Manager- Project Management Office at Tescom Group

Role and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief Executive officer, the PMO Manager will:

• Ensure project management standards are implemented and followed
  • Develop, Implement and ensure adherence to Project Management Standards and processes through regular assessment to establish effectiveness and routinely appraise Management on current and future improvement requirements.
• Gathering of project data and production of information
  • Track the status of all projects in Tescom Ltd based on updates from the project managers and standardize compilation and presentation
• Source of guidance and advice for project managers
  • Provide solid mentorship to Project Mangers in all project aspects regarding but not limited to Standards, Logistics, Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring, Quality / Cost / Scope Control, Change Management, Communication, Acceptance, Closure, Documentation, and Invoicing
• Managing and facilitating the portfolio management process
  • Adapt the project portfolio management approach (PPM) and in particular to:
  • Capture project requests and ensuring each request has sufficient information to assess the project.
  • Keep an up-to-date repository of projects underway and requests pending review
  • Implement scoring and prioritization models to help assess which requests should be approved.
  • Manage resource forecast to help understand resource availability for projects
• Overall project risk assessment
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Push for prompt project closure and ensure 100% documentation availability for invoicing
• Maintain a robust project Purchase Order and Invoice tracker and appraise Management on the same on weekly basis.
• Be the custodian of all resources, Software / Hardware tools and assets as allocated by Management.
• Mentor project managers

Skills and Experience

• Strong project management skills
• Well acquainted with the entire project cycle from initiation to closure especially in Telecommunications or IT
• Solid experience on project delivery
• Experience in analyzing cost/benefit of projects
• Trustworthy / honest / self-disciplined with exemplary time consciousness
• Very good stakeholder skills
• Astute verifier and flexible decision maker
• Exceptional communication skills
• Strong leadership / mentorship skills

Qualifications

• BSc. in Engineering or IT
• Certification in project management e.g. PRINCE 2/ PMP/SCRUM
• 1 Year experience in project management in IT / Telecommunication.