Senior Project Manager at Elenasy

Elenasy is a goal aimed at building a continuous flow of highly skilled individuals in the technical field. This effort is aimed at attracting, cultivating and developing top talent to ensure a pipeline of competent professionals, driving the growth and success of the organization.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time

About the Role

• As a PM/SM, you will be required to manage an array of projects company-wide using the most suitable lifecycle (Traditional, Agile & Hybrid) as the need arises. Majority of your stakeholders would be individuals working within cross-functional teams & levels across the organisation: Management team, Engineering, Product, Marketing, Operations, IT support team.
• You will communicate, coordinate and collaborate with your stakeholders to plan & define (project scope, objectives, activities, plan), manage project constraints (scope, time, cost, resources, risks, quality), gather data, monitor and generate timely insights through the documentation of your project artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project owners to define project objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, and resources.
• Understand business context, opportunities, challenges as well as the market trends before approving and managing projects.
• Conduct a thorough review of the project objectives to ensure alignment with the company's goals, objectives, and value proposition.
• Adhere to Project Management standards by maintaining project artefacts: project charter, plan, schedule, budget, and risk register.
• Collaborate and coordinate with the project team, (sponsors, project owners, senior managers and leaders by participating in the strategic planning and decision making process of the company.
• Assess and anticipate changes, by planning and executing change management strategies and actions.
• Generate weekly insights by monitoring and reporting on project progress, performance, and issues resolved.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders by managing their expectations and interests.
• Mentor and support other project managers by speedily contributing to the improvement of the project management processes and practices within the organisation.
• Speedily resolve impediments by identifying and analysing root causes, risks, and impacts of blockers by way of generating and evaluating alternative options.
• Ensure alignment with project constraints (scope, budget, schedule, quality, risk and resource) and organisational goals & objectives. You will be required to manage & coordinate cross-functional teams, generate insights though the accurate documentation & reporting.
• Guide and motivate the project team, as well as develop their skills and capabilities.
• This involves assigning and delegating tasks, providing feedback and coaching, resolving conflicts and problems, and fostering collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• Most preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering/Science or a related field (Master's degree is preferred)
• Certification & Trainings in project management, supporting methodologies, frameworks & practices (*Project Management Certification is a must, PSM/CSM, Six Sigma, SAFE, Agile Certifications).
• Proven experience working with the Software Development Life Cycle.

Job Requirements:

• In-depth understanding of Project Management Standards, Principles & Best practices (particular emphasis of the PMBOK 6th & 7th edition is a must)
• Strong leadership skills with an evidential record of positively inspiring, influencing & impacting teams and managing people.
• Life long learner exemplified by an Agile Mindset (Flexible & Adaptable)
• Exposure to and vast experience managing ERP projects within the tech-space across various project environments (Predictive, Adaptive & Hybrid) and life cycles (Traditional, Agile & Hybrid)
• Intermediate exposure to Supply Chain Management (highly desirable)
• Minimum of 5 years senior-level experience strategically overseeing People & Processes of the projects being managed.
• Proven stakeholder management capabilities across all organisational levels.
• Strong analytical skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience in project planning, budgeting, and cost control.
• Ability to work and thrive in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) environment.

Cross-Functional Team(s):

• Engineering: Frontend & Backend Engineers, Quality Assurance, DevOps, CyberSecurity, Application Support
• Product: Manager, Owner, Experience in project planning, budgeting, and cost control.
• Shared Services: Operations, Sales, Marketing, Logistics, Finance, IT Support
• Project Sponsors: Management team
• Outcome/KPIs:

Technical Competencies:

• Project management Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall (PMBOK 6th & 7th edition): Project Prioritisation techniques, Scrum Framework: Scrum Ceremonies, Velocity Chart, Burn-down & Burn-Up, Backlog Grooming (highly desired)
• Project management Tools & Software: JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Miro, Jamboard
• Domain Knowledge: ensure in-depth understanding of business requirement and align with business case, project scope and objectives
• Risk management tools & techniques: risk assessment
• Stakeholder Management.

Soft Skills:

• Customer Obsession: ensure customer centricity across the company 
• Continuous Improvement: Enhance productivity and contribute to a positive work environment.
• Communication: suggest enhancements and implement changes using learning
• Problem Solving.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance
• Hybrid work schedule
• Annual paid time off
• Annual performance bonus
• Training and development opportunities
• Vendease Tuckshop (BNPL)
• Employee Stock Option.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Resumes to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.