Senior Manager, Strategic Projects

Responsible for ensuring Group’s key strategic programs or projects are delivered to the appropriate level of quality, on time, within scope and capital utilization with measurable impact, in accordance with the strategic intent and program governance arrangements; and support the business to adopt and align itself to the introduced changes for sustained and superior performance

Key Responsibilities; -
• Planning and designing the program, defining the program’s governance arrangements
• Facilitating resourcing to project teams in the program whilst ensuring there is allocation of common resources and skills within the program’s individual projects
• Managing the program’s budget on behalf of the Program Executive, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the program progresses
• Managing third party contributions to the program
• Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects
• Managing risks to the Program’s successful outcome
• Proactively monitoring program progress and impact, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action to facilitate program delivery within defined constraints
• Reporting program at regular intervals to the Program Executive
• Develop mechanisms for anticipating, responding to and activating change ensuring continued relevance and effectiveness for the business
• Develop and activate most viable change management strategies and frameworks for successful implementation of projects
• Work with various teams to develop and implement learning programs and frameworks for continuous adoption of changes, improvement and innovation
• Regularly conduct project health checks touching on among other things; strategy alignment, people, processes, and technologies and evaluating how well equipped they are in responding to emerging opportunities and threats
• Participate in establishing and cascading project best practices, templates, tools, processes
The Person
The preferred candidate will meet the following minimum criteria:
• Bachelors (Business, Engineering or related) – Required
• Professional certifications in Project Management (PRINCE2, MSP, SCRUM) – Required
• Professional certifications in Business Analysis (CBAP, Six Sigma)- Required
• Professional certifications in Change Management (Change Management Practitioner, Change Management Foundation Certification, CMS, CCMF, CCMP)- (Added Advantage) .
• MBA or Equivalent (Added Advantage).
• A minimum of eight (8) years' relevant work experience, including specific experience in the following areas:
• 8 years in Project Delivery (Program & Project Management Skills including prioritization and ability to multi-task, resource management, cost management) of which 5 years should be in managing large scale projects.
• Relationship Management (Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Presentation and facilitation skills)
• Strong People management capability
• Demonstrated Critical thinking, Problem-Solving, Decision-Making skills
• Change Management Principles, Best Practices and achievements in large scale projects

The above position is a demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidate. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.

Qualified candidates with a disability are encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.