Project Manager

Description

ALU is hiring a Project Manager based in Kigali, Rwanda (or remote). ALU runs an ambitious portfolio of strategic and operational projects — from an institution-wide work management rollout to admissions redesign and accreditation delivery. The PMO exists to make sure that portfolio actually delivers: on scope, on time, with risks surfaced early and decisions closed, not carried. Your mission is to run projects across this portfolio to a professional standard and to hold delivery discipline across the institution — independently. You will chase the status that hasn't been reported, challenge the request that bypassed the process, and keep multiple workstreams moving at once without letting anything drop. The PMO must be able to track any project honestly, including those run by the people you work for. If you need a… Main responsibilities: • Project delivery • Manage multiple concurrent projects end-to-end: scoping, planning, milestones, dependencies, risks, and closure. • Keep the strategic project portfolio status accurate and current in Asana, with high-priority items flagged for Senior Leadership visibility by the 10th–12th of every month. • Run project governance to standard: RAID logs, decision logs, action tracking, and structured escalation when delivery stalls. • Chase down statuses, data points, and overdue actions across all levels of the organisation — directors and VPs included — and do it without getting frazzled. • Enforce intake discipline: work enters the PMO through the request process, not through side doors. Hold that line. • Report delivery performance honestly, including on projects owned within the PMO and Governance teams.