PMO Lead

OPUS IT Services Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

OPUS IT Services Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced PMO professional to provide ongoing PMO support across financial, contractual and operational aspects for Asia-based projects. The role includes contributing to COE strategy, governance and alignment of resources for large programs.

You will drive training for PMs, oversee coaching and quality control for customer engagements, and help evolve metrics to improve profitability and project performance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience with medium-large scale project/programme management and/or PMO.
• 8+ years of strong knowledge and working experience within SDLC methodologies and best practices.
• Experience in Banking and Technology will be preferred.
• Quick learner, self-starter with a strong process orientation.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing PMO support (financial, contractual, and operational).
• Help with personnel management (training, compliance, certifications).
• Key member of the COE leadership team, contributing to strategy development for Asia Project Management and achievement and execution of strategic goals and objectives.
• Support large, cross-P&L, cross-functional programs which require significant resource alignment, extended leadership/engagement, and leadership communication/escalation.
• Provide coaching, oversight and quality control for significant customer project engagements.
• Define training requirements for all PMs.
• Manage projects on occasion to maintain touch with the field and the workability of the methodology.
• Evolve metrics to provide transparency to profitability & customer performance of the PM organisation.
• Develop infrastructure to track, monitor and ensure quality execution of all critical project-related activities, conducting regular project reviews and assessments.
• Define a process for presales engagement to ensure accuracy of project and program scoping.

Skills

Outlook

Project Management

Visa practices & tech processes

Investment banking

MS Project

MS Office

Programme types

CA Clarity

Excel

SDLC knowledge

fast learner

Tools

CA Clarity

MS Project

MS Office

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing PMO support (financial, contractual, and operational).
• Help with personnel management (training, compliance, certifications).
• Key member of the COE leadership team, contributing to strategy development for Asia Project Management and achievement and execution of strategic goals and objectives.
• Support large, cross-P&L, cross-functional programs which require significant resource alignment, extended leadership/engagement, and leadership communication/escalation.
• Provide coaching, oversight and quality control for significant customer project engagements.
• Define training requirements for all PMs.
• Manage projects on occasion to maintain touch with the field and the workability of the methodology.
• Evolve metrics to provide transparency to profitability & customer performance of the PM organisation.
• Develop infrastructure to track, monitor and ensure quality execution of all critical project-related activities, conducting regular project reviews and assessments.
• Define a process for presales engagement to ensure accuracy of project and program scoping.

Core Skills / Development Tools

• Desired skills include: Outlook, Project Management, Visa's financial practices and technology processes, Investment banking, MS Project, MS Office, Programme types, CA Clarity, especially Excel.
• Experience in setting up a new function.
• Experience in Banking and Technology will be preferred.
• 8+ years experience with medium-large scale project/programme management and/or PMO.
• 8+ years of strong knowledge and working experience within SDLC methodologies and best practices.
• Quick learner, self-starter with a strong process orientation.
• Prior project / PMO experience or domain knowledge in the areas of Finance, Treasury, Risk and regulatory initiatives a strong plus.