Senior Manager, Subsea Cable Project Management

Keppel Management Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Keppel Management Ltd. leads a submarine cable program, coordinating across customers, partners, and internal teams to deliver secure, timely submarine cable projects. You will shape joint build models, manage budgets, and drive design, manufacturing and installation activities with vendors.

The role requires engineering expertise, extensive experience in submarine cable projects, and strong stakeholder management to ensure successful execution and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Electrical, Electronics or Telecommunication.
• 7–10 years in submarine cable operations or projects.
• Experience in design, vendor selection and project implementation.
• Experience with submarine cable equipment: PFE, monitoring equipment, OADM, SLTE, OTDR/COTDR, Spectrum analyzer.
• Experience in customer service delivery, assurance or partnership management.
• Strong analytical, prioritization and problem-solving skills.
• Good written and spoken communication.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into partnership models and project plans.
• Develop ownership structures for consortium projects and agreements.
• Consolidate budgets and monitor costs across vendors and partners.
• Track budgets, forecast expenditures, and identify cost overruns.
• Manage cost-sharing, billing, and cost recovery with consortium partners.
• Drive submarine cable design, manufacture, and installation activities with vendors.
• Ensure deliverables and timelines with customers, landing parties and service providers.
• Serve as subject matter expert and main contact for customers and partners.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder mgmt

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Time management

Team player

Self-starter

Multi-tasking

Customer service

Education

Degree in Engineering (Electrical / Electronics / Telecommunication)

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Work with the Joint build partners, customers and internal business/commercial teams and implement new subsea cable projects through diverse, secure and practical routes that meet all stakeholders needs and where there is a customer demand.
• Convert the business requirements into partnership model subsea cable project and work out the project plan for execution with Joint build partners, landing service providers and internal teams.
• Develop ownership and participation structures for consortium projects and work on the Joint Build Agreements (JBA), Landing Party Agreements (LPA), Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), IRU Consortium Agreements as required .
• Consolidate budget inputs from Suppliers, Landing parties, Service providers, Permitting consultants, Internal stakeholders.
• Track Approved budgets, Committed costs, Actual expenditure, Forecast expenditure, Cost-to-complete, Identify cost overruns and financial risks and recommend corrective actions where required for the Supply and Non-Supply items of the Project.
• Manage cost-sharing arrangements among consortium partners, cost allocation methodologies, billing/reimbursement, and cost recovery processes, Monitor compliance with agreed partnership arrangements.
• Evaluate project agreement risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Review and support the development of schedules, project milestones, implementation plans, and commissioning strategies.
• Work with the submarine cable vendors & partners and drive the implementation of the submarine cable system including design, manufacturing and installation activities.
• Collaborate with the landing service providers, vendors, partners and various internal teams and ensure that the purchasers’ deliverable items (say permits, cable landing station, fronthaul route, wayleave/lease for the land, etc.) are made ready on or before the target timelines, which also includes the formulation and execution of agreements from the technical aspects.
• Work closely with the customers, partners and suppliers on project implementation activities like site survey, design/build of CLS, installation, testing and commissioning of submarine cable and terminal equipment and follow up regularly to get all activities completed on time.
• Ownership and management of the customer experience and relationship management;
• This position serves as a subject matter expert and a point of contact for the customers and partners on the implementation of the subsea cable projects.
• Conduct periodic review meetings with partners/customers/stakeholders and various vendors/providers to discuss about performance, issues and related action items.
• Travel may be required within the region or other regions to assist at various sites. Must have good communications skills.
• Project activities can often require after-hours coordinated activity and/or unplanned after-hours accessibility involving customer specific.
• Ability to multi-task and work independently with minimal supervision in a non-structured environment. Superior interpersonal skills required to work with suppliers, partners, customers and internal departments for managing the life cycle activities of the submarine cable.

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JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Engineering. (Electrical, Electronics or Telecommunication Engineering)
• At least 7 to 10 years + relevant experience in submarine cable operations or submarine cable projects
• Experience in driving submarine cable projects especially on the conceptualization, design, vendor selection, contract forming and Project implementation stages.
• Experience in working with submarine cable equipment like PFE, monitoring equipment, OADM, SLTE, OTDR/COTDR, Spectrum analyzer, etc.
• Experience in handling customer service delivery, assurance or partnership management.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to set priorities, recognize basic causes, and recommend problem solutions that meet the practical needs of the business
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Balanced interpersonal style; a team player able to work effectively with employees at all levels
• Self-starter, able to take initiative and work with minimum direction in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work under severe time pressure

BUSINESS SEGMENT

Connectivity PLATFORM Operating Division