IT Project Manager at Bollard Consulting Limited

• The project manager is also expected to be liaise with external vendors, monitor and coordinate efforts between multiple vendors in the seamless delivery of the project.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare project feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis and proposals and obtain required approvals from appropriate IT management and project sponsors.
• Establish project plans, resources, budgets and time-frames, and assign tasks.
• Identify, track and communicate project progress, milestones, deliverables changes and dependencies within the schedule, costs, issues and risks.
• Manage project team’s performance of project tasks, provide technical advice and guidance, schedule assignments and training for development, prepare performance appraisals.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple development, product management, user experience and QA teams in a matrix organization.
• Secure acceptance and approval of deliverables or revisions to the project from the project sponsor and stakeholders.
• Manage vendor relationship and deliverables.
• Evaluate and recommend purchases of software packages, hardware and service vendors where appropriate.
• Ensure work deliverables are in compliance with bank policies and regulatory requirements.
• Plan for and oversee preparation of documentation of each project phase (business requirements, functional specification, project plan, test strategy, test plan, etc), training and support in new/modified applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an ICT related field from a recognized university
• At least 5 years experience successfully managing various projects.
• Certification in Project Management – Prince 2 Practitioner or PMP is an advantage 
• Experience in the financial/insurance industry would be preferred
• Thorough understanding of project management lifecycle, phases, techniques and tools with strong and tested project management skills, including sponsor and risk management.
• Proven track record of major project delivery.
• Good knowledge on Project Management and combination of operations knowledge with expertise in system applications in the domain.
• Strong analytical, presentation and communication skills.
• Highly developed analytical skills with an ability to remain focused on outputs and to adjust delivery mechanisms to meet deadlines and client needs.