Technical Project Manager

UC TECH PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UC TECH PTE. LTD. in Singapore is seeking a Project Manager to lead the delivery of large and complex System Integration and Migration/Modernization commitments.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience managing OS patching, databases, middleware, and storage arrays, plus transformation experience to automation. Strong leadership and communication are essential to coordinate cross-functional teams across geographies.

Qualifications

• Leadership: strong people leadership and teamwork abilities.
• Analytical: ability to analyze complex requirements and risks.
• Communication: clear, proactive communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex SI projects, including system integration and migration/modernization, ensuring on-time delivery within scope and budget.
• Manage multi-vendor engagements and offshore teams with accountability for results.
• Establish and maintain a communication plan with project team and stakeholders; provide regular status updates.

Job description

Job Description & Requirements

(Only Singaporean & PR will be considered)

Job Description:

The Project Manager is responsible for successful project management & delivery of large and complex System Integration and Migration / Modernization commitments.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience managing OS Patching (all OS), databases, middleware, network equipment and storage arrays, plus transformation experience to automation.

Individuals within this specialty and skill set manage project engagements, ensuring delivery of solutions for complex IT, business and project requirements. This specialty is responsible for leading a project team in delivering a solution with overall performance responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management. They are responsible for managing all project resources, including delivery resources, vendors and subcontractors, and for establishing an effective communication plan with the project team and stakeholders, while providing day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the client.

Minimum requirements for successful candidates would include:

Leadership: Demonstrate passion for the business, customer insight, breakthrough thinking, drive to achieve, team leadership, teamwork, decisiveness, building organizational capabilities, developing talent, and personal dedication

Project / Business Leadership: Successfully managed large multidisciplinary teams: $5M to $10M in size, 20,000 hours (3,000 hours), 50+ people. Must be a recognized positive influence among teammates and have a proven ability to lead others. The successful candidate will have demonstrated +8 years’ experience managing complex turnkey IT implementations involving working with distributed Agile delivery teams over multiple geographies.

• Strong communication, analytical skills and a customer service orientation
• Extensive project management experience and proven skill to ensure that project objectives and goals are met within agreed upon time, scope, resource, budget and quality requirements
• Supports the financial performance of assigned business areas.
• Report and communicate project successes, risks, and status to leadership and stakeholders

Enforces compliance of project management methodology and deliverables

• Experience directing the work of others and coordinate diverse cross functional teams.
• Facilitate discussions, conduct meetings and drive initiatives and issues to conclusion
• Consult with stakeholders to gather and document requirements and specifications for solutions and enhancements
• Ability to quickly comprehend requirements and transform them into project tasks/deliverables
• Ability to multi-task and support multiple priorities / multiple deliverables simultaneously
• Drives the execution of standard processes and controls to protect company assets
• Oversees month-end closing activities, reconciliations, and audit findings for assigned areas of responsibility
• Communicate project plans and routine updates on project status and issues/risks to the project team, stakeholders and management utilizing project planning tools such as MS Project and other project tracking utilities.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships
• Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates
• Manage vendor relationships - manage supplier/partner contracts, manage day-to-day relationships
• Ability to create a variety of documentation and communications
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Will require flexibility on non-standard work hours as required depending upon projects/demands
• Proven track record of managed delivery with consistent timeliness and quality outcomes

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• At least 6 years of experience as a Complex SI Project Management Professional.
• At least 5 years of experience in managing multi-vendor and complex systems integration projects, working in a distributed team environment, managing offshore teams with demonstrable outcome.