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Drive and oversee the successful delivery of M-Pesa’s strategic payment collection projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meet all defined scope and quality standards.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the definition of project scope, objectives, approach, governance structures, controls, and acceptance criteria in alignment with business goals
Oversee the facilitation and documentation of business requirements in collaboration with key stakeholders
Monitor and manage financial performance against budget throughout the project lifecycle
Act as the primary liaison between M-Pesa and the client, ensuring seamless communication and coordination across business and technical teams
Manage and nurture the relationship, providing regular updates to the client while ensuring that key feedback and action points are effectively communicated back to M-Pesa Limited for timely resolution and follow-up
Serve as the bridge between M-Pesa and the partner, ensuring alignment on project goals, expectations, and deliverables, while managing any issues that arise and ensuring mutual satisfaction
Provide strong leadership and direction to cross-functional project teams, ensuring alignment with project objectives
Maintain high levels of stakeholder engagement and ensure effective communication throughout all project phases, balancing competing demands for scope, time, cost, quality, risk, and benefits
Team management including taking corrective action as needed
Enforce project quality standards, contractual obligations, and performance expectations
Establish and execute daily station/site inspection schedules to maintain oversight and accountability
Facilitate structured quarterly project continuity workshops to document lessons learned and drive continuous improvement
Proactively identify, document, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions, ensuring timely escalation and resolution
Requirements:
Advanced understanding of project best practices and methodologies
Ability to communicate effectively with top management while presenting progress status, risks, issues or when motivating for project resources
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Stakeholder engagement & Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Tech Savy skills
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Finance, IT, or related field (Master’s preferred)
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing large-scale public service or revenue collection projects