Professional Services Project Manager

OpenText; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenText is seeking an experienced Project Manager for its Southeast Asia Professional Services team in Singapore. You will own delivery across OpenText's suite, coordinate cross-functional consultants, manage scope, timeline and budget, and ensure client satisfaction and successful project outcomes.

The role requires 8+ years leading consulting projects, strong communication, and PM certifications (PMP/PRINCE2/Agile/Scrum).

Qualifications

• Excellent business and technology communication skills.
• PM certification: PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or Scrum.
• 8+ years leading consulting teams on medium to large projects.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Content Management, Big Data Analytics, Enterprise Information Management and SAP solutions.
• Understanding IT project engagements, revenue, margin, billing.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery for OpenText Professional Services.
• Manage deliverables, scope, timeline, budget and resources.
• Forge strong client and stakeholder relationships; act as escalation point.
• Forecast bookings and revenue; develop SOWs for customers.
• Ensure project success within budget and schedule.

Skills

Communication

PM Certification

Leadership

Job description

Opentext - The Information Company

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.

At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

THE OPPORTUNITY

OpenText Professional Services provides advice and guidance to our clients and partners on how to best adopt OpenText best practice. Managers lead our efforts with clients, partners, and our staff to ensure Customer Success and oversee successful delivery of programs, ensuring it is delivered to meet the clients expectations and is delivered within budget.

As a Project Manager within Professional Services, you will be responsible for managing project implementation for our OpenText suite of products. The successful candidate will require to manage project deliverables, including the effective utilization of Professional Services consultants, as well as the accurate cost and revenue projection for the projects. Additionally, the candidate will also be responsible for driving services bookings, preparing statement of work for both existing and new customers.

What The Role Offers

• Owning Professional Services projects in selected key accounts within Southeast Asia countries, including the maintenance of an opportunity pipeline and the development of an EIM strategy in your key accounts.
• Having exceptional ability to effectively negotiate and collaborate across teams and organizations will help you to succeed in this role.
• Supporting critical leadership reviews and presenting the status of the projects internally and externally.
• Strong communication skills, with demonstrated achievements managing stakeholders within client organization; serving as a point of escalation and participate in dispute resolution during the delivery phase.
• Responsible for overall project delivery, reporting, governance and end user project satisfaction, managing and driving the entire project life cycle, including scope management and project plan management, project set up, project reporting, budget management, resource management, risk management and mitigation.
• Overseeing the development of the project's costs and timelines ensuring they remain within the approved budget & schedule.
• Forecasting accurately to allow the OpenText Services business to forecast bookings, backlog and revenue.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact with business stakeholders on business requirements, demand prioritization, business case preparation and execution planning.
• Becoming the trusted advisor to the customer on implementation and management of OpenText products and solutions.

What It Takes

• Excellent Business & Technology verbal/written communication skills.
• Certification in Project Management of any discipline (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum).
• 8+ years experience with responsibilities in managing consulting teams for medium to large scale projects.
• Comprehensive knowledge of business applications systems (Enterprise Content Management, Big Data Analytics, Enterprise Information Management and SAP Solutions), systems design and development processes, including requirements analysis, feasibility studies, software design, programming, pilot testing, installation and evaluation.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex issues, both logical and interpersonal.
• Excellent management/supervisory skills and ability to operate under tight timeline-driven initiatives.
• Solid grasp of business principles and techniques of administration, organization and management, including an in-depth understanding of the key business issues.
• Understanding of IT projects engagements type and the financial aspects (revenue, margin, billing).
• Significant experience working in enterprise software product industry is desirable.
• A high level of commitment, willingness to learn, and the ability to quickly apply new technologies.

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