Program Manager (Software Developer) Job in Kenya - Bridge International Academies

Position Title: Program Manager Software Developer

Location: Nairobi

Number of Positions: 1

About Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies is a for-profit startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a unique business model. The company runs a large-scale network of low-cost primary schools in Kenya that significantly outperforms other primary schools in the same areas because of our “school in a box” systems.

Our schools profitably deliver this high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, which enable the schools to cover all their costs and create a profitable central organization at scale. We have launched 37 schools in Kenya, we will double in size in the next 6 months, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students across the continent.

About this position

We have and are continuing to develop one of the most sophisticated approaches to providing affordable education to MILLIONS of children in one of the most challenging environments in the world. We have a need to recruit for the positions of Program Manager Software Developer who will manage all software development projects in a particular functional area

Key Responsibilities

Manage the development and maintenance of all IT systems for one or more areas of the company from conception through deploymentSupervise a team of product design engineers responsible for developing detailed software specifications and other toolsDefine new IT systems, new features and managing product roadmapsWork with departments throughout the company to understand their needs and find creative IT solutions to their problemsCoordinate rollout of software including user acceptance testing, deployment and user trainingWrite product requirements documents, design workflows and user interfaces and write functional specificationsWork with IT the support team to develop support plans and SLAs for IT systemsEstablish and review policies and procedures for software development and project managementContribute to overall IT strategy of the companySpecialist knowledge required:
Knowledge and experience of taking ERP products through the entire software lifecycleAble to manage diverse teams consisting of at least 10 people in the design, development and deployment of softwareProject management of multiple simultaneous projectsKnowledge and experience of software project management best practices and ability to put them into practice in software organizationsAbility to manage the development and implementation of multiple enterprise software systems (ERP, CRM…) in a commercial environment, with particular emphasis on workflow and interaction designKnowledge and experience of taking business processes and implementing them in software including requirements gathering, workflow design, UI design, implementation and post rollout supportAbility to quickly understand and analyze business requirementsAbility to write functional specifications and end-user documentationAbility to lead and mentor software professionalsKnowledge and experience with Microsoft Dynamics Navision, SugarCRM and/or mobile applicationsGood planning and organization skillsAnalytical as well as leadership skillsGood writing and oral communication skillsPeople management skillsAbility to be adaptable and flexible