Technology Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through its predecessor firms of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. We're one of the leading professional services firms in the country with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, over 1000 staff and 31 resident partners.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technology Senior Associate

Ref No: 219964WD
Location: Lagos
Line of Service: Advisory
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Specialism: Technology Strategy
Management Level: Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

• A career in our Technology Consulting practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.
• As a member of the team, you’ll work with clients to define their vision and plan how to get there. We deliver the technological solutions organisations need to compete and grow and build a lasting legacy of improvement and performance, partnering with best in class technologies and solution sets. In joining, you’ll help our clients understand and evolve the way they align Information Technology with their business strategy, create integrated end to end solutions, and use enterprise applications to solve complex business problems.
• As an experienced Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Your responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Responsibilities
What you will create and do:

• Assist the manager to effectively set up the Digital PMO practice.
• Support the identification of business development opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise, and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials produced.
• Train stakeholders at all levels on agile / scrum methodologies, digital PMO accelerators and tools.
• Contribute to business development including Proposals and Discussion Documents.
• Support the development of innovative solutions for our clients' complex business and technology.
• Contribute in the delivery of Technology consulting projects.

Experience
What you will bring to this role:

• Industry experience - minimum 4 years of experience in digital transformation, project coordination on application development, systems implementation and/or infrastructure projects.
• Agile experience – practical experience delivering projects using agile methodologies, proficient with agile lifecycle management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, or related tools.) are strongly desired.
• Project management – proven project delivery experience with complex technical projects and digital transformations with the ability to independently manage two to three low to medium risk projects concurrently.
• Analytical skills – to ensure accurate progress tracking and articulate key metrics to stakeholders
• Communication – strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation
• Finance management – experience of budget management and project finance reporting for large complex projects
• Team player – effective team working, providing support as and when needed, high accountability for the success and quality of project deliverables.
• Good understanding of digital asset management

Education

• Minimum of First Degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Engineering or any related field.
• Relevant professional certifications e.g., Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM, or SSM), Project Management Certification (PMP or Prince II), CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) or its equivalent is mandatory.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 20%.

Application Closing Date
23rd August, 2021.