Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Project Planning & Execution:

• Define project scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, success criteria, and acceptance criteria in collaboration with Product and stakeholders.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, resource allocation, and budget tracking.
• Break down requirements into actionable tasks; prioritize and assign work to cross-functional teams.

Delivery & SDLC Management:

• Manage software development lifecycle using Agile (Scrum/Kanban) or hybrid approaches appropriate to the project.
• Facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives and release planning; remove blockers for teams.
• Coordinate deployments with DevOps/DevSecOps and ensure alignment with CI/CD pipelines and release windows.

Quality & Acceptance

• Ensure functional testing, UAT, and acceptance criteria are planned, executed, and signed off with stakeholders.
• Work closely with QA/QA Manager to achieve the required test coverage and track defect resolution.
• Validate deliverables against acceptance criteria and manage sign-off processes.

Stakeholder & Client Management

• Serve as the primary project point of contact for internal stakeholders and clients; maintain a professional client-facing presence.
• Provide timely, structured status updates, dashboards, and escalation to senior leadership.
• Manage scope changes, client expectations, and negotiate trade-offs between time, scope, and resources.

Risk, Issue & Change Management

• Identify, log, and proactively mitigate project risks and issues; maintain risk register and contingency plans.
• Apply formal change control where required and communicate impacts to timeline, budget, and scope.

Reporting & Metrics

• Produce weekly and monthly project reports: progress, burn-down, risks, financials, and KPIs.
• Use data to drive decisions and continuous improvement (on-time delivery, velocity, defect rates).

People & Process

• Coordinate third-party vendors/contractors when needed.
• Mentor junior project staff and contribute to the delivery of best practices and templates for the PMO.
• Support onboarding, knowledge transfer, and post-implementation reviews.

Requirements:

• 1-6 years of experience, depending on the level of experience managing software development projects or technology delivery engagements.
• Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum ceremonies and practical understanding of SDLC.
• Comfortable working with technical teams and a good grasp of modern technology concepts (APIs, microservices, cloud, CI/CD).
• Experience coordinating UAT, acceptance testing, and stakeholder sign-offs.
• Strong organizational skills: planning, prioritization, and time management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; confident in client-facing engagements and presentations.
• Proficiency with project tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, Trello), reporting tools, and Excel/Google Sheets.
• Demonstrated ability to manage scope, schedule, and basic project finances.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in project management (e.g., Scrum Master, PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM).
• Prior experience working on identity, biometrics, government, or large enterprise projects.
• Familiarity with product management concepts and the ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Some exposure to DevOps practices, monitoring, and basic scripting is a plus.

Personal Traits:

• Pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and calm under pressure.
• Detail-focused but able to maintain a strategic view.
• Collaborative, diplomatic, and decisive with strong stakeholder empathy.
• Process-driven and continually seeks to improve delivery efficiency.

Remuneration: NGN 150,000 -  700,000 (depending on years of experience)