Job Offers at Ecobank Nigeria

Ecobank is indeed a bank, and a prominent one at that. It's a pan-African bank with operations in over 30 countries across the continent.¹ They offer a range of financial services, including personal and corporate banking, trade finance, securities, and more. Ecobank also has a mobile banking app that allows customers to manage their accounts, make transactions, and access various services on the go.

Here's a detailed explanation of the Business Optimisation PMO Manager role:

Job Purpose
The Business Optimisation PMO Manager oversees and drives projects/initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, align with the bank's strategy and ensure successful delivery of strategic projects across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Management: Lead the PMO for Business Optimisation and strategic initiatives, ensuring timely delivery, quality and budget compliance.
2. Strategy Alignment: Ensure projects align with the bank's strategic objectives and goals.
3. Process Standardization: Establish and maintain standardized project management processes, methodologies and best practices.
4. Performance Management: Own performance management systems and tools for tracking and reporting initiatives and projects.
5. Stakeholder Management: Represent the Chief Business Optimisation Officer at workstream level and communicate project impacts and progress.
6. Risk Management: Identify, assess and mitigate risks associated with projects.
7. Collaboration: Provide guidance and support to project teams to ensure alignment with bank's strategic objectives.

Skills and Qualifications

1. Project Management Certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile)
2. Business Analysis and operations experience
3. Strategic Thinking and planning
4. Communication and stakeholder management skills
5. Risk Management and mitigation
6. Leadership and team management
7. IT literacy and proficiency in project management tools

Deliverables

1. Successful project delivery
2. Alignment with bank's strategic objectives
3. Standardized project management processes
4. Effective performance management systems
5. Regular progress reports and stakeholder updates
6. Risk management and mitigation strategies

Performance Metrics

1. Project delivery timelines
2. Budget adherence
3. Quality of deliverables
4. Stakeholder satisfaction
5. Strategic alignment
6. Process standardization and efficiency gains

Reporting Line

Reports directly to the Chief Business Optimisation Officer & Head of Strategic Projects.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

1. Project success rate
2. Time-to-market reduction
3. Cost savings
4. Process efficiency gains
5. Stakeholder satisfaction
6. Strategic alignment and impact
This role requires a strong project management background, business acumen and strategic thinking, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Deadline December 17 2024