We are delighted that you would like to join our team as a Virtual Project Manager!
We are proudly Africa’s largest and most successful managed virtual assistant agency and our #2020 vision is to be the #WorldsGreatest is in full swing.

Virtual Project Manager Job Description: 

The successful Project Manager will drive product development initiatives involving a high degree of cross-functional coordination and problem-solving.

You will also oversee and coordinate new product releases across different organisations within the company, including the creation and direction of schedules, resources, budget, and spend tracking.

You will manage internal stakeholder interactions and expectations as part of hands-on project management, ensuring completion of project/product objectives on schedule and within budget constraints.

You will act as the liaison between the Product Management, Software, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Teams.

Preferred or Desired Skills and Qualifications 

• PMP Certification and/or advanced knowledge of PMI.
• Experience in Agile Development using SCRUM, Kanban and Waterfall.
• Strong familiarity with project management software (Asana, Jira, etc.) and best practices.
• Lead the overall Agile process (for projects using Agile Development).
• Expert level Expertise with Agile Project Management using Scrum Expertise with MS Office, MS Project, Wiki and Scrum tools.
• You will act as the liaison between the Product Management, Software, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Teams.
• Experience managing projects involving external collaborators in, potentially, different time zones or countries.
• 3+ years of experience working with cross-functional teams in a project management capacity.
• Proven ability to develop and manage timelines; Able to understand project dependencies and impacts.
• Proven experience in providing service to internal and external stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills, demonstrating a keen sense of empathy and risk, able to act, influence or escalate when needed.
• Demonstrated capability for problem-solving, decision making, sound judgment, and assertiveness.
• Highly adaptable and a self-starter, able to operate in complex environments while successfully managing simultaneous projects.
• Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to take strategic concepts and turn into actionable plans.

We work as follows: we first ask for your CV in order to understand your skill sets better and where you enjoy working, your current experience, then we ask for an interview and thereafter should we both feel that there is a synergy we will place you on our potential VA list. If you don’t have a CV you can export your LinkedIn profile.

Once we receive a client RFP, we will revisit all CV’s received to identify the best suited VA for that particular account. We believe in matching the VA as closely as possible to the client, as you do become an integral part of their team, so it is important for us too that both parties get along.

Should you be chosen for that particular account a consultant form and NDA will be sent to you.

We will first need to on board you before doing formal introductions to your client.

We would like you to read this blog written by our CEO, Karen, so that you may better understand how we work and also how the VA world works, especially if you are new to the concept.

Please take note of this important info to enable you to have a smooth onboarding experience with us.

1. Do not close this form until you have completed the whole process. Keep this tab open while completing the personality tests which will open in a new tab for you to complete.

2. Download and save the results so that you can easily upload it when requested to do so at the bottom of this form.

3. Please try and be as comprehensive as possible when uploading the requested information as this makes it easier for us to match your particular skill set to an appropriate client.

Kindly complete the information requested below to allow us to successfully add you to our Database of Potential VA’s.

Personality / Aptitude Tests

1. Please complete the following personality test :
https://www.tonyrobbins.com/disc/

2. Please complete the following energy test:
https://www.geniusu.com/

3. Please complete the following Myers Briggs test:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/personality

4. Please complete the following Classical Enneagram Test: https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test.php

Once we’ve received ALL this info we can move onto the next step.

We appreciate your time and we look forward to getting to know more about you!