Titre du poste

Project Manager - Nairobi

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Position : Project Manager - Nairobi

Job Summary
The Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. The role involves coordinating teams, managing budgets and timelines, mitigating risks, and communicating progress to stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Project Planning & Execution

  • Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria
  • Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets
  • Lead project execution and ensure adherence to approved plans
  • Manage project changes through formal change control processes

Budget & Resource Management

  • Develop and manage project budgets and cost controls
  • Allocate and manage project resources effectively
  • Monitor expenditures and ensure financial accountability

Risk, Quality & Compliance

  • Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues
  • Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies and donor/regulatory requirements where applicable

Stakeholder & Communication Management

  • Manage internal and external stakeholders and expectations
  • Prepare and present project status reports to leadership and clients
  • Facilitate project meetings, reviews, and steering committees

Team Leadership & Coordination

  • Lead cross-functional project teams and vendors
  • Motivate, coach, and hold team members accountable for deliverables
  • Resolve conflicts and remove project roadblocks

Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting

  • Track project progress using KPIs and performance metrics
  • Conduct post-project evaluations and lessons learned
  • Ensure proper project documentation and knowledge transfer

Tools & Systems

  • Utilize project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Asana, Trello)
  • Support or establish PMO standards and best practices

Required profile for job ad : Project Manager - Nairobi

Key Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business, Engineering, IT, or related field
  • Professional certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum, or equivalent) is highly desirable
  • Minimum 8–10 years’ experience managing projects end-to-end
  • Proven experience managing multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary projects

Key Skills & Competencies

  • Strong planning, organization, and time management
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management
  • Risk analysis and problem-solving
  • Leadership and team coordination
  • Budgeting and financial management
  • Adaptability and decision-making

Job criteria for job ad : Project Manager - Nairobi

  • Job category :
    Management - Marketing, communication - R&D, project management
  • Industries :
    Advice, audit, accounting - Banking, insurance, finance - IT, software engineering, Internet - Marketing, communication, media
  • Employment type : Permanent contract
  • Region : Nairobi - International
  • City : Nairobi
  • Remote work :
    Yes
  • Experience level : 5 to 10 years - More than 10 years
  • Educational level : Bachelor - Master - Doctorate
  • Spoken language :
    english > fluent
  • Number of Position(s) : 1
  • Team management :
    Yes
  • Leadership
  • Planning
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Management
  • Time Management
  • Communication
  • Team Leadership
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Type de poste
Temps plein
Lieu du poste
Nairobi, Kenya
Date de publication
7 janvier 2026
Valide jusqu’au
8 mars 2026
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