Associate, Marketing and Growth
Softcom, Nigeria
Job Description
Job Description:
The Project Management Oce (PMO) of Softcom’s Marketing and Growth unit will serve as the think tank and administrative hub of the unit, helping foster collaboration within Marketing and Growth and between the unit and other departments. It will also provide administrative and strategic support to other sub-units within its ecosystem.
The Associate, Marketing and Growth will be domiciled in Marketing and Growth’s Project Management Oce and work with the Coordinator to support the delivery of projects being executed by different teams. It is in this unit that Associates will hone the skills they need to rise through the ranks of the Marketing and Growth function and to eventually lead teams within the unit.
The ideal candidate will already have intermediate knowledge of marketing and other key concepts within the integrated marketing communication space and should have a decent track record of initiatives or projects they helped conceive or execute.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Understand a project’s scope and create documents for project requirements.
- Monitor projects on a regular basis, evaluating progress and quality, and managing the issue resolution process to ensure corrective actions are taken
- Maintain the quality of all project documents/data to assure the integrity of a project.
- Work with the Coordinator, PMO, to support team leads of various centrals or other team members as assigned.
- Coordinate the schedule of activities related to projects and help to record achievements, expenses, and measures for success.
- Monitor all project-related logistics for proper facilitation of payments.
- Coordinate, lead/participate in brainstorm and strategy sessions across marketing and growth centrals
- Prepare/support the preparation of project plans, budgets, implementation plans, and reports.
- Prepare/support the design and preparation of marketing and growth plans, budgets, implementation plans, and reports.
- Support the production/production management efforts of the entire unit
- Provide executive assistance to the Senior Vice President of the Marketing and Growth unit as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
The person:
- Belief: You believe in the company and its mission, yourself and your ability to get the job done and in your teammates and the sincerity of their intentions.
- Ownership: You are dependable. You will do what is required, not what is requested. As a result, you see gaps, and you continually work to ensure they do not impact the outcomes of your deliverables.
- Adaptability: You understand the requirements of working in a company with a startup culture like Softcom and are agile enough to take on responsibilities that advance the mission and objectives of the organization.
- Teachability: Your desire to deepen your knowledge of what you know and learn what you do not is insatiable. You leverage the people, tools and resources at your disposal to increase your capacity to deliver.
- Empathy: You seek first to understand and then to be understood. Where there is doubt, you err on the side of kindness. You de-escalate, you resolve; you constantly seek ways to foster harmony and cohesion with yourself, your teammates and the organization.
Requirements
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in the appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
- 3-5 years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects
- 3-5 years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment
- Foundational proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint with experience presenting to stakeholders and/or Senior Leadership
- Tools: MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required