Vice President, Project Management Office

Chong Hing Bank Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 480,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Chong Hing Bank Limited is seeking an accomplished IT Project Manager to lead large-scale initiatives in a banking environment. The role requires coordinating with stakeholders, vendors and business users to ensure on-time delivery of project milestones.

Ideal candidates have a university degree in IT, at least 8 years of IT project management experience, and strong communication skills in English and Mandarin. PMP certification is preferred; seniority may be considered for AVP, PMO.

Qualifications

• University degree in Information Technology or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of IT project management experience, preferably in banking/financial sector.
• Strong problem-solving, project management and communication skills.
• Fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin).
• PMP certification is preferable; candidates with less experience may be considered for Assistant Vice President, PMO.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage critical, large-scale IT projects.
• Assist team head to review, update and enrich project management, SDLC and related documents.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, vendors and business users.
• Formulate project plans, monitor milestones and manage risks.
• Coordinate cross-department project meetings across IT and business units.
• Oversee progress updates and status reporting for project deliverables.
• Manage vendor relationships during project implementation.
• Perform other adhoc projects or assignments.

Skills

IT project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Team collaboration

English & Mandarin

Education

Bachelor's in IT/CS

Job description

Chong Hing Bank Limited was founded in Hong Kong in 1948. The Bank and its subsidiaries (including Chong Hing Securities Limited and Chong Hing Insurance Company Limited) offer comprehensive commercial banking and financial services to individual and corporate customers. These services include HKD and foreign currency deposits, credit, foreign exchange, wealth management, investment, securities, insurance and mandatory provident fund. The Bank currently operates a network of more than 30 branches in Hong Kong as well as 1 branch in Macau, 17 branches and sub-branches in Mainland China. In recent years, the Bank has been actively expanding its business. To cope with the Bank's rapid growth, we are now inviting high calibre candidates to join us and develop successful careers with us.

Responsibilities

• To lead and manage critical and large-scale project
• Assist team head to review, update and enrich the project management, application development and related documents
• To work closely with stakeholders, vendors and business users
• Formulate overall project plan and monitor project milestones, boost the teams to run the project as planned and conduct process management.
• Lead detailed work plan preparation for each stage of the project, and keep monitoring the progress and risks
• Arrange cross department project meetings with IT and Business Departments to coordinate participation of related parties in project implementation timely, and lead project team to conduct regular status reporting.
• Follow-up and review the status of project deliverables collection.
• Conduct vendor management work during project implementation.
• Assist team head to update and enrich project management, application development (SDLC) and related documents
• Perform other adhoc projects or assignments

Requirements

• University graduate in Information Technology, Computer Science or related disciplines
• Minimum 8 years’ relevant experience in IT project management experience preferably in banking / financial sector
• Possess both technical and managerial competencies to resolve day to daily project issue
• Strong in problem-solving, project management and communication skills
• Good team player with strong interpersonal skills and able to work with stakeholders at different levels
• Good command in both spoken and written English and Chinese (including Mandarin)
• Holder of PMP Certification is preferable
• Candidate with less experience will be considered as Assistant Vice President, Project Management Office

We offer competitive remuneration package and promising career opportunities to the successful candidates. Information provided will be treated in strict confidence and only be used for recruitment purposes. Personal data of unsuccessful applications will be destroyed 24 months after the completion of the recruitment and selection exercise.

The Mandatory Reference Checking (MRC) Scheme is a regulatory framework established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, which requires banks to check the conduct history of prospective employees for positions defined under the scheme. Therefore, MRC will be a part of our selection process if you apply for the in-scope positions. For details, please refer to the “Frequently Asked Questions for In‑Scope Individuals” (https://www.hkab.org.hk/en/page/5/mandatory-reference-checking-scheme-phase-2) published by HKAB.