IT Project Manager at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer’s needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IT Project Manager

Location: Lagos
Department: IT
Reports to: Technical Delivery Manager
Supervises: Functional Process Lead, Functional Business Analyst, Business Champion

Job Purpose

The Project Manager will be expected to manage workstreams as part of a wider transformation programme to enable solution delivery and implementation of business systems.
The Project Manager will act as the main conduit between the programme and its customers, including any external partners, and manage their inputs and outputs to deliver change for the business

Key Role &Responsibilities
Project Management:

Support the portfolio management decision process through the creation of project charters, scope documents, risk assessments and budgets
Lead efforts in developing work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports
Executing the defined project plan to ensure that the project team completes their assignments according to plan
Monitoring and controlling the work to ensure that the project remains on track and in control
Planning for contingencies and report project baseline variances.
Identify and anticipate risks and issues. Facilitate resolution, mitigation, and appropriate escalation
Contribute to management of project risk and change management
Assess inter-project dependencies and gauge the financial impact and risk of the project
Support in the definition of project quality standards and ensure these standards are adhered to during project execution and delivery
Closing the project to formalize acceptance of the project result and release project resources
Measure and report on value achieved and business benefits realized through projects
Provide leadership and technical guidance to reports
Provide performance feedback for project team members
Scope Management

Managing 3rd Party Delivery:

Setting expectations and scope
Planning and Managing of delivery
Dispute resolution
3rd Party Quality Assurance

Business Alignment:

Conduct feasibility studies and confirm results with business units to facilitate decision making
Engaging with the business to understand needs and gather requirements
Change Control
Managing expectations
Ensure Process Leads and Business Champions are delivering change
Communicating with management and stakeholders to enable successful and timely project completion.

Deliverables Management:

Ensuring that deliverables meet expectations and are fully tested
Managing Early Life Support
Developing Lessons Learnt
Updating Project Information Platform System

Required Experience & Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree Information Technology or Industrial Engineering
+5 years’ experience in IT project management in a business application environment
Certifications in any of the following: Prince2, Agile/Scrum, PMP
Demonstrable ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
Reporting and briefing skills to senior business stakeholders

Job-Specific Competencies P2P:
Functional: