Associate - Project Management Office at Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN)

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are currently seeking a highly-motivated, knowledgeable, and friendly product- focused specialist to join our Program Management Office (PMO). The office is responsible for program strategy, design, the management of the daily operations, and the monitoring & evaluation of the program frameworks, vendor and policies

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day program management operations
• Formulating, organizing, monitoring inter-connected projects and cross-project activities coordination (understanding how different projects interlink and overlap)
• Implement operational objectives; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change
• Developing and implementing strategy for the program team, including developing a robust risk mitigation plan
• Liaising with leadership /Sr. management team to increase awareness of GEEP program activities as inputs into strategy and advisory decisions
• Establish and operate programme partners management framework
• Establish and operate agent and aggregator selection criteria framework
• Design, define and manage performance reporting metrics including impact evaluation
• Provide support to 3rd party managers on ensuring adequate project control
• Assess program performance and aim to maximize ROI
• Identify opportunities that drives program offering expansion and enhancing the quality of existing programs
• Manage the programme's budget, monitoring expenditure and costs against deliverables and activities as the programme progresses
• Vendor delivery management Support
• Onboard key program partners
• Develop and updates project knowledge base
• Ensuring relevant standards, process and regulations are upheld

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Ability to understand and articulate complex technology requirements and milestones
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods
• Minimum 2 to 3+ years specifically managing complex technology projects using Agile methods/frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, XP.
• Excellent Knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analysis and/or System Analyst
• Intermediate level of proficiency with PC based software programs and automated database management systems (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project)
• Demonstrated ability to communicate analysis including trends and opportunities to clients and the business in writing and verbally
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve including multiple priorities and research conflicting and / or inaccurate data
• Micro-Credit Loan experience
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven experience influencing and presenting to leadership.
• Excellent relationship builder

Additional Information
Working conditions:

• Flexibility is important.

Equal opportunity:

• The role is open to anyone who meets the above criteria regardless of race or nationality

Remuneration
Competitive based on experience