Premier Switch Solutions S.C. (PSS) is a leading Electronic Payment Processing company, established by major private banks of Ethiopia. The Company has implemented the first multi-institution shared-switch infrastructure to provide its member banks with a state of the art payment technology to drive ATM, POS, e-commerce, Mobile Banking and other payment channels and provide clearing of Debit/Credit card transactions for the banks. 

Currently, PSS, has a vacant position stated below and would like to invite applicants who meet the qualification and required experience listed for this job opening. 

Purpose of the Job:

To support efficient operations of the PSS and meet the business demand by coordinating application acquisition, Infrastructure and/or in-house development and implementation of any project.

Main Duties and responsibilities:

• Guide and monitor the various deliverables of system development processes in alignment to the set standards.
• Review project proposals in terms of feasibility and stakeholder requirement alignment.
• Coordinate, follow, report the performance all the projects in PSS.
• Lead the implementations of the Projects.
• Conducts evaluation of completed application development projects for timely completion, compatibility with other existing applications, and effectiveness in meeting requirements.
• Review test cases to ensure that they are prepared and documented for the developed/customized systems and they are tested in a test environment as per the set standards.
• Guide in the customization of commercially available software to meet the PSS’s operational needs is made per the set standards.
• Review the assessment of stakeholders demand in relation with system development and customization per the set standards.
• Guide and conduct training and implementation of new products and   improvements per the set standards.
• Handle proper change and release management procedures are followed in deploying developed/customized systems to production as per set standards.
• Follow up the building of knowledge base from the experiences of running various application development projects.

Generic duties of the position:

• Prepare office work plans and monitor their execution.
• Develop policies and procedures for the offices and lead in their implementation and continuous review.
• Prepare budgets for the offices and track their implementation.
• Coach and mentor employees within the offices towards effective career development.
• Evaluate the periodic performance of his/her subordinates.
• Manage disciplinary concerns of the office staff.
• Take part in the Company’s decision making process by becoming member of different committee (s) within the organization.

Reporting To:

• Manager, Information Technology Department

Qualification and Experience:

• BSC degree in Computer Science or related field with six (6) years of demonstrated experience, of which two (2) years as Project Manager.
• Certification in Project Management is desirable.