Project Manager - KT

DCI CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DCI CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead system development and maintenance initiatives at our Central location in Singapore. You will ensure projects meet scope, budget, and schedule while engaging stakeholders and external service providers.

The role requires 7+ years in IT project management, with hands-on lifecycle experience, and a proven track record in digital transformation initiatives, governance, and procurement.

Qualifications

• Graduate Degree in Computer Science or Electronics Engineering or Information Technology or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of IT project management experience.
• Hands-on experience in at least a full project development life cycles.
• Agile Project management experience.
• Experience managing projects with multi-million SGD budgets.
• Background in digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong analytical, conceptualisation and problem-solving skills.
• Results and customer oriented.
• Team player with strong organization and people management skills.
• Excellent written, verbal communication, presentation and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Able to ensure that projects are executed based on the project plan to meet identified business needs, within agreed parameters of cost, duration and quality
• Able to develop project schedule and activities based on appropriate project implementation methodology
• Able to identify potential project risks and its implication to the organisation and to recommend mitigating measures so as to manage the risks and to provide reasonable assurance to the organisation
• Able to establish the appropriate project organisation structure and define the change management and communication plan to engage and set expectations of stakeholders
• Able to effectively engage and manage the External Service Provider(s) (who supplies the people, processes, tools and methodologies) to deliver ICT services and services. This includes procurement, contract management and transition management
• Able to adhere to the IT governance, quality management policy and security guidelines to ensure the development processes and procedures and system are designed to comply with these policy and guidelines
• Able to manage life cycle of the contract from contract initiation, transition, expiry or termination & handover
• Able to perform relationship management and dispute management
• Able to ensure Service Provider’s quality and performance to ensure that services are delivered according to the specified service levels and requirements including systems maintenance, enhancements, problem resolution and improvements
• Able to understand the business objective and needs, plan and lead the development of a feasible business case and budget for the ICT system
• Able to understand the sources of funding and their review cycle to develop action plan to obtain funding
• Able to understand the principles, values and rules of procurement policy and execute the procurement process in compliance with the established procedure and guidelines
• Able to manage and execute the procurement life cycle - procurement approach, specifications, evaluation & clarification, recommendation and contracting in a timely and quality manner
• Able to plan and develop strategy for system maintenance to meet the business objectives
• Able to establish the appropriate project structure and define the communication plan for various stakeholders
• Able to plan and implement operation processes and procedures to manage the day-to-day operation of the system to meet business operation objectives on systems availability
• Able to manage project costs, including change requests/service requests, to weensure that projects achieve their planned benefits within budget
• Able to manage project risks in a timely manner to ensure impact is mitigated
• Able to understand the IT management policy, quality management policy and security guidelines to ensure maintenance processes and procedures are designed to comply with these policy and guidelines

Skills

Agile project management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Digital transformation

Education

Graduate Degree in Computer Science or Electronics Engineering or Information Technology or equivalent

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES (SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT)

Project Management

1. Able to ensure that projects are executed based on the project plan to meet identified business needs, within agreed parameters of cost, duration and quality

2. Able to develop project schedule and activities based on appropriate project implementation methodology

3. Able to identify potential project risks and its implication to the organisation and to recommend mitigating measures so as to manage the risks and to provide reasonable assurance to the organisation

4. Able to establish the appropriate project organisation structure and define the change management and communication plan to engage and set expectations of stakeholders

5. Able to effectively engage and manage the External Service Provider(s) (who supplies the people, processes, tools and methodologies) to deliver ICT services and services. This includes procurement, contract management and transition management

6. Able to adhere to the IT governance, quality management policy and security guidelines to ensure the development processes and procedures and system are designed to comply with these policy and guidelines

Contract and Service Provider Management

1. Able to manage life cycle of the contract from contract initiation, transition, expiry or termination & handover

2. Able to perform relationship management and dispute management

3. Able to ensure Service Provider’s quality and performance to ensure that services are delivered according to the specified service levels and requirements including systems maintenance, enhancements, problem resolution and improvements

ICT Funding and Procurement

1. Able to understand the business objective and needs, plan and lead the development of a feasible business case and budget for the ICT system

2. Able to understand the sources of funding and their review cycle to develop action plan to obtain funding

3. Able to understand the principles, values and rules of procurement policy and execute the procurement process in compliance with the established procedure and guidelines

4. Able to manage and execute the procurement life cycle - procurement approach, specifications, evaluation & clarification, recommendation and contracting in a timely and quality manner

RESPONSIBILITIES (SYSTEM MAINTENANCE)

1. Able to plan and develop strategy for system maintenance to meet the business objectives

2. Able to establish the appropriate project structure and define the communication plan for various stakeholders

3. Able to plan and implement operation processes and procedures to manage the day-to-day operation of the system to meet business operation objectives on systems availability

4. Able to manage project costs, including change requests/service requests, to weensure that projects achieve their planned benefits within budget

5. Able to manage project risks in a timely manner to ensure impact is mitigated

6. Able to understand the IT management policy, quality management policy and security guidelines to ensure maintenance processes and procedures are designed to comply with these policy and guidelines

REQUIREMENTS

• Graduate Degree in Computer Science or Electronics Engineering or Information Technology or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years of IT project management experience
• Hands-on experience in at least a full project development life cycles
• Advantageous to have:
• Agile Project management experience
• Experience managing projects with multi-million SGD budgets
• Background in digital transformation initiatives
• Strong analytical, conceptualisation and problem-solving skills
• Results and customer oriented
• Team player with strong organization and people management skills
• Excellent written, verbal communication, presentation and negotiation skills

Working Location : Central

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