Job Purpose:

To ensure the bank’s designated programs and projects are delivered within specified timelines, budget, scope, and acceptance criteria.

Main Responsibilities:

Project Planning and Execution

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, and multiple vendors / suppliers, to ensure successful projects implementation.
• Organize and facilitate workshops with the objective of determining and implementing projects objectives, scope, approach, organization, controls, and governance framework.
• Develop project plans with a comprehensive list of all envisaged activities, milestones, deliverables, and their corresponding ownership.
• Estimate allocation and motivation of resources, budget and participants required to achieve the projects goals.

Stakeholder Management

• Regularly communicate with stakeholders to provide updates on projects status and gather feedback.
• Address stakeholders concerns and ensure their expectations are aligned with the projects objectives.

Vendor Management

• Manage vendor relationships and monitor their performance to ensure they meet project requirements.

Compliance and Security

• Ensure that the business and other delivered solutions comply with relevant regulations and industry standards.
• Work with cybersecurity teams to ensure the security of digital solutions delivered and customer data.

Project Governance

• Establish relevant projects governance and communication structures for all designated projects.
• Serve diligently as secretary of the project working committee (PWC) and the project steering committee (PSC).

Controlling

• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions by ensuring early identification, and clear ownership of risk events with timely escalation to appropriate level of management where necessary.
• Communicate progress to all relevant stakeholders in line with the agreed communication plan
• Manage changes to project scope, budget, timelines, and acceptance criteria in line with the agreed process.

Acceptance Testing

• To facilitate development of the testing strategy and plan.
• To oversee testing preparation readiness
• To oversee the execution of system integration and user acceptance testing.

Quality Assurance

• Ensure the quality of the projects’ deliverables meet the organizations standards and customer expectations.

Project Closure

• Facilitate closure workshops for each project and ensure lessons learned are identified and used to improve future practices.
• Ensure an effective maintenance and support model is established and handed over to those responsible for its operation.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Understanding of banking processes and business process re-engineering.
• Extensive experience in implementation of core banking systems.
• A proven self-starter with ability to work under high pressure environment.
• Good verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Excellent planning, organization and multitasking skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• PC literate with excellent working knowledge of all relevant project software.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in ICT, Business Administration, Project Management, or related field.
• PMI PMP® Certification.
• Certification in other recognized project management, agile frameworks and business analysis methodologies e.g., AgilePM; PGMP; PRINCE2; CBAP, Scrum, etc. is an added advantage.
• Possess a strong background in project management and business analysis, with proven practical experience in a dynamic, large corporate environment.
• At least 4 years expertise in managing significant projects, portfolios, and programs, with leadership experience in medium to large organizations.

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, and multiple vendors / suppliers, to ensure successful projects implementation.
• Organize and facilitate workshops with the objective of determining and implementing projects objectives, scope, approach, organization, controls, and governance framework.
• Develop project plans with a comprehensive list of all envisaged activities, milestones, deliverables, and their corresponding ownership.
• Estimate allocation and motivation of resources, budget and participants required to achieve the projects goals.
• Regularly communicate with stakeholders to provide updates on projects status and gather feedback.
• Address stakeholders concerns and ensure their expectations are aligned with the projects objectives.
• Manage vendor relationships and monitor their performance to ensure they meet project requirements.
• Ensure that the business and other delivered solutions comply with relevant regulations and industry standards.
• Work with cybersecurity teams to ensure the security of digital solutions delivered and customer data.
• Establish relevant projects governance and communication structures for all designated projects.
• Serve diligently as secretary of the project working committee (PWC) and the project steering committee (PSC).
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions by ensuring early identification, and clear ownership of risk events with timely escalation to appropriate level of management where necessary.
• Communicate progress to all relevant stakeholders in line with the agreed communication plan
• Manage changes to project scope, budget, timelines, and acceptance criteria in line with the agreed process.
• To facilitate development of the testing strategy and plan.
• To oversee testing preparation readiness
• To oversee the execution of system integration and user acceptance testing.
• Ensure the quality of the projects’ deliverables meet the organizations standards and customer expectations.
• Facilitate closure workshops for each project and ensure lessons learned are identified and used to improve future practices.
• Ensure an effective maintenance and support model is established and handed over to those responsible for its operation.

• Understanding of banking processes and business process re-engineering.
• Extensive experience in implementation of core banking systems.
• A proven self-starter with ability to work under high pressure environment.
• Good verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Excellent planning, organization and multitasking skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• PC literate with excellent working knowledge of all relevant project software.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities

• Bachelor’s degree in ICT, Business Administration, Project Management, or related field.
• PMI PMP® Certification.
• Certification in other recognized project management, agile frameworks and business analysis methodologies e.g., AgilePM; PGMP; PRINCE2; CBAP, Scrum, etc. is an added advantage.
• Possess a strong background in project management and business analysis, with proven practical experience in a dynamic, large corporate environment.
• At least 4 years expertise in managing significant projects, portfolios, and programs, with leadership experience in medium to large organizations.