Program Manager

Company Description

The Place - We are a fast growing, world class, and dynamic, multi-billion Nigerian conglomerates, established and managed by a team of professionals with decades of management consulting and accounting experience/ training from Arthur Andersen (now KPMG in Nigeria). We are presently into restaurants, hotel, and nightclubbing. We are opening new outlets in Lagos and looking for high-flying individual who shares the values of hard work, commitment and integrity and places high premium on personal development and career growth.

Job Description

Responsible for coordinating, reporting on and driving delivery of multiple projects across the Organisation to ensure projects are delivered within agreed quality, cost and deadlines

Main Responsibilities

  • Responsible for defining and implementing program/project management processes and procedures across the Company
  • Establish and maintain effective program reporting, and monitoring and evaluation systems (to track, analyze and report on results);
  • Ensure effective planning, budgeting, and execution, monitoring and reporting on project activities across the Company.
  • Report on various aspects of project progress as required by Management
  • Provide analysis contributing to standardisation, quality and project management process improvement
  • Ensure optimization of project resources – people, funds, etc
  • Provide input to Management team in translating strategy into clearly defined well-scoped programs and projects.
  • Continuously identify and implement ways to improve project rollout efficiency

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (Engineering, Architecture, Urban & Regional Planning or Project Management Professional Certification will be an added advantage)

· Minimum of 7 years' cognate experience in a professional service firm

· Excellent planning and organization skills

· Strong analytical and problem solving.

· Strong initiative and results oriented.

· Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

· Excellent team playing, interpersonal and communication skills

Additional Information

Candidates who do not meet the above criteria need not apply.