Technical Project Manager (Infra)

NCS Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead and implement large-scale IT projects. This role involves managing project delivery, customer relationships, and team dynamics to ensure successful outcomes. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of IT project management experience and a degree in Information Systems. You will be a key player in driving digital transformation and ensuring that projects meet customer requirements while adhering to quality standards. Join a forward-thinking company that values adventure, excellence, and integrity in every endeavor.

Qualifications

• 5 years of IT project management experience in various organizations.
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Manage large-scale IT projects ensuring quality and timely delivery.
• Negotiate with vendors and manage project resources effectively.

Skills

IT Project Management

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Team Leadership

Education

Degree in Information Systems

Job description

NCSis a leading information and communications technology (ICT) and communications engineering services provider across the Asia-Pacific region and is a member of the Singtel Group. We are headquartered in Singapore and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Singtel Group. We have in-depth domain knowledge and unique capabilities that create business value for customers.

We deliver end-to-end ICT solutions to help governments and enterprises realise business value through digital transformation and the innovative use of technology. Over the years, NCS has played a critical role in the Singapore government’s efforts to computerise the civil service sector and integrate IT into its public services.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the managing and implementing of large-scale IT projects with quality, within scope and to ensure deliverables are on time and conform to processes and standards meeting customer’s requirements.

Project Delivery

• Analyse and document requirements by liaising with a range of people including users and managers, drawing together information needs across a distributed organisation

• Establish and prepare project plans, risk management plans, project milestones and deliverables in consultation with business users and architect/designer

• Manage the implementation of the project on a daily basis with regard to schedules, budget, manpower and quality

• Manage the scope definition and change control mechanism

• Escalate and discuss project overrun issues, scope creep, integration issues, resource requirements with Project Director (PD)/Service Delivery Director (SDD)

• Manage integration of various components of the project including hardware, software installation, testing, business process review, redesign, application development, migration and data conversion etc.

• Manage project activities to ensure timely delivery, including identification of critical path, monitoring and driving completion of interdependent activities and adjustment to project schedules to achieve overall completion deadline

• Manage resources including hardware, software, human resource facilities and logistics required for project so as to ensure completion within budget.

• Review project documentation to ensure that it meets customers requirement and conforms to quality management process, standards and procedures to minimise rework and system failures

• Define project resources, performance reviews and post implementation evaluations

Customer/ Vendor Management

• Negotiate with vendors and across teams to ensure adequate resources are available during various phases of the project

• Build relationships with users, technical staff and management to determine and resolve issues associated with systems implementation

• Manage contracts and subcontractors

• Negotiate with customers on change request effort, schedules and prioritize changes based on business needs

• Clear and open communication with customers on project issues or clarifications

Business Development

• Proactively identify opportunities for further expansion or improvement of services delivered to the customer and liaise with the Account Manager(s) for development of that opportunity

• Be involved in pre-sale activities

Team Management

• Liaise with team members to ensure that all tasks and deliverables are proceeding according to schedule

• Plan, track and monitor the tasks assigned to the team leader/ members

• Delegate tasks effectively by providing clear and specific instructions and goals

• Provide leadership to the project team to ensure that proposals/enhancements are fully analysed and evaluated for their benefits and costs

• Provide the project team with accurate information about business needs and priorities as well as details about existing business systems

• Participate in leadership activities and providing performance feedback and developmental coaching

• Monitor and improve team performance, providing leadership, coaching, and performance management

Professional skills

• 5 years IT project management experience

• Experience in the development, implementation and support of information technology projects in a range of organizations

• Degree in Information Systems or equivalent

• Self-motivated with a positive “can-do” attitude, creative with excellent presentation, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including strong persuasive techniques.

• Able to lead, develop and maintain respectful and trusting relationship

• Proficient in written and spoken English

• Able to travel as required

We are driven by ourAEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We arecommitted to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

Together, wemake the extraordinary happen.