Project Management Lead

Job Title:Project Management Lead
Education:Bachelor’s Degree
Location:Egypt, Giza
Category:IT/Software Development, Project/Program Management
Description:
  • Work with Head of digital solutions to identify the key strategic projects priorities and for the company.
  • Act as a single threaded owner of these projects and work directly with and report to head of digital solutions on the progress of these projects.
  • Leading Agile project management and act as a Scrum Master for one or multiple teams.
  • Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business
  • Provide on-site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
  • Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously
  • Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project
  • Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings
  • Monitor staff performance and complete performance reviews
  • Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership
  • Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs
  • Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities
  • Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
  • Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
  • Engage with and influence all relevant stakeholders including legal, HR, PR, Commercial and operations to drive the projects forward and track progress through weekly and monthly progress reports / meetings.
  • Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders
  • Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication
  • Ensure that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards
  • Manage project and program issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline
  • Continue professional development in order to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods and best practices
  • Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques
  • Act as an internal quality control check for the project
  • Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution
Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience leading projects and operations
  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science or relative field
  • Excellent proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint 
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
  • Scrum Master Certified is a Plus
  • Experience leading complex, high impact projects in an ambiguous environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Adapts to project and change management
  • Ability to perform under pressure
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