Project Manager (PMO) Job at Turnkey Africa Limited

Turnkey Africa Limited is a leading Pan African organization with an all-tier client base across seven countries. With 22 years of experience in providing software solutions to the insurance business, we consider ourselves a strategic partner to the industry, providing thought leadership, advisory services, personalized customer relations, and customized products to all our clients. Our consultative approach and belief in deep interactions make us be within reach of our clients, improving our response time and ultimately delivering unique niche products that deliver business strategies and opening horizons for future growth. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Project Manager (PMO)

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Department: PSM
Employment Type: Full-Time
Minimum Experience: Experienced
Reports to: Lead Project Manager
Supervises: Project Co-ordiantors
Member of: PMO (PMO Consists of the CTO, Lead Project Manager and Project Managers)

Job Description

• Responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints.
• Plays a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders, to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.
• Project Management Roles And Responsibilities
• Delivery - Create and lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints.
• Project Management - Management and leadership of the project and the project team. Set project controls.
• Design the project structure appropriate to stage.
• Select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies.
• Business Case - Coordinate development of the Business Case.
• Budget - Track delivery within budget.
• Resources -Schedule / manage resources to deliver on projects
• Benefits Realisation – Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned. Stakeholder Management – Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships.
• Stakeholder Management – Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships.
• Risks & Issues – Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate.
• Governance – Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making. Assurance – Support or set appropriate project assurance.
• Change Management – Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.
• Guidance & Support – Seek appropriate support, guidance and coaching from the project community. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance.
• Project Performance & Controls – Build Project Plan and apply appropriate project principles to deliver stated objectives. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Track and report delivery against milestones.

About You

• You are a self-learner who is able to work in a high pressure environment.
• You thrive on the success of delivering high-quality software products.
• You are innovative, creative, a problem solver, and can think out of the box when it comes to designing and developing solutions.
• You have a thirst for continuous improvement in everything you do.
• You believe that the work you do every single day will make people’s lives, work, and play better.

Qualifications

• Three (3) years’ Project Management or Delivery in a large-scale and diverse environment of project or Delivery management and related disciplines
• Able to demonstrate the ability to undertake the above responsibilities
• Legally able to work in the country in which the position is based
• Experienced Project Management professional
• Experience of managing TurnQuest and 3rd party applications projects
• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to support and mentor junior staff
• Excellent customer facing/customer service skills
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Able to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility including shift and out of hours working
• Excellent organizational skills
• Able to manage sensitive and sometimes confidential information
• Self-motivation and able to take responsibility
• Able to manage and priorities and tasks and time efficiently
• Able to demonstrate initiative and a proactive approach to daily tasks

Skills & Competencies:

• Analytical skills.
• Numerical skills.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Reporting skills.
• Presentation & Communication skills
• Planning & Organizing
• Agile/Lean Practices
• Coaching
• Team Dynamics & Collaboration
• Good Leadership Skills
• Diplomacy.

Personality Traits:

• Patient.
• Persistent.
• Creative.
• Visionary.
• Resilience.
• Integrity.
• Professional
• Curious
• Passionate
• Good Communicator
• Team Player
• Attention to detail.
• Diplomacy
• Inspirational.
• Compassionate
• Diligent
• Influencing
• Cultural Change
• Accountability.