Project Manager - Senior

Orange Business; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading network and digital integrator is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Kuala Lumpur. You will be responsible for managing complex projects, overseeing scope, resources, and budget while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. This role offers a dynamic environment for seasoned project management professionals looking to make an impact in a global company.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in project management.
• Professional Project Management and Agile certification (e.g. PMP, PMI-ACP).
• Fluent English required, both spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage large-scale, complex projects to ensure successful delivery.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and milestones.
• Proactively identify, manage and mitigate project risks.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, management, or engineering

Job description

Orange Business is here!

About us

Orange Business is a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business. Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

About the role

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading and managing large-scale, complex projects and ensuring their successful delivery on-time, within scope, and budget. In doing so they must set, manage and fulfil customer expectations to ensure the project is a success.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Define and oversee project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility for large-scale, complex projects. Ensure that any commitments made are feasible and achievable.
• Develop, maintain, and adapt detailed project plans, schedules, and milestones, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and objectives.
• Organise project tasks and allocate resources, ensuring that significant projects are successfully delivered on-time, within scope, and budget.
• Implement and maintain the project governance structure, ensuring alignment with organisational policies and standards, adapting to the needs of each project.
• Manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs using appropriate change control processes and tools.
• Collect, rationalise, analyse, and utilise multiple points of project data to inform decision-making and drive project performance.
• Manage project financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance processes, ensuring project deliverables meet the required quality standards, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and resolve issues across significant or complex projects, maintaining a risk register and issue log.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and other stakeholders, managing their expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Define, manage and realise project benefits, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and customer business needs.
• Ensure seamless project handover to operations, including training and support documentation.
• Responsible for the performance review of the PMs directly reporting to the senior PM in the project Org chart
• Responsible for providing feedback on the performance of all the resources working as part of the project to their line managers.
• Accountable for working with the line manager of the resources to develop the required performance improvement plan if needed.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as business, management or engineering.
• Professional Project Management and Agile certification (e.g. PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master)
• 8 years+ experience in project management
• Proven track record in managing significant projects from initiation to completion
• Language skills – Fluent English required, both spoken and written

Personal Qualities and Behaviours

• Excellent leadership qualities, with the ability to inspire and motivate team members, and adapt leadership style as needed.
• Proactive, resilient and adaptable, able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• High level of personal accountability and ownership for project outcomes.
• Adept at building and maintaining strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• A commitment to ethical, professional conduct and adherence to organisational values and principles.
• Flexibility and adaptability, with the ability to adjust to changing stakeholder requirements and priorities.
• Keen eye for detail to ensure spotting issues or risks before they materialise, to create an impact on the project timeline, budget, quality or scope
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer focus, with the ability to foster relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
• Strong negotiation, and relationship-building skills with proven track record in developing/hosting external and internal relationships.
• Good knowledge of different working cultures and able to adapt to cross-cultural attitudes and norms.
• Results orientation, with a “can do” attitude and problem-solving approach.
• Strong sense of urgency and an ability to think outside the box and drive action.
• An emphasis on gathering, tracking and analysing key project performance metrics to spot trends and continuously improve performance.

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Only your skills matter

Regardless of your age, gender identity, race, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sexual orientation, marital status, neuroatypia, disability, veteran status or appearance, we encourage diversity within our teams because it is a strength for the collective and a vector of innovation. Orange Group is a disabled-friendly company and equal opportunity employer: don't hesitate to tell us about your specific needs.