Head of Organization and Project Management

BANK OF AFRICA – KENYA LIMITED (BOA-KENYA) is a commercial bank providing banking services to corporate, SME and retail clientele.

Head of Organization and Project Management

Job Purpose

To lead the coordination and execution of the bank’s strategic initiatives through strategy formulation coordination, project management and operational excellence. This role ensures that all strategic initiatives and projects are delivered efficiently and are aligned with the bank’s objectives, while driving effective resource utilization, continuous process improvement, and successful change adoption to enhance overall performance.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Strategy Support

• Coordinate the formulation of the bank’s strategic and triennial development plans to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

• Lead the development of annual departmental work plans, ensuring integration of strategic priorities.

• Monitor execution of strategic initiatives and work plans to ensure alignment with budget, timely delivery and achievement of intended outcomes

• Track and report performance against predefined strategic targets, facilitating course correction where necessary.

• Support alignment of project selection and funding with strategic priorities and available budgets.

• Lead the annual review of the local and Group budgets, working with stakeholders to prioritize and fund critical strategic projects.

Project management

• Supervise planning, execution, and monitoring of projects to ensure alignment with the bank & Group strategic priorities, delivery on time, within scope and budget drive a high project success rate.

• Establish a structured, criteria-based approach for project selection, prioritization, and validation based on quantified strategic criteria.

• Monitor and optimize resource utilization by ensuring balanced allocation of capacity and financial resources across the project portfolio to improve utilization and delivery efficiency.

• Monitor and report on project portfolio performance, assessing success rates, impact, and benefits realization.

• Maintain a master project plan to ensure visibility of all key milestones and interdependencies.

• Developing and maintaining cordial relationships with respective stakeholders at Local, Regional and Group levels to ensure smooth running of projects and escalation of issues for resolution.

Organizational Excellence and Change Management