IT Project Manager - Wholesale/Corporate API Banking

D L Resources Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Singapore is seeking a seasoned Project Manager for their API Banking initiatives. The successful candidate will oversee large-scale projects involving multiple stakeholders, quality assurance, and risks management, ensuring the timely delivery of solutions. Ideal candidates will have over 15 years of experience in project management, particularly in the banking or financial sectors, backed by relevant certifications and excellent leadership skills.

Qualifications

• At least 15 years experience in project management in banking or financial consulting.
• Excellent presentation skills for C-level stakeholders.
• Passionate and resilient individual with proven leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage API banking projects with multiple stakeholders across countries.
• Develop and execute project plans, tracking quality and timelines.
• Facilitate stakeholder management and provide project reporting.

Skills

Problem Solving

Presentation Skills

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, business, finance

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or similar domain

Tools

PMP Certification

Prince2 Certification

Agile Certification

Job description

Responsibilities:

· Wholesale/ Corporate : API Banking

- Manage large scale projects related to API banking with multiple stakeholders, including delivery teams to implement API banking changes across countries within the region

- Coordinate Infrastructure setup to support API uplift and track deliverables

- Manage API project scope, track requirements, delivery schedule, host weekly project working committee and callout risks, issues and dependencies

- Plan client testing and commercialization with product owner at group and country, manage overall timelines and address risks or issues

- Effectively engage testing teams, across SIT and UAT phases

- Comply and track process assurance, across project tollgates and required artefacts

- Focus on quality of deliverables, and completion in full, active follow up and team engagement skills

· Overall Project Management:

- Responsible and track the quality, scope, timeline, effort (co-related to estimation, CR’s, complexity), resources (includes TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, business, contractor, Professional Services resources as well as operations),

- Develop and execute the overall project plan and analyse project proposals which impacts the schedule and budget variance which in turn contribute to meeting the overall objectives of the project.

- Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones and required activities and tasks.

· Stakeholder Management: Work hand in hand with Business Project Managers to manage project stakeholders and relationships - e.g. escalation, expectation, conflict, scope changes, etc. Ensure teams work in a collaborative environment

· Scope Management: Manage all changes to the agreed scope of work Review and assess all changes and impact to timeline and ensure all changes are approved by PSC

· Project Governance: Prepare investment approval deck and manage approval of project by ITC/TPWC. Organize and facilitate PSC meetings, chair PWC meetings.

· Change management: Led enhancements estimates, timelines, scope and agile delivery to quarterly releases as project manager

· Risk and Issue Management: Manage overall project risk, track risk aging, work through escalations, change governance and related issues. Implement the risk mitigation plans.

· Process Adherence: Partner with relevant stakeholders in ensuring that the system development methodology is followed and the relevant artefacts are delivered on time with quality, in adherence to the development methodology/approach

· Project Reporting: Measure, monitor and report progress to stakeholders at various levels of organization across the enterprise with the right quality, consistency in content. Implement project communication plan and review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required

· Client focused: Drives decision making and delivery outcomes through client lense

Technical Skills & Experience

· Bachelor’s degree in IT, business, finance, or equivalent.

· At least 15 years experience in project management in banking, financial, consulting industries with proven track record.

· Good problem solver and stay on top of the project risks and issues till closure.

· Good team player and is able to exercise formal and informal ways to lead the vertical teams in achieving the common project targets.

· Excellent presentation skills and able to front with the senior stakeholders at C level.

· Passionate, diligent, and resilient individual with ability if thrive in ambiguity.

· Previous exposure to Channels API Banking including internet banking, mobile, API banking and H2H knowledge will be advantages.

· Good to have PMP, Prince2, Agile certification.

Education

· Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or similar domain

Related professional/technical qualification will be advantageous although not mandatory

Key Domain/ Technical Skills:

· Client onboarding experience, either in product owner, manager, or T&O equivalent roles

· External API banking functional and technical experience, regional API banking rollouts.

· Performance metrics and challenges in past projects either at banks, Fintech or eCommerce org

Interested candidates may reach out directly to our recruiters (Edwin: [phone] | EA License No: 24C2333 | EA Personnel No: R24123520)