DRIVE – Deployment Project Leader Job AGL
Project Management Jobs, AGL Jobs. Responsible for leading deployment projects, coordinating implementation teams, managing project timelines and budgets, monitoring risks, and ensuring successful delivery of operational solutions. Requires a degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field. This is a full-time, on-site position based in Nairobi
Key Responsibilities
Deployment Governance & Planning
- Take operational ownership of the deployment of an assigned country portfolio, from kick-off to handover to support
- Define, maintain, and monitor Country Deployment Plans
- Ensure deployments are executed in line with the core model, methodology, and roadmap
- Adapt deployment approach when required to local constraints (country size, regulations, existing IS), while preserving standardization
Execution & Coordination
- Animate and coordinate central, regional, and local stakeholders involved in deployments
- Set up and run deployment governance (committees, rituals, decision forums)
- Ensure proper use of the Deployment Kit
- Guarantee the production, validation, and quality of all deployment deliverables
Risk, Reporting & Control
- Identify deployment risks, dependencies, and issues
- Ensure escalation and implementation of mitigation action plans
- Deliver structured and reliable project reporting to both central deployment stream and country management
- Ensure consistency, predictability, and industrialization of deployments across countries
Continuous Improvement & Cross-Functional Alignment
- Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement of deployment methods, tools, and kits
- Coordinate with other functions (IT, Change, Training, Business) to ensure smooth execution
- Support alignment between program objectives and country execution realities
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in IT deployment or transformation projects
- Proven experience in industrialized application deployments within an ISD or a large transformation program
- Experience in international and multicultural environments
- 2/3 years background in logistics, transport, customs, or TMS environments.
- Strong project leadership and coordination skills
- Ability to work in complex, matrix organizations
- Strong risk management, planning, and reporting capabilities
- Structured, rigorous, and methodical approach
- Ability to engage and align diverse stakeholders
- Strong command of Microsoft O365 (PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, SharePoint) Power BI is a plus.
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