Agile Digital Project Manager Position at Dotsavvy
At Dotsavvy, we view our role as problem solvers – not order takers. Simply
stated, we think strategically before thinking tactically.
That’s why we work closely with our
clients to identify and understand their unique digital business challenges
before determining the best ways in which our offerings can help.
Our philosophy is to understand the
needs of our clients, develop a digital plan to produce deliverables that
generate results, give great customer service and complete engagements on time,
on budget and with no surprises.
Dotsavvy is a creative, fun and
challenging digital business agency that is committed to helping our clients’
businesses succeed. We look for team members who are up for a challenge and are
equally committed to work and fun.
We’re seeking talented and
enthusiastic professionals to join our team of digital business professionals
who drive positive results for our clients.
As a Dotsavvy employee, you can come
to work dressed casually, participate in our company outings, enjoy a work
environment where contributions are valued and rewarded, and grow your career
as far as your talents can take you.
The Role:
Dotsavvy is currently looking for an Agile Digital
Project Manager to manage multiple multiple client projects with outcomes that
impact the continued success of our agency.
He/she will work collaboratively with
our business development, digital production and account management teams to
deliver and meet our clients’ digital business requirements.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong passion and enthusiasm for quality transformational
digital project management, drive innovation and the soft skills and experience
to lead and manage challenging projects while mitigating risks and schedule
slippage.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage a broad portfolio of digital projects
by establishing direction, aligning people and resources, and inspiring
them to get the job done. - Work face-to-face with clients throughout the
delivery cycle, understand their problems, deliver an quality digital
solutions, and ensure that customer satisfaction remains high. - Continuously work on defining and refining the
agile project management model (i.e. SCRUM) employed by Dotsavvy as our
service offerings expand and our methodology continues to evolve and
mature. - Define and refine project management methodologies
followed within Dotsavvy; improving the processes and driving innovation
and modernization of our service delivery. - Detailed tracking and communication of project
progress from a task, time, schedule, and cost perspective. - Maintain accurate and up-to-date project plans
enabling intelligent decision making by all stakeholders. - Identify change orders, generating necessary
documentation, and negotiating such change orders with the client. - Identify risks and escalate them to relevant
team members for intervention and resolution - Un-block project issues by engaging
appropriate management and resources where necessary. - Support the professional development of your
project team members – be aware of their career aspirations and provide
written performance evaluations as part of our project closeout process. - Motivate the people in your team, through
strong leadership, and maintain a good pulse of your project and risk
mitigations. - Work with the account management, business
development and production teams to identify, scope, and estimate
additional business opportunities with your current clients. - Work closely with our business development,
account management and production teams to help close new business. - Assist in responding to incoming RFPs,
participate in strategic scoping initiatives and new business
presentations/pitches, review and approve outgoing proposals. - Ensuring that scope, budget, resources,
schedule, and engagement terms are correctly modelled and that effort is
always accurately estimated. - Perform internal project audits to ensure that
the project management process is being followed and organisational risk
is minimised. Must be able to quickly and objectively identify key risks
& mitigations on a given project already in progress. - Provide day-to-day mentoring and oversight for
team members and help them grow professionally. - Participate in the training & ramp-up for
new team members as and when required.
- Bachelor’s degree in a computing sciences,
engineering, business, or information technology related field of study - Minimum 2 to 5 years of professional services
consulting experience, working with external clients - Experience having successfully rescued a major
“failed” project through superior project management
performance - Minimum 2 to 5 years of applications
development, digital marketing, or consulting experience, including at
least 1-2 years as a team lead with a proven track record of delivering
complex solutions on time - Experience in implementing enterprise-grade
digital business solutions - Minimum 2 to 5 years of project management
experience with both waterfall and agile methodologies, with a proven
track record for project planning, executing, controlling and closing - Ability to manage multiple projects
simultaneously with minimal supervision. - Detail-oriented, self-motivated and highly
organised with solid problem solving skills. - Diplomatic ability to influence others without
having authority to do so - Superior project management software
experience - Strong and demonstrated ability to build
lasting relationships with key stakeholders - Ability to mediate disagreements competently
and negotiate a win-win resolution for all parties - Excellent ability communicating internal and
external executive stakeholders - Ideally but not mandatory experience working
within a digital agency or professional services firm environment - Ideally but not mandatory experience in
managing digital projects and processes - Ideally but not mandatory PMP and/or
ScrumMaster or Agile Certification designation or working towards the
same.
Apply for this position: If you think that your that special talent we may
be looking for, kindly send us your CV on jobs@dotsavvyafrica.com with the
subject line ‘ Agile Digital Project Manager’ by 5.00 pm East African Time
(EAT) on Friday the 12th February 2016
About Dotsavvy:
Dotsavvy is a Nairobi based digital business agency
focused on creating the best possible digital outcomes and ROI for our
clients.
We are passionate about all things
digital, and our holistic approach combines strategies, tactics, and continuous
measurement and improvement — all working together within clients budgets to
deliver. We have proven the success of this process over the past 13+ years
where we’ve helped 100s of clients build successful digital business programs
and delivered 1000+ digital projects.
Dotsavvy is a creative, fun and
challenging company that is committed to helping our clients’ businesses
succeed. We look for team members who are up for a challenge and are equally
committed to work and fun. We’re seeking talented and enthusiastic
professionals to join our team of digital experts who drive positive results
for our clients.
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