Information Technology Project Manager

Maybank; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager in Kuala Lumpur. The successful candidate will coordinate projects from inception to completion, focusing on managing budgets, resources, and stakeholder relationships to ensure project objectives are met. Candidates should possess strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills. This role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth within a renowned banking environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing IT projects from inception to completion.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and project resources effectively.
• Strong understanding of project management principles and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage all aspects of IT projects.
• Develop detailed project plans and monitor progress.
• Ensure adherence to project timelines and budget constraints.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Risk management

Job description

General Responsibilities

1. Focused on coordinating the project, organise people, time, resources and seeing the project through from inception to completion to meet business needs. Focus on managing the project while inspiring those who work around them to create their vision.
2. Well versed in streamlining IT solutions to address the business needs of an organization.
3. Leads & manages project team and makes sure a project is carried through.
4. Responsible for the tactics that create the end result—a successful project. Ensuring that the team meets objectives on time and that the project stays on budget.
5. Keeping the project team focused on the project and moving toward to reach its goal.
6. Manage the budget, staffing and responsibilities of team members to ensure deadlines are met.
7. The primary goal of the project manager is to plan, manage & execute the project until its successful completion.
8. Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
9. Manage the relationship with all stakeholders.
10. IT Project Manager plans, organises, and integrates cross‑functional information technology projects that are significant in scope and impact [in line with transformation program – end state where ITPM will have access to all projects, URS & enhancements (including IT initiated enhancements)].

Project Responsibilities

1. Take up the responsibility of managing the entire Project from IT perspective.
2. Helping to define the project scope, goals and deliverables involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
3. Develop a detailed project plan to monitor, document, report and track progress to be shared with the team and all stakeholders.
4. Delivering updates on the progress and possible obstacles facing a project.
5. Managing and resolving issues as they arise and identifying potential risks and creating plans if they occur.
6. Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
7. Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis.
8. Leads projects by ensuring scheduling, delegating and monitoring project tasks, and reviewing project deliverables.
9. Responsible for all project communication, including project status reporting and organising project meetings and documents discussion and action items.
10. Ensures all project documentation is comprehensive, complete, accurate, current and properly signed off.
11. Ensure that Project Management’s enterprise standards, guidelines and methodologies (i.e. Bank’s SDLC) are in place and adhered to throughout the project.
12. Plan & coordinate internal/external resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects. Should there be any occurrence of resource constraint; ITPM shall work together with Tech Lead & respective Application Head to increase/adjust resources accordingly to ensure smooth project execution until the project completion.
13. Measure and track project performance using appropriate tools and techniques, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long‑term goals.
14. Perform risk management to minimize project risk.