Project Manager at Terragon Limited

Terragon Limited - An Integrated New Media and Mobile Content company based in Lagos, Nigeria with presence in Ghana, Kenya, India, UK and Mauritius currently seeks to employ a PROJECT MANAGER. The Group prides itself as a new media business focused on Africa. It has built a strong competence across the new media ecosystem comprising mobile, online and content.

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the company-wide strategic direction and translate that into concrete product objectives
• Build and evangelize a vision for every product/process/program and build buy-in across Terragon Group
• Develop the requirements for projects by ensuring the articulation of project goals and objectives, estimation of resource requirements, identification and management of project dependencies and critical paths.
• Drive the full product development cycle in collaboration with Product, Engineering and Sales teams
• Define methods for quantifying success (or failure) and ensure that each team has a clear ability to understand and articulate its objectives
• Develop an understanding of growth opportunities
• Form testable hypotheses for how growth can be increased, and develop a framework for how the growth should be approached
• Develop and maintain a prioritized project backlog, based on your estimates of potential impact, making sure that all resources(engineering, product etc ) are allocated most productively.
• Capture learning's from successful as well as failed efforts, and educate the broader organization on growth.

Requirements

• B.Sc in Computer Science or a related technical field
• M.Sc or any other PMP certification
• Minimum of three years of product/project management experience with software/Internet products and technologies
• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices, technology constraints, appropriate metrics and A/B testing.
• An in-depth or full appreciation of Agile methodologies
• History of leading through fast-paced, high-growth, uncertain environments
• Clear understanding of the New Media space and a passion for Mobile
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team environment
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Understand stages in software/application development

Application Closing Date
28th November, 2013

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs and cover letter to: careers@terragonltd.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.