Muthoni Njuguna

Senior Program Manager | Agile & PMO Leadership

Salary / Daily rate

Nairobi, Kenya

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

GitLabProject Management (PMO)

Languages

English

About me

Intro

PMP-certified PMO Head with 10+ years driving enterprise transformation across Africa's top telecom companies. Led complex program delivery at Telkom Kenya, Airtel Africa, and Safaricom with expertise in Agile, stakeholder management, and business process improvement. Ready to streamline your projects and accelerate organizational growth.

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Work experience

Telkom Kenya

Jul 2018 - Present

8 years 4 months

Nairobi, Kenya

Head of PMO

Oct 2023 - Present

3 years 1 month

Nairobi, Kenya

Lead the design and set-up of TKL project management office, establishing the PMO as a central function within TKL. • Ongoing management and continuous improvement of the PMO, ensuring that TKL has the project management capabilities to deliver large complex projects across our internal operations and strategic implementation. • Lead capacity building to strengthen project management capabilities across the organisation. • Lead the ongoing development of TKL project management model and toolkit • Establish a consistent approach to oversight and performance reporting of largescale projects • Maintain oversight of live projects and provide regular performance reports to senior management • Line manage central pool of project managers, leading the recruitment and onboarding of new project managers when relevant • Resource planning and deployment of project managers to projects, working closely with colleagues across TKL to understand need for project management support • Act as project management coach and adviser for team and senior colleagues across TKL

Program Manager

Jul 2018 - Present

8 years 4 months

Nairobi, Kenya

Skills: Business Process Improvement · Stakeholder Management · Project Delivery · Program Management · Product Lifecycle Management · Analytics · Leadership · Scrum · Agile Methodologies · Business Development · Customer Engagement · ITIL · Programme Delivery

Senior Manager - Projects

Airtel Africa

Oct 2015 - Jul 2018

2 years 10 months

Nairobi, Kenya

Skills: Business Process Improvement · Stakeholder Management · Program Management · Analytics · Leadership · Agile Methodologies · ITIL · Programme Delivery

Project Manager

Safaricom

Mar 2014 - Oct 2015

1 year 8 months

Nairobi, Kenya

Skills: Business Process Improvement · Stakeholder Management · Leadership · Agile Methodologies · ITIL · Programme Delivery

Systems Administrator and CSLT Facilitator

Jesuit Refugee Services

Mar 2012 - Mar 2014

2 years 1 month

Kakuma Refugee Camp, Turkana County, North Western Kenya


Education

Kenyatta University

Master's degree

2014 - 2016

2 years 1 month


Licenses & certifications

Project Management Professional

Issued: Apr 2020

Certified by PMI

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