Project Manager - API Banking

Unison Consulting Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Singapore is seeking an experienced Project Manager for large-scale API banking projects. The role requires managing project scope, timelines, and quality while coordinating with multiple stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and proven leadership skills to drive project success in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project management in banking or consulting.
• Exposure to Channels API Banking including internet and mobile banking.
• Ability to lead teams effectively and engage with C-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage large scale API banking projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Track project scope, deliverables, timelines, and risks.
• Engage with testing teams during SIT and UAT phases.

Skills

Project Management

API Banking

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, business, finance, or equivalent

Tools

PMP

Prince2

Agile Certification

Job description

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 GTO, 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.

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

· 10+ years experience in project management in banking, financial, consulting industries with proven track record.

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

· 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.

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