Project Manager at Solvo Global

• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Professional Certificate
• Experience 5 years
• Location Nairobi
• Job Field Project and Program Management
• Align project sponsors and stakeholders on project objectives, scope, milestones, and timeline through a standardized project framing exercise.
• Facilitate project stakeholder identification and subsequent engagement activities to ensure that all the right people are involved and informed.
• Guide and coach the project team in following Agile SDLC practices.
• Develop and maintain project plans using Smartsheet with discrete tasks, assigned owners, due dates, and appropriate dependencies; work with relevant subject matter experts to ensure project plans achieve project objectives.
• Communicate tasks with owners and gain buy-in to ownership and due dates; utilize change control as necessary.
• Utilize MS Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Smartsheet, and other relevant tools for project communication, integration, and collaboration.
• Coordinate and facilitate project meetings with multi-department resources and steer consensus; identify the implications of emerging needs, changes in scope, and decisions needed by senior management.
• Act as a communication liaison between project teams and senior management for project status updates, issue escalations, and key decision points.
• Track and mitigate RAID items, remove obstacles, and escalate as necessary to maintain positive project progress.
• Build tools to assist with day-to-day Project Management via AI coding applications.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Project management experience.
• 5+ years of corporate experience.
• 3+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook).
• Experience with Smartsheet, MS Project, or other project scheduling tools.
• Experience with Project Management in an Agile-Scrum SDLC environment.
• Experience with AI to augment and enhance daily activities.
• Ability to learn new technologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, including meeting facilitation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to facilitate consensus even when the topic is not an area of personal subject matter expertise.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Comfortable collaborating with senior leaders.
• Strong sense of personal accountability in maintaining project progress per priorities; self-starter.
• Demonstrate patience and courteous behavior.
• Works well in teams and is an active listener.
• PMP certification.
• Project Management
• Agile / Scrum
• SDLC
• Business Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Planning
• Smartsheet
• Microsoft Project
• RAID Management
• Change Management
• AI-Driven Productivity Tools
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint
• Outlook
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Meeting Facilitation
• Communication & Executive Stakeholder Management
• Problem Solving
• Organizational Skills
• Cross-Functional Collaboration