Project Manager (Financial Institution)

Recruit Squad Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit Squad Limited is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to oversee complex application migrations. You will plan, schedule, and align resources across business units, IT teams, and vendors while maintaining budget discipline and governance compliance.

You will lead cross-functional teams, define roles, and ensure timely delivery with secure-by-design practices and CI/CD integration. Strong English and Mandarin communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of IT project management experience on complex application migrations.
• Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills with effective communication across units.
• Experience in leading medium-sized teams.
• Experience implementing secure-by-design principles and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent command of English and Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple complex application migrations by planning, scheduling, and aligning resources across business units, IT teams and vendors.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, define roles and responsibilities, and ensure execution adherence to project timelines.
• Maintain cost control by monitoring budget utilisation, forecasting expenditures, and implementing corrective actions.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks, maintaining a risk register and mitigation strategies to prevent deviations.
• Ensure full alignment with internal governance frameworks and organisational compliance policies.
• Deliver all project activities with full implementation, validation, and successful deployment in alignment with business goals and objectives.

Skills

IT project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Team leadership

CI/CD knowledge

Risk management

Analytical skills

English & Mandarin

Education

Project management qualification

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple complex application migration by planning, scheduling, and aligning resources across business units, IT teams and vendors.

Coordinate cross-functional teams, define roles and responsibilities, and ensure execution adherence to project timelines.

Maintain cost control by monitoring budget utilisation, forecasting expenditures, and implementing corrective

Identify, evaluate, and escape risks, maintaining a structured risk register and implementing mitigation strategies to prevent schedule or scope deviations.

Ensure full alignment with internal governance frameworks and organisational compliance policies.

Deliver all project activities with full implementation, validation, and successful deployment in alignment with business goals and objectives.

Requirements

4 years or more of experience in IT project management, with a proven track record in managing complex application revamps including process re-engineering on a private cloud and PaaS environment.

Excellent stakeholder and vendor management skills with the ability to communicate effectively with business units, IT teams and vendors.

Experienced in leading medium-sized teams.

Experienced in implementing secure-by-design principles and CI/CD pipelines.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

Excellent command of English and Chinese, with fluency in Mandarin.

A formal qualification for project management or equivalent is highly desirable.