Position: Sr. Project Manager (Data & AI Platforms)
Reports to: PMO /Customer Success Director
Location: Africa & Middle East (Hybrid with regional travel)
Role Overview
This role is not about managing timelines—it’s about owning outcomes.
As a Sr. Project Manager at LigaData, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale data and AI initiatives for tier-1 telecom and enterprise clients across Africa and the Middle East. You will operate at the intersection of technology, business, and client strategy, ensuring that every engagement delivers measurable value.
You will be accountable for delivery excellence, client success, and commercial performance, while leading cross-functional teams across multiple geographies.
Key Responsibilities
1. Delivery Ownership & Execution
- Own end-to-end delivery of data and AI platform implementations
- Ensure adherence to SLAs, KPIs, and quality standards
- Drive planning, execution, and governance
- Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies
2. Commercial & Financial Accountability
- Manage project financials, including budget and margin optimization
- Align delivery with commercial commitments
- Support revenue realization and identify upsell opportunities
3. Client Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Act as primary client contact including executive stakeholders
- Build strong relationships and lead governance forums
- Position LigaData as a strategic partner
4.Team Leadership & Performance
- Lead cross-functional teams (Data, Engineering, Product)
- Drive accountability and performance
- Optimize resource utilization
5. Governance, Reporting & Communication
- Establish reporting frameworks
- Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes clearly
Success Metrics
- SLA and delivery performance
- Client satisfaction
- Revenue and margin performance
- Delivery quality and efficiency
- Account growth contribution
Requirements
Core Experience
- 7+ years in delivery/program management
- Experience in data/AI or platform delivery
- Enterprise and multi-country experience
Technical Exposure
- Knowledge of data platforms (Spark, Hadoop, Cloud)
- Telco experience preferred
Leadership Skills
- Commercial awareness
- Strong stakeholder management
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Strong communication and negotiations skills
Certifications (Optional)
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile
Why Join LigaData
- Work on large-scale AI transformations
- High-impact leadership role
- Multi-country exposure
- Growth into senior leadership
Location & Travel
- Hybrid role
- Travel across Africa and Middle East
Skills Required
- 7+ years in delivery/program management
- Experience in data/AI or platform delivery
- Enterprise and multi-country experience
- Knowledge of data platforms (Spark, Hadoop, Cloud)
- Commercial awareness
- Strong stakeholder management
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Strong communication and negotiations skills
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile
What We Do
LigaData is a big-data product startup whose founding members were instrumental in building powerful data technologies including Hadoop, at Yahoo. LigaData champions an open source project named Kamanja, which enables continuous decisioning, the notion of deploying data mining and real time decisioning models on an unlimited volume of data sets. Kamanja is in use at scale by top financial and healthcare institutions for use cases ranging from threat detection to optimizing customer contact. Our dynamic work environment encourages and rewards innovators who bring outside-the-box thinking and leadership skills. Do you have the entrepreneurial vision and ambition to be a part of our journey?
