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Project Manager
About this role
A full-time Project Manager role in Lagos (Maryland area) for Benresa Consulting. The position focuses on planning, coordinating, and delivering business and technology projects in fintech, banking, or financial services, aiming for timely delivery, cost efficiency, regulatory compliance, and alignment with strategic objectives. The role requires strong project management, stakeholder engagement, risk management, analytics, and cross-functional coordination across technology, product, operations, compliance, risk, and customer service. Experience in digital banking, payment systems, or financial technology is advantageous. The employer provides services in consulting and aims to meet customers’ expectations through best practices and excellence.
What you would do
- Prepare project charters, work plans, status reports and related documents.
- Lead projects from initiation through delivery and closure.
- Develop project plans, timelines, budgets, milestones and resource schedules.
- Define scope, objectives, success criteria and KPIs.
- Identify dependencies, anticipate bottlenecks and implement corrective actions.
- Coordinate activities to ensure on-time delivery within budget and quality standards.
- Manage implementation and enhancement of digital financial products and platforms.
- Coordinate UAT, system implementation, training and post-deployment reviews.
- Collaborate with product, IT, business analysis and operations teams to ensure successful delivery.
- Support deployment of new products, system upgrades, integrations and technology-driven solutions.
What they are asking for
- Minimum of 5 years’ project management experience, preferably in fintech, banking, financial services, payments or technology-driven organisations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, Computer Science, IT, Finance, Engineering, Economics or related field.
- Postgraduate qualification or relevant professional certification is an advantage.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, Agile, PRINCE2, CSM/PSM, or IT service management are preferred.
- Experience in digital product implementation, software deployment, systems integration or financial technology projects is desirable.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency with project management tools (Microsoft Project, Jira, Asana, Trello, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines and budgets under pressure.
- Understanding of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid methodologies.
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