Description<\/p>\n
Provide leadership and governance for the delivery of assigned IT programs and projects, ensuring execution within approved scope, time, cost, and quality parameters.
\nAccountable for program-level planning, execution oversight, risk management, and delivery assurance across multiple initiatives.
\nStandardize and enforce project management practices, ensuring consistent reporting, proactive risk management, and continuous development of project management capability within the team.
\nKey Responsibilities<\/p>\n
Lead the delivery of assigned technology programs and strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and business priorities.
\nCoordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, architecture, QA, operations, and vendors) to deliver solutions in an incremental and value-driven manner.
\nPartner with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and business stakeholders to ensure product backlogs are clearly defined, prioritized, and aligned to business outcomes.
\nDrive program planning and execution, ensuring initiatives are delivered within agreed timelines, quality standards, and budget parameters.
\nIdentify and manage dependencies, risks, and impediments across initiatives, escalating critical issues where necessary.
\nProvide clear executive visibility on delivery progress, milestones, and risks through structured reporting and governance forums.
\nEnsure effective stakeholder alignment across business units, technology teams, and external partners.
\nLead and mentor delivery managers and project leads, fostering a strong Agile delivery culture and continuous improvement in delivery practices.
\nEnsure delivered solutions meet required quality standards and are successfully transitioned to IT operations and support teams.
\nRequirements
\nRequired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:<\/p>\n
Proven ability to lead and inspire teams, driving results with initiative and accountability.
\nStrong understanding of IT strategy and business strategy alignment.
\nExpertise in program and project planning, execution, risk management, and delivery assurance.
\nAbility to identify organizational IT requirements, develop actionable plans, and manage associated changes effectively.
\nExperience with enterprise system implementations and understanding of business process impacts.
\nKnowledge of project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP) and Agile frameworks, including Scrum.
\nWorking knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
\nExperience in managing budgets, vendor contracts, and delivery-related costs is an added advantage.
\nEffective communication and reporting
\nLeadership, Coaching and supervisory skills.
\nQualification & Experience
\nMandatory:<\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s Degree in technical field
\nProject Management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Professional Scrum Master – PSM, or equivalent)
\n10+ years of IT program or project delivery experience, including leading large-scale programs and digital transformation initiatives.
\nProven track record in managing projects or programs using iterative delivery approaches, including Agile frameworks such as Scrum.
\nCompetency in project management tools and methodologies
\nStrong understanding of business processes and IT systems
\nDesirable:<\/p>\n
Experience supporting large-scale or highly regulated financial institution
\nMaster\u2019s Degree in relevant field
\nOther relevant professional qualifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_promoted":"","_job_location":"Lagos","_application":"http:\/\/jobs.workable.com\/view\/rLfjCVT1C6F1vX7Pb1n11p\/team-lead%2C-program-manager-in-lagos-at-access-bank-plc","_company_name":"Access Bank Plc","_company_website":"http:\/\/.","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-types":[3],"class_list":{"0":"post-19623","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_type-full-time","7":"job-type-full-time"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobsinnaija.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/19623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobsinnaija.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobsinnaija.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobsinnaija.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobsinnaija.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobsinnaija.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fjob-types&post=19623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}