvals, and best practice knowledge repository.
• Have strong knowledge requirements about the working knowledge of CSM, payment and banking industry standards, networking and API protocols.
• Define project scope, deliverables and budget based on technical requirement specs from stakeholders.
• Responsible for coordinating with all stake holders for documentation, API’s, end to end integration etc.
• Be responsible for end-to-end successful project delivery from inception to go-live; including technology and business readiness deliverables and change management activities.
• Design, create and implement project processes with vendors and other stakeholders, including project charters and milestones, issue and risk management considerations and contingency roadblock plans.
• Ensure timely coordination with technical team, all stake holders, partners for implementation timely implementation of the project.

Education / Work Experience Required

• Should have a good understanding of NIBSS integration, NIP and other API’s.
• Project Management Institute, PMP Certification or equivalent is considered a strong asset
• A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology or a related experience in payment/fintech or handling such projects.
• Sound technical acumen and/or previous experience in a techno commercial/business role.
• 3-5 years of experience in a project management capacity including all aspects of project management processes, disciplines and execution essential

Skills:

• Strong customer focus
• Client Engagement & Management
• Decision Making & Problem solving
• Negation skills
• Sales skills