Telkom Kenya Jobs Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager Job at Telkom Kenya

He/ She will provide leadership to a team of project managers charged with the end-to-end delivery of Enterprise solutions. Oversee the conceptualization, planning, development and implementation of assigned Enterprise client’s projects.

He/ She will be the project management champion in the projects team, providing coaching and mentorship to the team as a senior projects expert. He/ She will also understand Telkom Kenya’s key customers’ build plans, manage material flow, and manage quality delivery of customer expectations from ICT projects.

Duties for the Senior Project Manager Job

• The person will be the project management champion in the projects team, providing coaching and mentorship to the other team members as a senior projects expert.
• Carry out project planning for assigned projects with a clearly documented plan involving all relevant stakeholders.
• Carry out E2E project management for assigned customer projects as per project plan.
• Implement and ensure adherence to project methodology and processes as adopted by Telkom Kenya in the management and execution of customer projects.
• Manage the relationships with the customers during the implementations phase, until hand-over phase.
• Ensure high standards in the quality of project management within the organization and continuous improvement on project processes.
• Identify project risks and/or issues and implement necessary action plans to manage them so as to avoid potential delays and scope creep.
• Follow up on the delivered products and solutions on an agreed regular basis with the customer to keep informed about the life cycle of the implemented customer solution.
• Manage the project budget, monitoring the expenditures and costs against delivered and realised milestones as the project progresses.
• Facilitate the appointment of individuals to the specific projects tasks for specific project results delivery
• Ensure project closure through a clear sign-off, billing initiation and handover to the post implementation teams.

Senior Project Manager Job Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/ Engineering/ Telecommunications. PMP/ Prince 2
• Certification in project management is a requirement.
• 5 years’ minimum work experience in a project management environment with a track record in delivering ICT solutions within schedule, budget and quality.

Professional Skills:

• Displays a bias for decisiveness by meeting the most aggressive timelines for delivering high quality proposals
• Showing concerns for all aspects of the job, no matter how small. Checking processes and tasks accurately.
• Be able to own the whole project management process and be comfortable holding people to account.
• Be a natural communicator with excellent written and oral presentation skills.
• Makes active attempts to influence events to achieve goals: self-starting rather than acting passively.

How to Apply
This position is open to Kenyan citizens only. If you fit the required profile, please apply highlighting how your qualifications, experience and career aspirations match the requirements for this position.

Application should be sent by latest 8th September 2017 , please provide an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) including details of your current telephone contacts and names of three referees.

Apply through recruitment@telkom.co.ke and ensure the job title is quoted on the subject field. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.