Project Manager at Zare Innovations, LLC

Project Manager

Employer: Zare Innovations, LLC

Employment: Full-Time | Permanent

Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Posted date: 1 week ago

Deadline: April, 08/2025 (6 days left)

About the job

Job Summary

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for the management of complex, end-to-end, full life cycle of client projects. You will lead, manage, and deliver one or more complex projects or programs using a variety of recognized methodologies, including Agile, via several multi-disciplined, highly skilled teams. You will work closely with some of our senior clients to build relationships, manage expectations, develop and establish new streams of work. You will ensure alignment is maintained with the overall corporate strategy, commitments, and goals, and delivery is conducted consistent with standards, policies and processes in force and updated from time to time.

Responsibilities

• To ensure an appropriately detailed project plan is developed and managed throughout the life cycle of the project, identifying Business Objectives and Scope, Governance, Risk / Issue control, Schedule including resourcing, milestones, and results, Change control, as well as effective Sponsor and Stakeholder management
• Project scheduling and planning to support complex software delivery for multiple workstreams and business rollout of a solution template.
• Accountability for all aspects of delivery, including risks, issues, scope, cost, and timeline
• Work with leads to accurately compile an estimate for an agreed scope of work. Structure an estimate according to the most appropriate model and effectively communicate it to the client. Track and report the financial status of a project against the current estimate.
• Contribute to project management content on new business pitches where possible.
• Working with an onshore/offshore resource model.
• Tracking projects to maintain a real-time picture of status and priority, facilitating adaptability in the face of changing business priorities.
• Maintain strong change control and manage commercial processes.
• Collaborate closely with line managers to ensure projects are resourced appropriately and that teams proposed by the relevant functions have the appropriate skills and experience.
• Delivering Agile and Waterfall Projects
• Transition of solutions to BAU support teams both within the company and for our customers' support partners.
• To actively support and further the company's Business objectives, assuring successful deliveries of your Portfolio as well as offering constructive and proactive assistance to guarantee the delivery of peer or impacted areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business-related discipline or equivalent work experience

Essential Experience

• 2-5 Years of project management experience
• Technically competent with various software programs, including O365, Teams, SharePoint Visio, MS Project
• Experience in major transformation programs as a Project Manager, planning, executing, controlling, and closing projects, creating, and maintaining project and program artefacts
• Strong fiscal management
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong leadership and motivational skills
• Excellent consulting and customer-facing skills
• Knowledge and experience of a range of project management methodologies and tools (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) are highly desirable
• Able to think strategically and use knowledge and experience to generate new opportunities and future challenges.
• The character and skill to manage multiple risks effectively and tenaciously at the same time, applying judgment and experience to agree and track mitigation activities while maintaining excellent relationships

Preferred Experience

• PRINCE 2 certified
• Experience with delivery across SAP/ERP and non-SAP integrated landscapes
• Experience of global solution delivery and template roll out.
• Integration delivery

How to apply

To apply for this role, please submit your resume and a cover letter to

Careers@zareinnovations.com

 Your cover letter should outline how your skills and experiences align with the role described. Please include “Data Engineer” in the subject line of your email.