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Project Manager
Mezzanine
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mezzanine
has a bold vision to transform agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa by
giving small-holder farmers (SHFs) access to inputs, finance, markets
and knowledge via its Connected Farmer (CF) platform. CF is an agnostic
digital platform that enables SHF access to digital agri-services from
farming inputs, content delivery, loans, insurance, harvesting
aggregation and storage, transport logistics and contracting with
off-takers.
About the role
As the Project Manager:
Tanzania, you will support project progress by understanding the project
scope, planning key milestones, tracking and influencing progress, and
creating visibility and liaising with key stakeholders.
You will
analyse and understand the project scope and core objectives linked to
the product roadmap. You will compile forecasting plans with stakeholder
input and provide internal visibility to all stakeholders. You will
manage the planned critical path for successful delivery and report on
project progress. You will communicate and coordinate all responsible
parties internally and externally (clients, 3rd party, aggregators) for
all activities and expected timelines. You will identify risks of
project completion, implement changes and ensure project completion
before the deadline and within budget constraints.
As the ideal
individual, you will have the ability to manage multi-threaded
timelines, have high attention to detail and be able to manage risks.
You will be flexible, patient, understand iterative improvement cycles
and a critical thinker. The idea of working with international
stakeholders and setting processes in place would excite you.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience within a project management role.
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Engineering, IT or any other relevant field
- Excellent presentation, elicitation, negotiation, and communication skills
- Experience in using project management tools (JIRA, Gantt Project, Asana, etc.)
- Understanding of iterative improvement cycles
- Ability to manage multi-threaded timelines
- Self-starter mentality
- Attention to detail
- Advantageous
- Experience in the Agriculture industry
- Experience with upscaling digital platforms that are used to support agricultural activities
- Masters degree
Starting date: ASAP
