Job Opportunity at Airtel Africa

Job description

Airtel Kenya wishes to recruit for the position of I.T Project Manager within the Information Technology Division. Reporting to the I.T Director, the incumbent’s overall role will be to lead the strategic planning for products, projects and release management across vertical and horizontal products and consults business units on projects and related product requirements.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Lead development for all products, services and promotions
• Working with existing or new vendors to ensure improved products and services
• Working with I.T partners and other Airtel partners to ensure delivery of business platforms as per scope
• Manage and track all Operating Country (OpCo) programs and projects through all phases as per Project Management and Release cycles and ensure delivery within agreed time, cost and scope and SLA
• Conduct Project Governance Review with partners, vendors and publish the status to the relevant stakeholders
• Implement build to operations (B2O) process, OLA and governance with the IT operations team and 3rd Party vendors
• Key Technical SPOC for all business related functions related to Products and Promotions and development.

Expected key results:

• Scoping of new products
• Manage end-to-end delivery of OpCo IT program & projects within PRM scope
• Lead developer for products & promotions
• Manage the B20 for OpCo PRM program and project delivery

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in I.T / Engineering. An MBA will be an added advantage
• Professional qualification in Project Management Techniques
• 2 years of experience as a core developer is required
• 3 years in project management is required, preferably in Telecom industry
• Proven experience in eliciting requirements and testing

Competencies and behavior:

• Customer centric
• Strong project management and relationship management skills
• Java Programming skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills
• Leadership skills