Senior IT Project Manager

Diamond Key International Group; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Diamond Key International Group in Malaysia is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to drive engineering and terminal automation projects worldwide. You will bridge customers and global project teams to ensure delivery on time, within budget, and to high quality standards in a hybrid setup.

The role requires hands-on SIT ownership, vendor coordination, and strong communication with technical and executive audiences.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in IT or engineering project delivery.
• Led SIT on a multi-system program through UAT and go-live.
• Experience managing vendors or SI partners and handling defects.
• Familiar with Linux-based enterprise environments (RHEL) for deployment and patching.
• Strong written and verbal communication with technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Plans and scopes the testing, defining integration criteria, SIT timing and how SIT fits between unit testing and UAT.
• Coordinates vendors, developers, controls and electrical engineers, networks, and stakeholders to ensure availability at each integration point.
• Sets up test environments, data, licences, access, and simulators or hardware as needed.
• Oversees test cases and execution, reviews scenarios, tracks progress, and triages defects and retesting.
• Manages risk, scope, budget, dependencies, resource conflicts, and blockers.
• Reports status updates to sponsors and steering groups, documents results, and secures approvals to move to UAT or go-live.
• Handles handover, cutover planning, documentation, and transition to operations.

Skills

SIT ownership

Vendor management

Linux (RHEL)

Integration architecture

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Diamond Key International (DKI) is looking for an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of engineering and terminal automation projects across the world. Working in hybrid nature, you will be the primary interface between our customers and global project teams including Project Managers, Developers, Resource Managers, Testers, Engineers, Coordinators, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards.

What You’ll Do

• Plans and scopes the testing. Define what will be integrated and tested, the entry and exit criteria, the schedule, and how System Integration Test (SIT) fits between unit testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Coordinates the people. Bring together vendors, software developers, controls and electrical engineers, network and infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders, and make sure the right people are available when each integration point is tested.
• Sets up the environments. Make sure test environments, test data, licences, access, and simulators or hardware are ready.
• Oversees test cases and execution. Review integration test scenarios against requirements, track progress, and manage defect triage: who fixes what, how severe it is, and when it gets retested.
• Manages risk, scope, and budget. Handle dependencies between teams, change requests, resource conflicts, and schedule slips, and helps blockers.
• Reports and gets sign-off. Provide status updates to sponsors and steering groups, document results, and secure approval to move to UAT, commissioning, or go-live.
• Handles handover. Help with cutover planning, documentation, and the transition to operations and support.

What We’re Looking For

• 5-10 years in IT or engineering project delivery
• Has personally owned SIT on a multi-system program through UAT and go-live
• Experience managing vendors or system integrators, including defect disputes and delivery pressure
• Understanding of Linux-based enterprise environments (e.g. RHEL) in the context of deployment, patching, and environment management
• Working knowledge of integration architecture (APIs, middleware, databases, networks)
• Strong written and verbal communication with both technical and executive audiences

Why Join DKI

• Work on complex terminal automation and industrial digitalization projects
• Regional role supporting leading customers across the world
• Collaborate with engineering teams across multiple countriesOpportunity to influence project delivery standards and customer success
• Supportive, collaborative and growth-focused culture