Project Manager

JOB SUMMARY

An individual who would work within the Products and Innovation team to organize and oversee projects from start to finish, ensuring delivery to the expectation of all stakeholders, within the designated budget and timeline

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the project lifecycle.
• Identify project goals, objectives, and scope.
• Develop project plans that outline the tasks, timelines, and resources required, involving all relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate with the project delivery team (internal resources) and third parties/vendors
• Communicate effectively with all stakeholders
• Identify and manage risks and issues.
• Monitor and track the project’s progress.
• Manage the project’s financial resources.
• Ensure quality delivery to stakeholders’ satisfaction.
• Ensure delivery to agreed project timelines.
• Analyze and evaluate project performance to identify improvement areas.
• Manage stakeholder relationships.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including reports.
• Provide Leadership to team members and direct reports.

JOB REQUIREMENTS 

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Marketing, Management or related fields with a distinction of at least 2nd Class Upper.
• A minimum of 3 - 4 years’ experience in project management leveraging AGILE methodology. 
• Proficiency with Project Management tools such as Jira and MS Project. 
• Demonstrated proficiency with market research. 
• Effective leadership skills. 
• Effective presentation skills. Ability to produce impactful MS Powerpoint slides and clearly communicate its message. 
• Effective interpersonal, problem-solving, analytical skills. 
• Effective written and oral communication skills. 
• Relevant Industry Certifications from reputable institutions and associations.  

At Workforce Group, we go beyond narrowly defined client issues, beyond conventional wisdom, beyond the expected, to create opportunities for our clients, candidates, colleagues, collaborators, and community. Through a network of diversified but highly complementary lines of businesses we have helped some of the most important and exciting organisations on the continent find the critical talent, access cutting edge advice and get innovative support they require to grow in a challenging market.
We support businesses and organisations of varying size, structure and maturity across diverse sectors such as Technology, Telecoms, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Third Sector, FMCG etc. to enhance business performance, optimise for growth and achieve exceptional results.