MTN Nigeria Recruits IS Project Manager

MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

MTN Nigeria is recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: IS Project Manager
Reporting To: Senior Manager, IS Project Office

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Project Initiation and Planning
• Develop project charter, preliminary project scope consisting expectations, objectives, risks, approach, deliverables with key stakeholders.
• Constitute project team including steering committee.
• Develop and refine project plan and detailed workplan to effectively manage, the effort, scope, deliverables, milestones, resources, etc.
• Develop project control framework to cover the establishment of a sponsor group, risks and issue management, and communication management.
• Plan contracting, procurement and purchasing of materials.
• Project Execution, Monitoring and Control
• Execute, monitor and control different aspects of the project.
• Give direction/maintain focus by coordinating different aspects of the project.
• Employ effective change, risk and communication management to drive the progress toward the agreed goal.
• Conduct status update meetings and report project progress.
• Manage time, quality, scope and cost of project and correct deviation from plan.
• Manage stakeholders.
• Manage contract administration.
• Project Wrap Up
• Close project
• Present final deliverables and conclude knowledge transfer
• Complete documentation and knowledge management process for the project.

Job Conditions
May be required to work extended hours.

Required Skills

• BSC in Computer Science, Information Management
• PRINCE2 Certification an advantage
• 8 years applicable business experience, including:
• 4 years formal project management experience in a telecommunications business environment or in a customer care & billing systems (CC&BS) or an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems environment.

Application Closing Date
20th February, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online