Project Manager Cantonese Speaker

GoKardz Technologies; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 167,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

GoKardz Technologies in Malaysia is seeking a Cantonese-speaking Project Manager responsible for end-to-end delivery, governance, risk and quality across projects. You will act as the primary contact for stakeholders and ensure on-time delivery while coordinating with vendors in a telecom/IT environment.

The role requires 5–12 years of project management experience, Cantonese and English fluency, and familiarity with SDWAN and network security.

Qualifications

• Degree in business, science, engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
• Cantonese and English fluency is a must.
• 5–12 years of project management experience in telecom or IT managing external customer-facing projects.
• Experience with SDWAN and Network Security.
• Project Management Certification (PMI PMP, PMI ACP or PRINCE2 Practitioner) is a plus.
• ITIL Certificate/Knowledge is preferred but not mandatory.
• Cross-cultural and working-time flexibility.
• Organize the delivery of a complex service.
• Strong team player and leadership skills.
• Strong communication skills; ability to organize face-to-face customer and project meetings.
• Ability to prioritize and balance under workload.
• Virtual team management.
• Working in an international environment.
• Excellent organization, planning and time management skills.
• Strong knowledge of security services and solutions with previous involvement in security and network deployment projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as a point of contact and owner to ensure the chosen product is delivered on time.
• Ensure that the project delivers the results required by all stakeholders.
• Manage the many variables that occur during the life-cycle of the project.
• Define and manage project governance; ensure resource authority is understood by all parties.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis and manage customer expectations.
• Ensure implementation processes and templates defined by the project board are used by the team.
• Identify dependencies between project components and customer activities.
• Prepare time estimates and deliver a project plan; control performance to meet deadlines.
• Manage change requests and integrate approved ones into the plan.
• Plan, allocate and manage budgets; manage suppliers.

Skills

Cantonese fluency

English fluency

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Time management

Virtual team management

Cross-cultural collaboration

Education

Degree in business/science/engineering

Job description

The Project Manager Cantonese speaker is an empowered project management role with full end-to-end responsibility to deliver and control results, time, resources and quality for all Projects.

Job Duties

• Act as a point of contact and owner to ensure the chosen product is delivered on time.
• Ensure that the project delivers the results required by all stakeholders.
• Manage the many variables that occur during the life-cycle of the project.
• Ensure that the project resources level of authority is clearly defined and understood by all parties as part of the project governance.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis, define and manage customer expectations both stated and un-stated.
• Ensure that the implementation processes, procedures and documentation templates defined by the project board are used by the implementation team.
• Identify the dependencies between the various adjuncts, connected services, other project work-streams and the customer activities/dependencies.
• Prepare estimate time for all activities and deliver a project plan. Control performance to meet the deadlines according to the schedule.
• Manage change requests and integrate approved ones into the project plan as directed.
• Plan, allocate and manage budgets.
• Manage third party equipment and suppliers.
• Assist in the development and delivery of regular reports, minutes and actions.
• Support the PMO, Program and Project Managers in activities that promote team effectiveness, morale and productivity.
• Support the detailed migration plan for each site, based on the migration plans of each provider.
• Contribute to the establishment and maintenance for budget tracking processes, and give forewarning of any deviations from budget using appropriate company tools.
• Be an expert in the product being delivered to provide support throughout the delivery process whilst managing all stakeholders’ expectations.
• Provide regular customer reporting and conduct risk management to meet the agreed delivery dates.
• Be engaged for all Security implementations.
• Have a specific expertise in the domain and associated process.
• Monitor progress of service delivery components to ensure timely and quality site implementations.
• Promote quality practices and play a part in their execution.
• Monitor implementation progress and drive resolution of implementation issues. Provide implementation transition reports.
• Complete acceptance testing and Handover to Operations.

Job Responsibilities

• Degree in business, science , engineering or equivalent relevant experience
• Cantonese and English Fluency is a must
• Minimum of 5 to 12 years of project management experience in the telecom or IT industry managing external customer facing projects.
• Experience with SDWAN and Network Security
• Project Management Certification (PMI PMP, PMI ACP or PRINCE2 Practitioner) is a plus
• ITIL Certificate/Knowledge is preferred but not mandatory.
• Cross-cultural and working-time flexibility.
• Organize the delivery of a complex service.
• Strong team player and Leadership skills.
• Strong and effective Communication skills. Ability to organize face-to-face customer and project meetings.
• Ability to prioritize and Balance under workload.
• Virtual team management.
• Working in an international environment.
• Excellent Organization, Planning and Time Management skills
• Strong knowledge of Security Services and solutions, with previous involvement in security and network deployment projects.