Academic Qualifications

• Bachelors (Business, Engineering or related)
  
• Project Management (PRINCE2, MSP, SCRUM)
  
• Business Analysis (CBAP, Six Sigma)
  
• Change Management (Change Management Practitioner, Change Management Foundation Certification, CMS, CCMF, CCMP)
  
• MBA or Equivalent (Added Advantage)
  

Experience

• 8 years in Project Delivery (Program & Project Management Skills including prioritization and ability to multi-task, resource management, cost management) of which 5 years should be in managing large scale projects.
  
• Relationship Management (Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Presentation and facilitation skills)
  
• Strong People management capability
  
• Demonstrated Critical thinking, Problem-Solving, Decision-Making skills
  
• Change Management Principles, Best Practices and achievements in large scale projects
  

• Planning and designing the program, defining the program’s governance arrangements
  
• Facilitating resourcing to project teams in the program whilst ensuring there is allocation of common resources and skills within the program’s individual projects
  
• Managing the program’s budget on behalf of the Program Executive, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the program progresses
  
• Managing third party contributions to the program
  
• Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects
  
• Managing risks to the Program’s successful outcome
  
• Proactively monitoring program progress and impact, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action to facilitate program delivery within defined constraints
  
• Reporting program at regular intervals to the Program Executive
  
• Develop mechanisms for anticipating, responding to and activating change ensuring continued relevance and effectiveness for the business
  
• Develop and activate most viable change management strategies and frameworks for successful implementation of projects
  
• Work with various teams to develop and implement learning programs and frameworks for continuous adoption of changes, improvement and innovation
  
• Regularly conduct project health checks touching on among other things; strategy alignment, people, processes, and technologies and evaluating how well equipped they are in responding to emerging opportunities and threats
  
• Participate in establishing and cascading project best practices, templates, tools, processes