Transition Project Manager

Go-Ahead Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport company in Singapore seeks an experienced senior leader to handle complex transport mobilisation, ensuring operational readiness and compliance while managing large-scale programmes across multiple locations. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience leading infrastructure and transition projects in regulated environments. Responsibilities include executive leadership and direct accountability for performance and commercial outcomes in the transport sector.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of senior leadership experience in transport infrastructure projects.
• Hands-on experience in operational readiness and systems integration.
• Ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary programmes with fixed deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership with accountability for transport mobilisation.
• Lead PMO governance across large-scale transport initiatives.
• Ensure compliance and performance requirements from service delivery start.

Skills

Leadership

Transport operations

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide senior executive leadership with full commercial and financial accountability for complex transport mobilisation and transition programmes within highly regulated operating environments.
• Establish and lead enterprise-level programme and PMO governance, including assurance, reporting, integrated scheduling, and risk management across large-scale transport initiatives.
• Lead end-to-end transport operational readiness, ensuring safety, compliance, and performance requirements are achieved from the start of service delivery.
• Oversee planning, coordination, and delivery of major transport operational facilities and enabling infrastructure, including design interfaces, construction delivery, and commissioning.
• Manage concurrent, multi-location transport programmes, controlling interdependencies, resourcing, and critical-path risk across complex delivery portfolios.
• Act as the senior point of accountability for transport regulators, executive stakeholders, delivery partners, and suppliers, leading commercial negotiations, performance management, and issue resolution.

Job Requirements:

• 10+ years of senior leadership experience delivering large-scale transport infrastructure, capital works, and operational transition programmes, including multi-location initiatives.
• Hands-on experience in transport operations, infrastructure delivery, and systems integration, with proven capability in achieving operational readiness.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multi-disciplinary programmes, managing interdependencies, critical-path risk, and fixed regulatory or contractual deadlines.
• Advanced expertise in transport operations and mobilisation, with a strong track record of working with regulators, executive teams, and delivery partners.
• Experience operating at senior management level, leading large teams and taking full commercial, financial, and performance accountability.