Senior Manager, IT Projects at IHS Towers

IHS Towers is the largest independent mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2001, IHS provides services across the full tower value chain – colocation on owned towers, deployment and managed services.

Today IHS Towers has operations in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia and Rwanda. Following the recent acquisitions of MTN and Etisalat’s tower portfolios in Nigeria, IHS owns over 23,300 towers in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Manager, IT Projects

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Purpose

• The role will be part of the Project Management Office (PMO) within the EA & PMO area whose mission is to move IT closer to the business, build a trustworthy relationship between IT and the different business units, and transform IT into a tool for developing and executing the business.
• The responsible Project Manager within the IHS Group will make sure that each assigned project is delivered on time within budget and scope. With high quality and in accordance with the project goals.
• The overall goal of the role is to coordinate the delivery of the project with the different Business Stakeholders (Business Owners, Customers) and IT units (BPMs, EA, Infrastructure, Application Managers, QA, etc.).
• The role requires frequent travel to Dubai and other IHS markets for long and short stays depending on the Project's needs.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• This position will make sure that each assigned project is delivered on time within budget and scope. As well, as high quality and in accordance with the project goals.
• The role requires frequent travel to Dubai and other IHS markets for long and short stays depending on the Project needs.
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Planning: Responsible to develop a project plan in both waterfall and agile
• Budget Control: Responsible for monitoring the assigned budget for each project.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the execution of projects.
• Capacity Management: Ensure resource allocation.
• Follow up development.
• Coordination of development and implementation among the different Teams.
• Manage the relationships between different stakeholders such as:
  • Customers
  • Vendors
  • Business Units
  • Architecture
  • Development
  • Infrastructure
  • QA
  • Others
• Perform risk management in conjunction with the above-mentioned stakeholders.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation: Reporting, Communication Strategy, Stakeholder Management, Planning & Budgeting
• Assumes responsibility for solving problems.
• Communicate effectively across all levels, engaging and inspiring at senior levels internally and externally.
• Cultural awareness within a multi-cultural Corporate environment.

Qualifications

• An Undergraduate or Postgraduate Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Management or a related field. Or similar knowledge.
• 10+ years of experience in Project Delivery Management role.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.