Manager, IT Project

Manager, IT Project

DB/ Vacancy- 0080/24

Job Summary

Manager, IT Project is responsible for planning, execution, and delivery of strategic IT projects in the Bank. This includes planning and scheduling project timelines and milestones using appropriate project management tools; managing the day to day activities of projects in pursuit of their goals, cost effectiveness and agreed quality standards. In addition, the role holder is responsible for coordinating key stakeholders and project team members, and define project success criteria and challenges as per the approved policies, procedures and guidelines.

Academic & Professional Qualification

·          Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information System, Software Engineering or any other equivalent field.

·         Professional qualification(s) in Project Management e.g. Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Project Manager (CPM), Prince 2 or equivalent is an added advantage.

Experience

·         Minimum of Eight (8) years relevant experience out of which two (2) years at middle or line management post.

Behavioral Competency

·         Leadership and people management including performance management, coaching & mentoring.

·         Demonstrated business acumen - able to create strategy and actions that impact business success.

·         High-level interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, including ability to build consensus, alliances and collaborative relationships with sensitivity to diversity/inclusion.

·         Creativity and innovation skills, with ability to use technology and other modern tools to drive decision making and implementation.

·         Strategic thinking and decision making- ability to consider emerging trends/developments and long-term opportunities for Dashen Bank.

·         Professionalism and integrity in line with Dashen Bank values.

·         High-level oral and written communication skills.

·         Critical and analytical thinking and problem solving skills

·         Personal motivation and drive exhibited through commitment to hard work, continuous improvement and achievement of goals.

·         Good customer relationship management skills (internal and external customers)

·         Risk awareness and focus- demonstrates understanding of risk management practices, standards and regulatory requirements

·         Effective stakeholder management.

Required Technical Competency

·         Proven experience in successfully delivering complex IT projects.

·         Knowledge of fundamental project management processes, methodologies and tools and techniques and ability to adapt them to organization.

·         Implement quality assurance processes to ensure that project deliverables meet established standards.

·         High-level understanding of applications used in the Bank's industry.                                                                                                                                                                             

·         Ability to adapt project management processes to organization's product life cycle.

·         Experience of Business process improvement.

·         Ability to review, interpret and make precise inferences from a wide range of business reports and data, including budgets, financial reports, business intelligence reports.

·         Ability to lead, influence and drive change initiatives in support of business strategies within the department/unit.