IT Project Manager

ENCORA TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent technology company in Singapore is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead IT projects in a dynamic environment. Responsibilities include managing project performance, stakeholder communication, and regulatory adherence. An ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience in IT project management, preferably in the Corporate Actions domain. The role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work under pressure. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15+ years of IT experience in Project Management in running Waterfall/Agile projects.
• Good understanding of Corporate Actions domain preferred.
• Proven experience in successful delivery of major projects.

Responsibilities

• Analyse project ideas and assess feasibility with stakeholders.
• Drive project proposal through demand governance process.
• Manage scope, time, budget, risks, and issues operationally.

Skills

IT project management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Problem solving

Communication skills

Job description

Project Management

• Analysing and detailing the project idea, assessing the project idea in terms of feasibility, cost-effectiveness, risks and success factors in consultation with Business and IT stakeholders
• Develop the project proposal with objectives, resources, milestones, schedule, costs, expenses and project structure
• Drive project proposal through demand governance process
• Set up appropriate project management processes, measure project performance and report status to senior stakeholders
• Initiate escalations to senior stakeholders if needed
• Develop detailed project plan and create work breakdown structure (subprojects, work packages, etc)
• Set up an appropriate project organization, including identification and management of stakeholders and team members
• Actively lead the team/squad in various project meetings i.e. SIT / UAT checkpoint calls, BRD walkthroughs, Solution Walkthroughs.
• Manage scope, time, budget, risks and issues on an operational level
• Identify the impact of change requests, issues and changes to underlying assumptions; for project plan variances, develop solution proposals and reconcile them with the demand governance stakeholders
• Manage roll-out / go-live and for the hand-over of the solution to the Operations organizations
• Establish and implement project-related quality assurance processes and measures; ensure the quality of the outcomes and drive their respective acceptance and approval

Stakeholder Management

• Represents IT Asia as an ITPL/ Scrum Master when facing off with internal and external stakeholders
• Work with team members to proactively mitigate risk and provide clear communication plan in a timely manner
• Provide regular project/program updates to stakeholders
• Present to stakeholders on progress as well as problems and solutions
• Communicate key insights and findings to IT and business counterparts and work closely with them. Lead knowledge sharing with RTB team for newly implemented modules or functionalities.
• Ensure delivery is predictable i.e. stakeholders are updated regularly on the progress and the risks

Regulatory Responsibilities &/OR Risk Management

• Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Ensure appropriate ethical and compliant behaviour within the function by clear demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations

Skills Requirements

Professional and Technical

• Minimum 15+ years of IT experience in Project Management in running Waterfall/ Agile projects
• Good understanding of Corporate Actions domain. T24 Core Banking / Temenos wealth suite would be preferred.
• Proven experience in successful delivery of major projects, on time and with quality and within matrix team structures
• Experience in Senior stakeholder management running projects STCs
• Experience in managing project financials (forecast v actual)
• Good understanding of technology trends in banking is preferred
• Working experience of SDLC and Agile methodology

Personal and Social

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills to challenge business/technical requirements to build good and scalable solutions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills.
• Self-driven, highly motivated, hardworking and agile enough to work both independently and as a team player.
• Having very high quality standards for the service delivered to business and have an eye for attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple, concurrent / conflicting priorities with business and IT stakeholders.