Project Manager, ICT at Credit Bank

Job Purpose

Key Responsibilities

The jobholder will be responsible for successfully initiating, designing, planning, controlling, executing, monitoring, and closing projects approved by management.

1. Plan and take responsibility for the overall project objectives- provide project managementMand direction to ensure overall success of assigned initiatives by developing the project  implementation plan including the scope of project, project goals, scheduling and project deliverables
2. Define project success criteria, in collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders
3. Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
4. Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
5. Proactively manage full cycle of assigned initiatives, including overall project plan, scope, change control, risks, issues, impacts and reporting through standardization and best practice project implementation
6. Develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents
7. Capture/analyse and draft information into meaningful MI reports for programme lead,Msenior management, stakeholders and team for reporting and presentation purposes
8. Ensure proper alignment with programme lead in all aspects of project issues/concerns/actions
9. Act as the Business Change interface and escalation point for all project issues/concerns/actions
10. Engage collaboratively with project stakeholders to ensure appropriate prioritization of delivery/ensure project Governance is observed including  adherence to defined operational acceptance procedures and testing/approval process
11. Ensure quality assurance for Audit, Risk and Governance
12. Guide and govern suppliers for project related activities ensuring they understand and adopt Bank agreed standards and architectures along with adhering to policy and procedures
13. Other duties assigned

Selection Criteria

Qualification and Experience

1. Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, Business information Technology or anyBother IT Related Degree, PMP qualification or other Project Management certification
2. 4+ years’ experience and exposure to the banking/ICT industry
3. 4+ years direct work experience in a project management capacity including all aspects of process development and execution preferred
4. Demonstrate communication and presentation experience
5. Must be able to work under pressure, take clear ownership and projects and drive to ensure a successful closure for the customer and stakeholders
6. Experience in project financial management-budget preparation and managing to budget
7. Strong Interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills
8. Working knowledge of banking products and technology innovations
9. Experience in projects management in banking environment
10. Self-empowerment, self-driven, team player and leadership