Project Manager
Addis AbabaHybridFull-Time
About the Company
At Zare Innovations, our mission is to build a super-powerful, exceptionally delightful team. We help businesses find exceptional creative talent to bring their brand visions to life — through a modern recruiting stack that replaces spreadsheets, inboxes and endless tool switching with a single, automated platform.
The Role
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for the management of complex, end-to-end, full life cycle of client projects. You will lead, manage, and deliver one or more complex projects or programmes using a variety of recognised methodologies, including Agile, via several multi disciplined, highly skilled teams. You will work closely with some of our senior clients to build relationships, manage expectations, develop, and establish new streams of work. You will ensure alignment is maintained with the overall corporate strategy, commitments and goals, and delivery is conducted consistent with standards, policies and processes in force and updated from time to time.
Responsibilities
To ensure an appropriately detailed project plan is developed and managed throughout the life cycle of the project, identifying Business Objectives and Scope, Governance, Risk / Issue control, Schedule including resourcing, milestones, and results, Change control as well as effective Sponsor and Stakeholder management
Project scheduling and planning to support complex software delivery for multiple workstreams and business rollout of a solution template.
Accountability for all aspects of delivery including risks, issues, scope, cost, and timeline
Work with leads to accurately compile an estimate for an agreed scope of work. Structure an estimate according to the most appropriate model and effectively communicate to the client. Track and report the financial status of a project against the current estimate.
Contribute to project management content on new business pitches where possible.
Working with an onshore/offshore resource model.
Tracking projects to maintain a real-time picture of status and priority, facilitating adaptability in the face of changing business priorities.
Maintain strong change control and mange commercial processes.
Collaborate closely with line managers to ensure projects are resourced appropriately and that teams proposed by the relevant functions have the appropriate skills and experience.
Delivering Agile and Waterfall Projects
Transition of solutions to BAU support teams both within Kagool and for our customers support partners.
To actively support and fantastic Kagool Business objectives assuring successful deliveries of your Portfolio as well as offering constructive and pro-active assistance to guarantee the delivery of peer or impacted areas.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business-related discipline or equivalent work experience
Essential Experience
2-5 Years of project management experience
Technically competent with various software programs, including O365, Teams, SharePoint Visio, MS Project
Experience in major transformation programmes as a Project Manager, planning, executing, controlling, and closing projects, creating, and maintaining project and programme artefacts
Strong fiscal management
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Strong leadership and motivational skills
Excellent consulting and customer facing skills
Knowledge and experience of a range of project management methodologies and tools (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) are highly desirable
Able to think strategically and use knowledge and experience to generate new opportunities and future challenges.
The character and skill to manage multiple risks effectively and tenaciously at the same time, applying judgement and experience to agree and track mitigation activities, while maintaining excellent relationships
Job Details
- Location:
- Addis Ababa
- Work Type:
- Full-Time
- Job Type:
- Hybrid
- Years Experience:
- 2
- Skills Required:
- Project Management
- Salary:
- Based on company scale
- Start Date:
- Oct 16, 2026
- End Date:
- Nov 15, 2026
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