Project Manager

Key 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

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

Competencies:

Strong diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations

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

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