IT Project Manager

Company: BESYS Technologies PLC
Employment Type: Full-time
Number of vacancies: 1
Experience: 2–5 years of relevant experience

📍 Work Location: Addis Ababa, near Goro ICT Park
🚌 Employee Benefit: Company-provided transportation service in the morning and evening.

About the Role

BESYS Technologies PLC is seeking a proactive, results-driven IT Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of IT infrastructure and technology projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and stakeholders, and client expectations to ensure successful delivery within agreed timelines and quality standards.

The ideal candidate combines strong project management capabilities with technical understanding, excellent client communication, and the ability to translate business and technical requirements into actionable project plans and successful outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning and Execution

• Define project objectives, scope, deliverables, milestones, schedules, and implementation plans.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, resource plans, budgets, and progress reports.
• Coordinate project teams, assign responsibilities, and monitor task completion.
• Track project performance against approved timelines, budgets, scope, and quality requirements.
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with agreed specifications.

Client Engagement and Requirements Management

• Engage clients to understand their business needs, technical requirements, expectations, and constraints.
• Conduct requirements analysis, project assessments, and stakeholder consultations.
• Coordinate with technical and pre-sales teams to develop suitable solutions aligned with client requirements.
• Maintain effective client communication and provide regular project updates.
• Manage expectations, address concerns, and coordinate the resolution of project-related issues.

Risk, Quality, and Change Management

• Identify, assess, document, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Manage scope changes, project deviations, and escalation procedures.
• Monitor implementation quality and ensure compliance with approved designs, specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain project documentation, including project plans, meeting minutes, risk registers, status reports, and acceptance records.
• Coordinate testing, commissioning, handover, and project closure activities.

Team and Stakeholder Coordination

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams, subcontractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate project meetings, track action items, and follow up on commitments.
• Collaborate with presales, engineering, procurement, finance, operations, and management teams.
• Promote accountability, teamwork, effective communication, and continuous improvement.

Why Join BESYS?

• Contribute to the delivery of enterprise IT infrastructure and technology solutions for business clients.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams across networking, cybersecurity, data centers, cloud, and smart infrastructure.
• Develop your project leadership, client engagement, and technology delivery capabilities.
• Join an established ICT solutions provider with over 15 years of industry experience.
• Receive an attractive and negotiable salary package based on qualifications and experience.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related field.

Professional Experience

• 2–5 years of relevant experience in IT project management, project coordination, or technology implementation.
• Experience coordinating technical teams and delivering IT infrastructure or ICT projects is an advantage.
• Experience in client-facing roles, vendor coordination, and implementation management is preferred.

Certifications

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or an equivalent project management qualification.
• ITIL Foundation (ITIL-F) certification.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or other relevant project management certifications are an advantage.

Technical and Professional Skills

• Proficiency in project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, and progress tracking.
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent platforms.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, data centers, cloud, or enterprise technology solutions.
• Strong requirements analysis, problem-solving, risk management, and reporting capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Core Competencies

• Strong leadership, coordination, and team management skills.
• Excellent organizational, planning, documentation, and reporting abilities.
• High sense of ownership, accountability, and responsibility for project outcomes.
• Proactive, adaptable, open-minded, and solution-oriented approach.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, resolve issues, and work effectively under pressure.