Project Manager (Payments and Cash Management)

We-Plus; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

We Plus S.r.l. is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee Payments and Cash Management delivery programs. You will lead project teams and coordinate with regional and global stakeholders to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery with strong quality controls.

The role requires 15+ years in technology transformation within Banking/Financial Services, with 8+ years in Payments/Cash Management projects. PMP is required; PgMP/PfMP/CSM/CSPO are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline. MBA preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience delivering large-scale technology transformation initiatives within the Banking and Financial Services industry.
• Minimum 8 years of experience managing Payments, Cash Management, Transaction Banking or Wealth Management technology projects.
• Proven experience leading complex cross-border payment transformation initiatives involving SWIFT messaging infrastructure, CBPR+ and ISO 20022 programmes.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects involving Core Banking integration and banking operations platforms.
• Experience managing globally distributed delivery teams across APAC, Europe and offshore locations.
• Strong experience in vendor governance and management of multi-location implementation teams.
• Proven ability to engage senior stakeholders and present to project steering committees and governance forums.
• Experience managing programme budgets, delivery roadmaps and portfolio-level dependencies.
• PMP certification required; PgMP, PfMP, CSM or CSPO certifications will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Owner to planning and developing IT Delivery Roadmap for projects and to monitor the execution from end-to-end perspective.
• Coordinate projects interdependencies, including resourcing, timeline and budget, with support from other Project managers.
• Cross-project resource management between Application Development teams, Offshoring IT teams, vendors.
• Support and assist on budget matters with Domain Head and/or Programme Manager.
• Identify and address project dependencies, risks and issues, monitor and mitigate.
• Address defect leakages and ensure quality control with Development teams.
• Provide program documentation and management presentations for Steerco reporting.
• Stakeholders’ communications and escalation management to keep projects on track.
• Uphold governance and processes; ensure deliverables meet compliance.
• Optimize IT Project Delivery capacity and align deployment windows with Production Support.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering

MBA preferred

PMP certification

PgMP

PfMP

CSM

CSPO

Job description

Role Summary

Our client is seeking a Project Manager to oversee Payments and Cash Management delivery project and to lead project members to collaborate closely with regional and global stakeholders to ensure on‑time, on‑budget and good quality delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Owner to planning and developing IT Delivery Roadmap for projects and to monitor the execution from end-to-end perspective.
• Be knowledgeable and oversee projects coordination and managing projects interdependencies (resourcing, timeline and budget), supported by other fellow Project managers, including e.g. Project plan baselining, project cards update, Tracking of Actuals against Budget and report any deviation.
• Cross-project resource management between Application Development teams, Offshoring IT teams, vendors.
• Support and assist the Domain Head and/or Programme Manager on budget matters.
• Identifying and address project dependencies, risks and issues monitoring and mitigation (drive negotiations and to problem-solve).
• Work with Project Managers, Vendor and Development teams to address defect leakages, ensure quality control and improvements.
• Provide program documentations and presentation decks for Management and Project Steerco (presentation) reporting.
• Stakeholders’ communications (ITO, Business), and be effective to escape and manage escalation to ensure projects/program objectives are on track.
• Uphold and ensure the Project and Program deliverance adhere to Corporate Governances and processes.
• Optimizing IT Project Delivery resource capacity as well as aligning deployment / implementation windows managed by Application Production Support team.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline. MBA preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience delivering large-scale technology transformation initiatives within the Banking and Financial Services industry.
• Minimum 8 years of experience managing Payments, Cash Management, Transaction Banking or Wealth Management technology projects.
• Proven experience leading complex cross-border payment transformation initiatives involving SWIFT messaging infrastructure, CBPR+ and ISO 20022 programmes.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects involving Core Banking integration and banking operations platforms.
• Experience managing globally distributed delivery teams across APAC, Europe and offshore locations.
• Strong experience in vendor governance and management of multi-location implementation teams.
• Proven ability to engage senior stakeholders and present to project steering committees and governance forums.
• Experience managing programme budgets, delivery roadmaps and portfolio-level dependencies.
• PMP certification required; PgMP, PfMP, CSM or CSPO certifications will be advantageous.