Project Manager job at ICEA Lion Group
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Project Manager
2025-08-26T08:49:38+00:00
ICEA Lion Group
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FULL_TIME
 
kenya
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Insurance
Management
KES
 
MONTH
2025-09-05T17:00:00+00:00
 
Kenya
8

Key Responsibilities

As a Scrum Master:

  • Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Lead and facilitate all Scrum events including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring they are productive and time-boxed.
  • Coach and Mentor: Guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices.
  • Remove Impediments: Proactively identify and remove obstacles that may hinder the team's progress or delivery.
  • Protect the Team: Shield the team from external interruptions and distractions, allowing them to focus on Sprint goals.
  • Promote Agile Principles: Advocate for continuous improvement, transparency, inspection, and adaptation within the team and across the organization.
  • Foster Communication: Improve communication and transparency both within the team and with external stakeholders.

As a Project Manager:

  • Project Planning: Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and resource requirements in collaboration with stakeholders. Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.
  • Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues, developing contingency plans as needed.
  • Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with all projects stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals and progress.
  • Reporting: Track and report on project progress, performance, and status to management and stakeholders using appropriate metrics.
  • Scope and Change Management: Ensure project scope is clearly defined and managed, handling change requests effectively to minimize disruption.
  • Quality Assurance: Work with the team to ensure deliverables meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
  • Resource Allocation: Optimize the allocation of resources to meet project objectives.

Hybrid Responsibilities:

  • Methodology Adaptation: Blend agile frameworks (Scrum, Kan ban) with traditional project management techniques as appropriate for specific projects and organizational context.
  • Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across both agile delivery and project management functions.

 Requirements

 Required Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.

Experience:

  • 3-5 years’ experience in leading IT projects
  • 3-5 years of experience in a dedicated Scrum Master /Project Manager role.
  • Proven experience in managing software development projects using both Agile (Scrum) and traditional project management methodologies.
 
 
 
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Project Manager

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Insurance, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
ICEA Lion Group

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, September 5 2025

Duty Station:
kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, August 26 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Key Responsibilities

As a Scrum Master:

  • Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Lead and facilitate all Scrum events including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring they are productive and time-boxed.
  • Coach and Mentor: Guide and coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices.
  • Remove Impediments: Proactively identify and remove obstacles that may hinder the team's progress or delivery.
  • Protect the Team: Shield the team from external interruptions and distractions, allowing them to focus on Sprint goals.
  • Promote Agile Principles: Advocate for continuous improvement, transparency, inspection, and adaptation within the team and across the organization.
  • Foster Communication: Improve communication and transparency both within the team and with external stakeholders.

As a Project Manager:

  • Project Planning: Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and resource requirements in collaboration with stakeholders. Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.
  • Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues, developing contingency plans as needed.
  • Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with all projects stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals and progress.
  • Reporting: Track and report on project progress, performance, and status to management and stakeholders using appropriate metrics.
  • Scope and Change Management: Ensure project scope is clearly defined and managed, handling change requests effectively to minimize disruption.
  • Quality Assurance: Work with the team to ensure deliverables meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
  • Resource Allocation: Optimize the allocation of resources to meet project objectives.

Hybrid Responsibilities:

  • Methodology Adaptation: Blend agile frameworks (Scrum, Kan ban) with traditional project management techniques as appropriate for specific projects and organizational context.
  • Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across both agile delivery and project management functions.

 Requirements

 Required Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.

Experience:

  • 3-5 years’ experience in leading IT projects
  • 3-5 years of experience in a dedicated Scrum Master /Project Manager role.
  • Proven experience in managing software development projects using both Agile (Scrum) and traditional project management methodologies.

 

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to ICEA Lion Group on selfserviceuat.zohorecruit.com to apply

 

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Friday, September 5 2025
Duty Station: Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya
Posted: 26-08-2025
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 26-08-2025
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 26-08-2065
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