Manager/Senior Manager, Governance & Project Management

Hoya Surgical Optics, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HOYA Surgical Optics, Inc. seeks a seasoned Governance and Portfolio Manager to drive governance standards, portfolio visibility, and delivery of strategic initiatives. You will coordinate cross‑functional teams and ensure initiatives meet scope, timelines, budget, and quality targets.

You will partner with sponsors and stakeholders to define objectives, assess risks, and design practical future‑state processes, operating models, and implementation approaches in a healthcare‑tech setting.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional governance and delivery programs.
• Ability to translate business objectives into measurable outcomes.
• Strong collaboration across global sponsors and stakeholders.
• Proven track record in healthcare/regulated environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Establish governance standards and reporting for initiatives of varying size and risk.
• Lead portfolio evaluation and prioritization aligned to strategic priorities.
• Maintain enterprise visibility of projects: milestones, resources, risks, and finances.
• Deliver decision‑oriented reports to sponsors and senior management.

Skills

PMO Leadership

Portfolio Governance

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Change Enablement

Education

Bachelor degree in Business/Engineering or related

Job description

The role strengthens project and program delivery across HOYA Surgical Optics by establishing fit-for-purpose governance, maintaining portfolio visibility, and leading selected business, system, and process initiatives from initiation through stabilization and closure.

It converts business objectives into measurable outcomes by clarifying scope and ownership, building integrated implementation plans, coordinating stakeholders and dependencies, addressing risks and issues, and ensuring that new processes and solutions are ready, adopted, and transferred into sustainable business operations.

The role operates at the intersection of portfolio governance, project delivery, business transformation, and organizational change, supporting informed decision-making and sustainable business performance.

Duties and Responsibilities

Governance and Portfolio Management

• Establish and continuously improve fit-for-purpose project governance standards, methodologies, reporting, decision‑making forums, and delivery controls appropriate to initiative size, complexity, and risk.
• Lead portfolio evaluation and prioritization recommendations for governance review and planning, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities, value, urgency, capacity, dependencies, risk, and implementation readiness.
• Maintain enterprise visibility of the project portfolio through effective monitoring of objectives, milestones, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, financial performance, and delivery outcomes.
• Provide decision‑oriented reporting and insights to sponsors, governance forums, and senior management, highlighting trends, risks, trade‑offs, recommendations, and required actions.
• Strengthen delivery discipline, accountability, and project maturity through governance oversight, coaching, continuous improvement, and lessons learned.

Project and Transformation Delivery

• Lead assigned business, system, process, and transformation initiatives from initiation through stabilization and closure, ensuring delivery of agreed business outcomes, scope, timelines, budget, and quality expectations.
• Partner with sponsors and stakeholders to define objectives, business cases, delivery strategies, resource requirements, success measures, risks, dependencies, and governance requirements.
• Analyze business challenges, identify root causes, evaluate opportunities, and design practical future‑state processes, controls, operating models, and implementation approaches.
• Develop and execute integrated implementation plans spanning business, process, technology, data, compliance, testing, training, communication, deployment, and operational readiness activities.
• Manage project execution by coordinating cross‑functional stakeholders, vendors, resources, risks, issues, changes, decisions, and dependencies while ensuring timely escalation of matters requiring management attention.
• Analyze project performance and proactively manage risks, issues, changes, and resource constraints, escalating matters that may impact business outcomes.

Stakeholder Engagement and Change Enablement

• Build trusted relationships with sponsors, functional leaders, process owners, users, project teams, and external partners to drive alignment and delivery.
• Facilitate effective decision‑making by clarifying objectives, priorities, dependencies, responsibilities, trade‑offs, and implementation impact across stakeholder groups.
• Develop and deliver stakeholder engagement, communications, and change‑management activities that promote adoption, ownership, and sustainable business outcomes.
• Influence outcomes in a matrix environment with data‑driven recommendations, constructive challenge, negotiation, and escalation where required.

Budget and Financial Governance

• Coordinate annual IT and project budget planning activities, including operating expenditure, capital investments, project funding requirements, resource forecasts, and vendor commitments.
• Maintain visibility and control over project and portfolio financial performance through forecasting, expenditure tracking, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Assess financial implications of scope changes, resource requirements, vendor engagements, and delivery risks to support governance and investment decisions.
• Provide accurate and timely budget reporting, insights, and recommendations to IT leadership, project sponsors, Finance, and governance forums.
• Ensure financial processes and controls are followed and that portfolio investments remain aligned with approved priorities and business objectives.

Requirements

Experience

• 8-10 years of progressive experience in project portfolio management, PMO leadership, governance, business transformation, operational excellence, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross‑functional initiatives from concept through implementation, stabilization, and operational handover.
• Experience establishing governance frameworks, portfolio reporting, delivery controls, stakeholder‑management practices, and organizational improvement initiatives.
• Strong track record partnering with senior stakeholders across business and technical functions in a global matrix environment.
• Experience within healthcare, medical technology, life sciences, consulting, or other regulated environments is advantageous.

Skills/Accreditations

• Plan and organize complex work by translating business objectives into priorities, milestones, resource requirements, ownership, dependencies, and practical delivery plans.
• Apply sound governance and project management practices by managing scope, timelines, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, controls, and decision‑making processes appropriate to the initiative.
• Analyze problems and improve processes by understanding how work is performed, identifying root causes, evaluating opportunities, and implementing practical and sustainable improvements.
• Build alignment and influence stakeholders by fostering trusted relationships, facilitating constructive discussions, managing competing priorities, and driving shared accountability across a matrix environment.
• Exercise sound judgement and make fact‑based recommendations by validating information, challenging assumptions, evaluating alternatives, and assessing risks, impacts, and business implications.
• Communicate with clarity and impact by tailoring messages, presentations, reports, and discussions to operational, business, technical, and executive audiences.

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Engineering, Operations, Project Management, or another relevant discipline.
• Equivalent professional experience may be considered.
• Professional certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Prosci, Lean, or Six Sigma is advantageous.