Senior Project Manager

Octave; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Octave is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of customer solutions across the APAC region. Based in Singapore and reporting to the Program Manager, APAC, you will own large, complex projects from initiation to transition into support.

You will manage budgets, risks, and stakeholder reporting, while coaching junior PMs and contributing to PMO governance. This is a hybrid role requiring strong leadership and delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• This role requires at least 10 years of vendor-side project management experience.
• Experience delivering complex software development projects across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery.
• Strong governance, risk, quality controls and executive-level communication.

Responsibilities

• Owning project scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies and change control
• Managing project budgets, commercials and profit and loss
• Identifying, reporting and mitigating delivery risks and issues
• Providing clear reporting to executives, steering committees, sponsors and customers
• Coordinating internal teams, customers, external partners and third-party suppliers
• Influencing stakeholders across departments without formal authority
• Supporting sales and pre-sales as opportunities transition into delivery
• Coaching junior Project Managers
• Contributing to PMO governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement

Skills

Vendor PM

Executive communication

Leadership

Budget management

Stakeholder influence

Delivery governance

Education

Tertiary qualification in IT/CS or related

Tools

Microsoft Project

DevOps tooling

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Job Overview

OCTAVE is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of customer solutions across the APAC region. Based in Singapore and reporting to the Program Manager, APAC, you will take ownership of large, complex projects from initiation through to transition into support. This is a senior delivery role for someone who can see the whole picture while maintaining control of scope, financials, risk, quality and delivery detail.

What you will be responsible for

You will lead internal project teams and third-party vendors to deliver high-quality customer outcomes on time and within budget. Working within established PMO governance, you will keep delivery moving, address issues before they derail progress and provide clear, timely reporting to internal and external stakeholders.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Owning project scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies and change control
• Managing project budgets, commercials and profit and loss
• Identifying, reporting and mitigating delivery risks and issues
• Providing clear reporting to executives, steering committees, sponsors and customers
• Coordinating internal teams, customers, external partners and third-party suppliers
• Influencing stakeholders across departments without relying on formal authority
• Supporting sales and pre-sales teams as opportunities transition into delivery
• Coaching junior Project Managers and strengthening delivery capability
• Contributing to PMO governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement

What you will bring

This opportunity is best suited to a seasoned project leader with at least 10 years of vendor-side project management experience, particularly in the delivery of complex software development projects. You will be comfortable working across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid environments, leading several teams and communicating confidently at executive level.

You will also bring:

• A strong record of delivering large, complex technology projects
• Experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets and project commercials
• Senior customer, sponsor and steering committee engagement experience
• Strong project controls, governance, delivery assurance and quality management capability
• Proven leadership, negotiation and stakeholder-influencing skills
• Commercial acumen and the ability to balance customer outcomes with delivery realities
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project or comparable project management tools
• A tertiary qualification in Business, IT, Computer Science or a related discipline
• PMI, PMP or PRINCE2 certification
• Scrum Master or a comparable Agile certification
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, BDD, SAFe, ITIL, mission-critical environments or data security would be valuable. Program or portfolio management experience would also be advantageous.

About Octave

Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle - Design, Build, Operate and Protect - where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.

Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.

Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn .

Why work for Octave?

All in. Always forward. That's the way we do things around here. We put trust in our people because we believe it's the best way to unleash potential, bring ideas to life, and keep moving ahead. And it's why we're committed to creating an environment that's truly supportive, providing you with the resources you need to support your ambitions, no matter who you are or where you are in the world.

Everyone is welcome

At Octave, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams are critical to the success of our people and our business. Here, everyone is welcome. As an inclusive workplace, we don't discriminate. In fact, we embrace differences and are fully committed to creating equal opportunities, an inclusive environment, and fairness for all.

Respect is the cornerstone of how we operate, so speak up and be yourself. You're valued here.