West Indian Ocean Cable IT & Systems Project Manager Jobs in Kenya

West Indian Ocean Cable IT & Systems Project Manager Jobs in Kenya



Job Objective:

The Information Technology & Systems and Project Manager will plan, establish, and manage information technology (IT) projects and will serve as a liaison between the business and technical aspects of assigned projects.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Manage delivery of IT& Systems projects as directed

  • Coordinating project team members and developing schedules and individual plans

  • Maintain project timeframes, scope, control cost, schedule to ensure things stay on track and status reporting

  • Organizing and managing all phases of the project to ensure on-time completion

  • Create, obtain approval, and manage project charters, plans, risk registers, budgets, lessons learnt

  • Identify concerns, issues, contractual challenges and escalate appropriately

  • Successfully manage the relationships with in-house stakeholders and third- party consultants

  • Developing and maintaining a detailed project execution plan

  • Creating and communicating roles and responsibilities matrix for project teams

  • Developing and following a communication plan that defines information flow and project status reporting requirements

  • Developing a risk register with mitigation plans for each identified risk

  • Defining a quality plan that is communicated and implemented

  • Having a project estimate broken down with appropriate work breakdown structure granularity that is updated with earned value and regularly reviewed with the project team

  • Holding regular team meetings with defined agendas and published minutes

  • Maintaining an updated action item log that is readily available to the project team

    Minimum Qualifications:

  • Degree in Computer Science or IT

  • 7+ years of relevant work experience in managing IT related projects

  • PMP /
    PRINCE2 certification or equivalent (desirable)

    Experience & Skills:

  • Proven IT Project Management skills

  • Proven delivery managing increasingly complex projects

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

  • Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools

  • Experience/certification in acknowledged project management methodologies is an asset, or other known project management techniques and procedures

  • Knowledge and experience on ERP systems and/or ERP implementations is essential

  • Strong communication and negotiation skills

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and resources

  • Ability to act as point of contact between project team, sponsors, and stakeholders

  • Excellent problem-solving skills

  • High degree of initiative, accuracy, efficiency, and attention to detail

  • Ability to work effectively in a distributed team environment

  • Ability to work effectively with all levels of management and staff

    Attributes

  • Client focused, relationship builder

  • Integrity, honest with highest ethical standards

  • Boundless, passionate, and flexible

  • Personal excellence, accuracy, and attention to detail

  • Collaborative, achieve results through teamwork and partnerships

    How to Apply

    Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their updated CV including three referees. Applications should be sent to hr@wiocc.net indicating the job position in the subject line.

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