Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects and is responsible for the execution from initiation to completion.
• Determine the project goals to ensure that the project supports business objectives and strategies.
• Develop project plans that include requirements, scope, deliverables, budget and schedules.
• Define project tasks and resource requirements and to achieve optimal utilisation of resources.
• Manage the risks that affect the delivery of the project outcome.
• Track project deliverables and ensure that the projects are completed within budget, schedules and quality standards.
• Implement process improvements to reduce development time and assist in the integration of complex business factors to implement long-term strategic planning objectives.
• Present reports and project updates to stakeholders on a regular basis.

Requirements

• Serve as Infra Overall POC to Application Directors, GCIOs and senior management
• Maintain technical oversight of the applications architecture and infrastructure services
• Provide regular reporting and updates to the Infrastructure Services management
• Manage projects, alignments and initiatives across the clusters, leveraging different resources and drive projects to successful completion
• Lead the team in project management and execution of all services offered to clusters
• Play a key role in the supporting GCIO, Institution Directors/Leads in the development and building initiatives for the workplan
• Lead and develop a growing team of talented individuals of diverse backgrounds with a common passion for infrastructure projects
• Degree in computer science or equivalent
• 10-15 years of relevant IT experience especially in the area of large scale application projects implementation
• Strong program and project management skills in medium to large scale projects.
• Possess experience in sizing up application architecture in support for bids.
• Possess experience in managing systems operations for medium to large scale projects.
• 4 to 6 years of technical hands-on knowledge in earlier working years as a server administrator.
• Excellent skill to manage multiple stakeholders including users, senior management including C-level, IT teams, project teams and vendors.