• Application Deadline: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Project Team Lead


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Banking  , Project Management 
  

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• To develop work plans and manage multiple project work streams to support the implementation of strategic objectives, within budget and within the agreed timelines.


• Identify and validate key business requirements for assigned workstreams.


• Estimate the resources (human, financial and technical) needed to achieve goals. 


• Analyze business data to assess situations, assigning tasks to team members, and problem-solving when issues arise.


• Ensure adequate documentation and record keeping for project activities.


• Document standard processes to ensure consistency in execution in line with agreed timelines.


• Develop a Business Readiness and Change Management Plan to disseminate information to all stakeholders throughout the Project life cycle for assigned work streams.


• Effectively communicate project expectations to all stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.


• Provide solutions, improvements and take corrective action on challenges that may arise.


• Identify and manage dependencies and critical path.


• Ensuring that required approvals are obtained and that adequate documentation is maintained for all project expenditures


• Helping solve end-user problems and managing financial aspects of contracts.


• Ensuring contract terms and conditions are met and that contracts are carried out according to agreed terms.


• Assist the engagement team in analyzing engagement data to identify incorrect coding, excessive time and expense items.


• Monitor and track project milestones and deliverables, and provide reports on a periodic basis.


• Proactively manage changes in assigned Project scope, identify potential crisis, risks, devise contingency plans to provide solutions and take corrective action. 


• Develop presentations, reports and provide briefings on assigned tasks.


• Provide engagement management support to assigned Project sponsors, including project set-up, managing key performance indicators, and monitoring investment.

QUALITIES

• Ability to manage relationships with internal and external customers.


• Ability to make objective and well-informed decisions; perceive the impact and implication of decisions.


• Ability to show flexibility – open to change and adapt behavior or work methods in response to new information or unexpected obstacles.


• Ability to implement best practices and tools for Project execution and management.


• Ability to efficiently conduct analysis and produce high quality insights.


• Ability to ensure full adoption and sustainability of project initiatives.


• Proficient in MS Office and CRM/project management software.


• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.


• Solid functional knowledge, including but not limited to the Bank's key transformation pillars and capabilities which include Customer & Innovation, Operations Improvement, Organization and 


• People and Process and Enterprise IT 


• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills


• Demonstrated leadership ability in a team environment


• Initiative taker, eager to break new ground, create opportunities for others


• Willingness to take personal risks - as seen through leadership roles - in work environment and extracurricular activities. 


• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization.


• Strong time management and organizational skills, detail oriented with the ability to work on multiple concurrent assignments.


• Ability to be proactive in day-to-day interactions, formulate solutions to problems and work in a fast-paced environment; travel may be required.

JOB REQUIREMENTS 

Education 

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree, with a minimum grade of 2.2.


• Project Management certification will be an added advantage.

Experience 

• Minimum of five years of banking experience, covering a range of functional areas.


• Experience with managing transformation, change management or other strategic projects. 


• Experience with Program Management Office or Project Management Office desirable.


• Supervisory or leadership experience.