Senior Associate, Project Management Team at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

PricewaterhouseCoopers (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: Senior Associate, Project Management Team

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Responsibilities

• Conduct feasibility studies in new business initiatives and create project charter identifying project scope, expectations, objectives, risks, approach, and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders, to support clients' business goals.
• Identify project deliverables, develop thorough work plans, set milestones and timeframes for all deliverables.
• Review issues and problems related to projects, identifying potential project risks. Providing recommendations to address/mitigate risks.
• Evaluate, track, and manage the development and performance of project team members, to ensure productivity and achievement of business results.
• Ability to track project benefits and effective value realization monitoring.
• Manage vendors and contracts within the project chain.
• Compile lessons to learn for use by project teams in execution of on-going and future projects and participate in post project delivery review.
• This position requires a highly organized and pragmatic individual to manage client implementations and assist with pre-sales activities.

The Project manager will also have the following responsibilities:

• Ability to determine the implementation method to be used on projects.
• Monitor, track, and report on project progress.
• Prepare project communication plans.
• Prepare and manage risk and quality management plans.
• Managing the projects constraints, including scope, time, budget, quality, risk, and resources.
• Providing status reports to executive sponsors and other stakeholders as required.
• Leading the project team.
• Close out project ensuring all resources are accounted for and released appropriately.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience delivering end to end Technology projects for medium to large organizations.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an area of technology specialization
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in agile practices and related tools. That is, proven experience in delivering projects applying Agile Methodologies and excellent knowledge on DevOps.
• Experience in Software Engineering, Architecture Technology, Strategy and Data Engineering is an advantage.
• Experience in coordinating multiple projects within and outside a program.
• Experience working in a medium to large multinational Technology organization.
• Proven experience in Managing large scale digital projects and solutions across complex, trans-national, cross-Functional program and channels.
• Experience of facilitating project coordination and managing expectations across internal, 3rd party and/or client teams according to project requirements and workstreams from kick off to deployment.
• Risk management prior to and during the project execution, managing risks within project timelines, budgets, and quality.
• Quality reporting for different spectrum of stakeholders.
• Formal project management experience in digital technologies such as cloud technology, new generation Apps, APIs and microservices is an advantage.
• Professional accreditation in a recognized project delivery methodology such as Scrum, PRINCE2/PMP Certification will be an advantage. Candidates who completed such certification training will also be considered.
• Strong time management, team facilitation, stakeholder management and organizational skills.
• Ability to influence and motivate others.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Fluent in English
• Experience with analyzing complex issues and delivering appropriate solutions.

Relevant Skills:

• Communication and Leadership
• Excellent Stakeholder Management
• Problem Solving , Critical and Strategic Thinking
• Facilitation and Presentation
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Decision making and Conflict Management.
• Futuristic/Innovative
• Business Analysis
• Process design & improvement
• Digital Transformation
• Change Management Required Skills

Application Closing Date
17th May, 2024.