Job Summary
Our client requires a Senior, Cross-functional, and Experienced Project Manager on a short-term contract to assist with the management and implementation of projects within the Mobile Financial Services Unit.
Key Requirements:
- Define the Project Organisation (the structure of the Project, the arrangements for its Governance, and the Controls that will be used to manage it)
- Define or confirm, and gain agreement to the Scope of the Project
- Prepare and maintain the Project Plan
- Prepare and maintain the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (if the Project is part of a Programme, this might be developed and managed at programme level)
- Prepare the Communications Strategy and Plan (ditto)
- Assist the Project Sponsor to develop or confirm, and maintain the Project Business Case (ditto)
- Approve work stream Plans and manage dependencies between work streams
- Manage the Project (using the Project Controls) and ensure governance operates as per the Project Organisation
- Direct the work stream Managers
- Report Project Progress to the Project Sponsor (with recommendations for Risk Management and Issue Resolution) and to the Programme Manager where relevant
- Manage Risks for which s/he is identified as the Risk Owner
- Resolve Issues for which s/he is identified as the Issue Owner
- Approve (or Reject) Change Requests that are within his/her Delegation of Authority
- Provide recommendations to the Project Sponsor and Programme Manager as to readiness for Project launches, and work with the Business Owner to develop and implement transition plans for the adoption of project deliverables by the business
- Support the Programme Manager (where relevant) in his/her management of the Programme
