Project Manager (Housing Ecosystem) at Proten

Job Description

The Project Manager is responsible for managing the project office of the housing ecosystem to give leadership and direction required to ensure the translation of the Bank’s strategic plan documents to achieve its objectives. He / She will manage the budget, timeline, and resources to deliver a sustainable and affordable housing ecosystem.

He / She will create a framework that can be replicated by other ecosystems to bridge the housing deficit in the country by the end of the Bank’s current five-year strategic plan.

The project manager is responsible for the end-to-end value chain management of the housing ecosystem.

This includes the activities that go into the set-up, acquisition of required human and material resources, development of required partnerships and collaborators in the public and private sectors.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide leadership for the effective delivery of the four major components of the housing Ecosystem.
• Translate the strategic plan into a sustainable business plan and lead the execution of the same.
• Development of an appropriate organogram.
• Identification and selection of the right candidates to lead each of the four major components of the housing Ecosystem.
• Hiring of personnel to manage the seventeen activities of the housing ecosystem.
• Must possess broad knowledge of the four major components of the housing Ecosystem and their subcomponents.
• Identification of orchestrator for the platform that will support the four major components.

Qualifications

SKILLS

• Government relations and stakeholder management
• Regulatory engagement
• The ability to identify joint venture opportunities.
• Ability to create partnerships and develop relationship with collaborators locally and internationally.
• Understanding of the housing ecosystem value chain
• Digital skill knowledge particularly of multisided platforms
• Project initiation, finance, and management capabilities
• Ability to manage third party due diligence process, including hiring and review of appraisal, environmental, and engineering reports.
• A sound understanding of property finance and the real estate industry.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in business or finance Preferred.
• PMP or a relevant certification is required.
• Technology startup experience is an added advantage.
• An MBA/MSC Finance
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience, 3 – 5 years of which should be in the finance or relationship management sector.