Project Associate at Appzone Limited

Appzone Limited is Africa's leading provider of Integrated Banking and Payment software platforms and incidentally creator of BankOne; the world's leading cloud infrastructure for Banking and Payment processing targeted at Small and Medium financial Institutions. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Associate

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Conduct Project Initiation Meeting with institutions before project kickoff.
• Create project plan and other supporting projects document before project kickoff.
• Manage the implementation for channels specific integration.
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Manage project change request through the adoption of the organization change request process.
• Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test, and deployment management activities.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, designers, QA engineers, and other stakeholders to define project requirements, priorities, and milestones.
• Facilitate effective communication and foster a collaborative environment to ensure alignment and engagement across all project teams.
• Prioritize project intakes and ensure projects are properly assigned to project team members.
• Maintain a program report that provides an overview of the status of all projects currently in progress and those that have been completed.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and efficiency as it relates to the evolving need of solution delivery department.
• Prepare estimates, assign resource(s) and duration and detailed project plan for all phases of the project.
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and facilitate project status update meetings.
• Manage project risk and issues, adopt the appropriate response for identified risk & resolve project issues.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements, provide regular updates on project status, and address any concerns or issues in a timely manner.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure a high level of satisfaction with project outcomes.

Requirements

• BSc / BEng in Project Management, Engineering, or a relevant field of study. Higher qualifications and/or professional certifications in a related field will be a huge plus.
• 2+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects, including experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment, documentation and gathering of requirements from the clients / businesses, with relevant experience with full product lifecycle and understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle, is essential.
• Skills in Project management, Stakeholder Management, Risk & Issues Management
• Project scheduling using Microsoft Project
• Project Monitoring & Control using Microsoft Project
• Experience in Product management, Business requirement gathering & documentation, good understanding of SDLC.
• Behavioral & technical competency: Analytical skills, Data analysis, Stakeholder management, Organization skills, Time management, Written and verbal communication, Leadership and Problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge and certifications in PMP, PRINCE 2 and SCRUM
• Understanding of e-channels, APIs, and integration processes
• Experience working in the financial industry (Bank or Fintech) is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
28th June, 2024.