Project Manager at PayFi

PayFi is a payment financing solution designed to help meet your need faster. It is a product designed to help bridge the gap between need and meeting that need. Created to grant freedom, create ownership, and provide quick access to funding for employees /Corporates while promoting creativity and improved societal productivity.

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are hiring a Project Manager to join our project team and manage projects for major functions within our organization.
• You will work alongside other project managers and report directly to the CEO
• Your main tasks will include performing detailed requirements analysis, documenting processes, and performing business and data analysis-related tasks.
• Fun fact: coding skills are not required but Business Analysis skills are an added advantage

What Your Day-to-Day Activities Will Be Like

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases, and elements; forming a project team, etc.
• Develop full-scale project plans to track performance and progress as well as associated communication documents using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques
• Prioritizing initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
• Monitor project progress by tracking activity; resolving problems; publishing progress reports; recommending actions
• Effectively communicate project expectations to stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Estimate resources needed to achieve project goals and objectives
• Maintain an up-to-date inventory of all projects/initiatives undertaken by all teams
• Implement effective stakeholder engagement and communications strategy for all stages of projects
• Manage transitions between project stages and ensure that changes are consistent with organizational goals
• Create informative, actionable, and repeatable reporting that highlights relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement
• Submit weekly and monthly progress/status reports of all projects
• Serving as a liaison between the project team and users
• Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects.

Key Performance Indicators

• Percentage adherence of staff to project/project milestone (deliverable) completion deadlines
• Projected impact of project work carried out by staff on the company’s global, revenue-generating, customer retention/acquisition drive
• Employee's ability to, above 90% of the time, provide adequate support to the implementation of projects
• Zero tolerance for a low-quality report and late rendition of Activity Reports, Project Status Reports, etc
• Timeliness in engaging project stakeholders to identify risks, proffer solutions, present recommendations and follow through to ensure the resolution of risks and issues
• Achieve at least 90% rating for overall quality of workstream deliverables in line with requirements specification/documentation
• Achieve at least 90% fulfillment of documentation requirements for Projects & Initiatives

Requirements

• Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and work experience.

Required competency and skill set:

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the organization’s product and service offerings
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions
• Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontational
• Detail-oriented, analytical and inquisitive
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel,
• Excellent documentation skills
• A track record of following through on commitments
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills
• A history of leading and/or supporting successful projects.

Application Closing Date
20th May, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: people@payfi.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.