Principal Consultant], [Project Manager

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Inviting applications for the role of Principal Consultant, Project Manager

The purpose of this job is to serve as a Project Manager assisting the Service Center Project Manager for IT infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Prepare effort estimate, define scope, cost and schedule
• Coordinate and track hardware / software procurement and delivery
• Ensure process adherence for all phases of a project
• Track and follow up on pending action items
• Coordinate with all stakeholders (internal and external) of a project
• Prepare BCP Plans and conduct BCP / DR drills activities
• Manage large implementation teams
• Prepare and review implementation plans
• Ensure project performance expectations are met with service levels and quality
• Monitor and track project provisioning and actual efforts
• Raise / escalate any issues and risks to all stakeholder and leadership for any impact on projects.
• Provide necessary communication and progress update to all stakeholders on critical projects.
• Understand business requirements and design solutions accordingly
• Maintain all project documentation

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate or postgraduate in Technology with Computers or Information Technology (IT) stream.
• A degree in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering or a related qualification.

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Project management
• Capabilities to manage an implementation team
• Organizational, interpersonal and documentation skills
• Understanding of the latest technology stack and IT landscape
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Capability to drive projects.
• Effort estimation and scheduling for projects
• Put together implementation plans for project activities
• Must have good analytical skills
• High energy, self-starter, results driven, motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills
• Should be a team player
• Able to work under minimal supervision
• Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and troubleshooting
• Technical and system expertise in relevant IT workstreams

Preferred / Desired Skills :

• Project Management certification (PMP, Prince2)
• General knowledge of IT infrastructure (OS, Database, Middleware, Storage, Hardware, Networks, Scheduling and Monitoring Tools, File transfer tools, Remote access, IT security, Virtualization)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced troubleshooting, including the ability to delve into more complex issues, which require a deeper understanding of systems and applications.
• Collaboration with L1 Support to provide guidance and share insights for ongoing issue resolution.
• Escalation to L3 Support in a timely manner when challenges require an even higher level of expertise and/or experience.
• Ability to effectively interact with stakeholders in implementation of new functionality and solving problems.