IT Project Assistant Manager

Job Description

• Lead the successful delivery of technology projects from initiation through deployment, ensuring alignment with business objectives, technical requirements, budget, scope, quality, and timelines.

• Manage cross-functional teams across Business, Technology, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Vendors, and Operations to deliver complex projects and strategic initiatives.

• Drive project planning, execution, governance, risk management, stakeholder communication, and delivery assurance while adhering to approved project management methodologies and standards.

• Coordinate technical solution design, implementation activities, testing, deployment, and transition to support teams, ensuring business and operational readiness.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, delivery process optimisation, reporting automation, and PMO maturity across the Technology organisation.

Responsibilities

Project Delivery & Execution

• Lead end-to-end project delivery across multiple technology initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets.

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.

• Coordinate project execution activities across internal teams, vendors, and third-party partners.

• Manage project scope, change requests, and delivery priorities in accordance with approved governance processes.

• Ensure deliverables meet business requirements, technical specifications, and operational readiness criteria.

Technical Leadership & Solution Delivery

• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Development Teams, Infrastructure Teams, Security Teams, and Business Analysts to define and deliver technical solutions.

• Facilitate architecture reviews, design discussions, technical assessments, and implementation planning activities.

• Monitor technical dependencies, integration requirements, environment readiness, data migration activities, and deployment plans.

• Support technical decision-making by evaluating delivery risks, implementation approaches, and solution options.

• Ensure adherence to technology standards, security requirements, compliance controls, and enterprise architecture principles.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, ensuring effective communication of progress, risks, issues, and decisions.

• Engage with senior management, business owners, technology leaders, and external vendors to drive project alignment and delivery success.

• Facilitate project steering committees, governance forums, workshops, and status review meetings.

• Manage vendor performance, contractual deliverables, and third-party dependencies where applicable.

Project Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Maintain effective governance controls across project lifecycle stages, including initiation, planning, execution, testing, deployment, and closure.

• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID).

• Track mitigation plans, escalations, action items, and key project decisions through to resolution.

• Support audit, regulatory, security, and compliance requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Portfolio & Reporting Management

• Prepare executive-level project status reports, dashboards, steering committee packs, and management updates.

• Provide accurate reporting on project health, budget consumption, timelines, milestones, resource utilisation, and delivery performance.

• Monitor project KPIs and recommend corrective actions where delivery performance deviates from agreed targets.

• Maintain visibility of project priorities, critical initiatives, regulatory commitments, and strategic programmes.

Resource & Financial Management

• Support resource planning, capacity management, budget tracking, and forecast activities across assigned projects.

• Monitor project expenditures, vendor costs, and financial performance against approved budgets.

• Identify resource constraints and collaborate with functional managers to secure appropriate project staffing.

Continuous Improvement & Delivery Excellence

• Drive improvements in project delivery methodologies, governance frameworks, tools, templates, and reporting processes.

• Promote Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall delivery best practices as appropriate.

• Support adoption and effective utilisation of tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Confluence, and related platforms.

• Contribute to organisational project management maturity and delivery excellence initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Information Systems, or related discipline.

• 5+ years of experience managing technology projects in banking, payments, fintech, telecommunications, or large enterprise environments.

• Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies.

• Experience managing application development, system integration, infrastructure, cloud, digital transformation, or payment technology projects.

• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum Master, SAFe, or equivalent are desirable.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

This version reflects a Technical Project Manager responsible for delivery, technology implementation, and stakeholder management, while still retaining the governance and reporting strengths that are important in Network International's environment.

Network International is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, nationalities, and experience levels. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where innovation, diversity, and performance thrive.