Assistant Vice President, Operations Transformation / Project Management

CIMB; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Kuala Lumpur is looking for an experienced Project Manager to oversee digital and automation transformation projects. You will be responsible for the planning, execution, and management of multiple projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in project management, vendor relations, and team leadership. This position is crucial for enhancing operational productivity and resilience in the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex projects in a corporate environment.
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage all phases of projects including planning and execution.
• Liaise with external vendors for software implementation.
• Ensure projects are delivered within budget and time constraints.

Skills

Project leadership

Risk management

Vendor management

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Job Summary

Plan, coordinate, monitor and lead all aspects of projects implementation to ensure they are successfully completed on time, within budget and scope.

To execute projects as a Project Manager for projects under the Operations Transformation Programme.

Operations Transformation is aimed at increasing operational productivity and operational resilience. As part of the Operations Transformation roadmap, there are various different initiatives identified to automate processes, deploy technology tool or enhance existing system to increase efficiency.

The PM will lead the complex digital and automation transformation projects across cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership and Management

1. Develop and manage all phases of projects including project scoping, business cases approval, project planning, budgets, risk management, quality control, implementation and post implementation review.
2. Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables.
3. Setup the Project Steering Committee (PSC) and PWC for RFP, prepare decks and provide detailed progress update to PWC/PSC.
4. Form project team by ensuring sufficient project resource is allocated to the project.
5. Work closely with the vendor to develop Statement of Work (SoW) for the project engagement.
6. Develop project plans, define and schedule project activities and resource requirements.
7. Liaise with external vendors in sourcing, selection and implementation of software products.
8. Manage vendor relationship, including vendor contract negotiation and contract management.
9. Manage and track progress of cross-cultural IT teams and vendors on deliverables, costs, schedule, inter-team/project dependencies, risks and issues using appropriate tools.
10. Ensure deliverables are in compliance with organisation’s policies, quality standards and regulatory requirements.
11. Manage project financials to ensure that project is delivered within budget.
12. Assist in identifying improvement areas in organisation’s project management processes.
13. Constantly monitor and provide an accurate status report to PWC, PSC, Management Committee including issues and risks encountered with proposed corrective or preventive actions.
14. Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project deliverables
15. Provide leadership and manage performance of project resources including internal and external parties who are involved in the execution of the projects.
16. Analyse and manage the impacts, interfaces and inter-dependencies of different projects.
17. Solve business and technical problems and propose alternatives or solutions.
18. Manage, track and report the project benefit post implementation.

Stakeholder & Change Management

1. To establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
2. To facilitate the communication of change with key stakeholders and impacted personnel

Team Management

1. To manage weekly team standups