Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Great Eastern; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Eastern is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Infrastructure who will lead the delivery of complex IT infrastructure initiatives across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. You will provide strategic direction, governance, and hands‑on leadership to ensure projects meet scope, time, and cost objectives while aligning with security and regulatory requirements.

You will collaborate with technology teams, vendors, PMO, and business stakeholders to drive risk management, value

Qualifications

• 15+ years in leadership IT project management.
• Significant exposure to infrastructure projects (data centres, cloud, networks).
• Advanced project management skills with strategic planning and program management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure projects across on-premises, hybrid and cloud environments.
• Provide leadership and coaching to project managers and delivery teams.
• Establish and enforce governance, standards, and methodologies for infrastructure initiatives.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and cost controls; optimise resource allocation.
• Coordinate with vendors, system integrators, and service providers; ensure contract governance.
• Track milestones and report status, risks, and decisions to PMO and senior stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and internal policies.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Strategic planning

Communication

Negotiation

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / IT

Diploma with Professional Certifications

PMP/PRINCE2/ITIL certification advantage

Job description

The Senior Project Manager of Infrastructure Project will be part of the core team that will drive the IT Infrastructure strategy and execution of projects in traditional, cloud, and hybrid environments. The individual is responsible for overseeing and driving the successful delivery of complex IT infrastructure projects across the organization. This role provides strategic leadership, governance, and hands‑on direction to ensure infrastructure initiatives—covering compute, storage, data centers, networks, cloud platforms, end‑user computing, and core infrastructure systems—are delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with business objectives, security standards, and regulatory requirements.

The role acts as a key interface between technology teams, vendors, PMO, and business stakeholders, ensuring consistent project management practices, risk management, and value realization across the infrastructure portfolio.

• Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to project managers and delivery teams, and promote continuous improvement in project delivery practices, tools, and reporting.
• Establish and enforce project governance, standards, and methodologies across infrastructure initiatives.
• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of infrastructure projects, from initiation and planning through execution, deployment, and closure.
• Manage large‑scale and multi‑stream projects involving on‑premises, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure.
• Define project objectives, deliverables, and success criteria aligned with strategic goals.
• Work out full‑scaled and precise project proposal with technology teams for presentation and approval from senior management.
• Ensure projects meet defined scope, quality, timeline, and cost objectives.
• Track project milestones and provide clear, timely communication on project status, risks, and decision points to Project Steering Committees and Senior Management.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, PMO processes and standards, security controls, regulatory requirements, and audit expectations.
• Manage external vendors, system integrators, and service providers, including contract governance and performance management.
• Coordinate and bridge between vendors and internal teams for troubleshooting of issues and post‑mortem activities.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, and cost controls.
• Optimise resource allocation across internal teams and vendors.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, interdependencies, potential issues proactively, and recommending solutions.
• Take accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.

We are looking for people with

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / IT or Diploma with Professional Certifications.
• Professional certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL, or equivalent is an advantage.
• 15+ years in leadership experience in IT project management, with significant exposure to infrastructure projects and decision‑making capabilities.
• Proven experience leading large, complex infrastructure initiatives (e.g. data centre migration, cloud adoption, network refresh, cybersecurity uplift).
• Advanced project management skills with strategic planning and program management capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver infrastructure projects at scale with high reliability and minimal business disruption.
• Demonstrated experience working with multiple stakeholders at senior management level.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture, service management, and security frameworks.
• Strong understanding of IT Infrastructure domains, including datacentres and cloud platforms, network and connectivity, compute and storage, database, disaster recovery / business continuity, etc.
• Planning and organizational skills for undertaking team leadership and BAU workload management.
• Self‑driven with a positive attitude and strong leadership skills to champion for culture change management initiatives within IT and with interfacing Business stakeholders.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Structured, analytical approach to problem‑solving and risk management.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced, complex environment.
• Ability to coordinate complex troubleshooting and post‑mortem activities across teams and vendors.

How you succeed

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who we are

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well‑established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei.

The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia.

Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly‑rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.