Senior Technical PM — AI Platform Delivery

NCS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS is seeking a Principal Project Director (Technical Project Manager) to lead the end-to-end delivery of a centralized AI platform across APAC. You will coordinate engineering, architecture, security, vendor, and business teams to ensure on-schedule, within-scope delivery of components like Model & Inference Gateway, Shared Agent Runtime, and Developer Portal.

The role requires 5–8 years in enterprise IT/AI/ML project management, strong planning discipline, and deep cloud/AI platform

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience as a Project Manager or Technical Project Manager in enterprise IT, cloud, or AI/ML projects.
• Proven track record delivering platform or infrastructure projects involving multi-team coordination.
• Strong project planning and execution discipline (Agile / Scrum / Hybrid methodologies).
• Solid technical understanding of cloud and AI platforms to effectively engage engineers and architects.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, MLOps, vector databases, LLMOps, cloud services, and enterprise security practices.
• Experience working in telco, large enterprise, or regulated industries preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and vendor coordination skills.
• Strong risk management and issue resolution capabilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and delivery roadmaps.
• Drive execution of MVP within the 90-day timeline and manage subsequent phased rollouts.
• Track progress across multiple workstreams (gateway, runtime, RAG, training plane, developer portal, ops/security, integration, vendor solutions).
• Manage interdependencies, risks, issues, and mitigation strategies.
• Partner with engineering, architects, security, and Value Pool teams to align requirements and deliverables.
• Coordinate external vendors, hyperscaler partners, and open-source integrations.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and technical workshops.
• Ensure alignment between business priorities and technical execution.
• Understand core AI platform components and translate technical requirements into structured project tasks.
• Review architecture and design decisions to confirm scope alignment.
• Support implementation of project tooling including CI/CD pipelines, dashboards, observability, and security gates.
• Maintain RAID logs, dashboards, and executive status reporting.
• Provide clear leadership updates on scope, delivery progress, blockers, and risk mitigation.
• Embed AI Safety, Responsible AI, and enterprise security compliance checkpoints into the delivery lifecycle.
• Support onboarding of pilot business unit use cases to shared platform services.
• Coordinate documentation, training materials, and developer portal content.
• Drive early adoption success and stakeholder satisfaction.

Skills

Project management

Agile / Scrum / Hybrid

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms

AI/ML platforms

Kubernetes

MLOps

LLMOps

Security practices

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Observability tooling

Job description

NCS is seeking a Principal Project Director (Technical Project Manager) to lead the end-to-end delivery of a centralized AI platform across APAC. You will coordinate engineering, architecture, security, vendor, and business teams to ensure on-schedule, within-scope delivery of components like Model & Inference Gateway, Shared Agent Runtime, and Developer Portal.

The role requires 5–8 years in enterprise IT/AI/ML project management, strong planning discipline, and deep cloud/AI platform