JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:          Engineering Project Manager

Department:    Technology Department

Reporting to:   CTO

Engineering Project Manager

About us

Roam is a technology company that develops, designs and deploys electric vehicles and energy systems tailored for the African continent, leading the transition to sustainable transport. We focus on designing and co-developing tailored products for the local use-case that unlocks mass-scale deployment to a completely untapped market.

About the role:

We are looking for a technically minded project manager to join our technology team at Roam. This is a new exciting role that we are creating in order to support all our functional teams in the work they do. It’s a role that requires technical knowledge and a passion for getting the right process implemented for the right team. Alongside the CTO you’ll be responsible for the way in which our teams deliver their work across all our products.

The Roam technology team runs all of our engineering processes across our motorcycles, buses, energy system, charging technology, and EVs. We run various agile processes, including Scrum and Kanban, that need to be flexible enough to sync in with all of our other colleagues’ departments while allowing our engineers time to design and build the best solutions.

The role requires some technical knowledge which is likely to be found in an engineer who wants to move more towards project management. However, someone who has more of a scientific or similar data analysis background can also succeed in this role.

Key Duties and responsibilities:

• Project management using tools like ClickUp and Jira.
• Taking responsibility of teams’ processes using agile methodology.
• Defining, supporting, and implementing the project development life cycle of our Roam products’ components.
• Managing and documenting project progress, such as completion of milestones.
• Managing and tracking project finances to maintain the profit and cost targets established during the approval stage.
• Manage, report on and resolve project risks and issues. Escalating any critical risks or issues when necessary with the CTO or relevant manager.
• Managing and maintaining requirements capture/compliance when integrating with all departments.
• Manage any requirements / design change control.
• Support change management processes.\
• Responsibility for meeting the deadlines for the individual process steps and for keeping costs within budget and reducing overall costs during project execution.
• Ensuring the project is delivered in a cost effective and timely manner and to the required quality level, by following company processes and policies.

Qualifications

• Engineering or Science degree preferred but someone with correct and relevant experience should also apply
• Understanding and experience of agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Excellent communication, leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organisation skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and compete under time constraints

Career Level: Mid Level

Location: Nairobi/ Kenya

Deadline: 4th May 2023

We aim to contact all our applicants, but due to high volumes of applications only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you do not hear from us within two weeks your application has not been successful on this occasion. This does not mean you will not be considered for future roles so please keep an eye on our job board and apply for positions that match your skills and experience