Program Manager-ICT Starlink WLL

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Desired Candidate Profile

Budget, Procurement & Commercial Management

• Lead annual budget planning exercise in coordination with various stakeholders including senior management, team leads and external stakeholders

• Review budget computations and estimations specific to projects and programs within the procurement process.

• Oversee the management & monitoring of the ICT Budget practices across all programs

• Develop overall financial controls and measurements to monitor budget utilization .

• Work with IT Senior Management & Team Leads to ensure project budgets are properly estimated and controlled.

• Oversee the management & monitoring of procurement plans, tendering progress and ensuring renewals are occurring in a timely manner in alignment with estimated budgets and operational demands.

• Oversee the management & monitoring of the commercial function of all contracts, work orders & invoicing.

• Collaborate with stakeholders, internal and external such as MSY, MCIT, and MoF and provide regular program wide updates, risks, budget, consumption etc.
  
  Project and Program Management

• Anchor development of program and project governance practices and ensures adherence across programs and project.

• Define, maintain and refine the IT program / project Performance Metric & Measurement and program compliance standard processes.

• Create and maintain program and project health assessment practices.

Resource Management

• Maintain and monitor the information of the current resource usage across programs and projects

• Forecast the future resource needs

• Assist senior management in resource planning activities. Highlight the resourcing risks to plan timely mitigation.

• Assist program/project managers in the allocation of resources to meet work fluctuations and budget and time constraints in the delivery process.

  
  Risk Management

• Identify and escalate program wide issues to senior management including risks related to budget, procurement, commercial or contractual aspects .

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to communicate and timely resolve commercial and procurement-related risks.
  

Management Reporting

• Provide regular and timely reports to the senior management and relevant external stakeholder on all the above functions .

• Develop effective reporting mechanisms for assisting program and project managers in reporting the status and health of their programs/projects.
  

People Management and Succession Planning

Manage the PMO team members, assign & track tasks as well as providing guidance & input to the team