Project Manager

Location: Singapore

Contract Duration: 1 year +, until 2025

The Senior Project Manager position will be responsible for leading, coordinating, and aligning the different project streams to ensure the quality and timeliness of project deliverables within the APAC Core Banking IT domain and will cover Major Projects which include platform merges, migration, and evolution projects.

The role will require Techno-Functional skills, the ability to communicate effectively across different business units and stakeholders, and a solution-oriented mindset to be able to manage issues, risks, and challenges throughout the project life cycle.

As part of APAC Core Banking IT, the job will also require strong contribution to the various functional and technical activities within the perimeter.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span across one or multiple lines of business
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment of one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
• Assume ownership of topics related to assigned project/s for all relevant tasks, commitments, deliverables, and queries
• Coordinate one or more teams through brainstorming concepts, documenting clear project requirements, and delivering quality
• Report on project success criteria results, metrics, tests and deployments
• Participate in Business Requirements analysis and review
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project
• Act as an internal quality control check for the project
• Deliver appropriate and effective operational stakeholders to steering committee stakeholders with the aid of clear, and synthesized presentation decks
• Management of post production Go-Live issues to ensure that incidents and problems are addressed efficiently with complete impact analysis and tracked from the time raised to resolution

Other Contributions

• Contribute to APAC Core Banking IT BAU activities
• Maintain and organize sharepoint repository of project and application documents and decks
• Organize and preside meetings and prepare concise minutes with tracking of action items

REQUIREMENTS

Competencies:

• Strong diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations
• The client is not allowed to engage directly or indirectly (through an intermediary) with the above profile,
• unless specific terms and conditions are stated in a written agreement countersigned by Net6tem Pte. Ltd.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Strong experience presenting to executive sponsors through demonstrated communication skills (written, oral, and presentation) with technical / non-technical staff and all levels of management
• Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from executives, sponsors, team members, & stakeholders
• Ability to work under multiple projects within respective timeframes
• Demonstrate ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion
• Ability to synthesize complex situations / subjects and to propose solution for complex challenges
• Experience in Agile and SCRUM methodologies will be an added advantage
• Background in application development process, Agile, Waterfall, JIRA
• Tools: MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, Sharepoint

Behavioral:

• Proactivity with positive and collaboration-oriented mindset
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Capacity to work in a challenging environment
• Strong ability to multi-task and manage priorities
• Good team player demonstrating initiative
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Ability to work in hybrid office and work from home setup

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related disciplines Master’s Degree and PMP Certification (preferred but not required)

Language:

Good command of spoken and written English

Skills:

Project Management and Business Analyst skills in Core Banking systems Functional experiences in IT Corporate Banking activities and products

Experience range:

7 + years of experience in Financial Services as Project Manager / Analyst Having manage or contribute significantly in at least a system migration project

Technical:

SQL, Unix Technical IT knowledge