Vice President Senior IT Project Manager

MANPOWER STAFFING SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency in Singapore is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead a range of projects within the banking sector. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, at least 10 years of relevant experience in IT Project Management, and be proficient in tools such as JIRA and MS Project. Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage stakeholders are essential for success in this dynamic role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT Project Management in the banking sector.
• Experience in system development and writing functional/technical specifications.
• Good understanding of software development life cycles (Waterfall/Agile).

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to deliver projects across multiple domains.
• Manage all aspects of project engagement from planning to execution.
• Maintain stakeholder expectations through governance processes.

Skills

Proficiency in JIRA

MS Project

PowerPoint

Excel

Visio

Problem solving skills

Negotiation skills

Executive level communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or Computer Science

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading teams to deliver projects spanning multiple domains.

• Delivering projects within quality gate controls as defined in company Software Development Lifecycle while managing issues, risk, dependencies and project change as core competencies

• Accountable to run the project on a day to day basis, verify that the project produces the required deliverables of quality, within the specified boundaries of time and cost and to achieve the potential benefits as defined in the pre-project business case.

• Manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues.

• Continually manage stakeholders expectations through governance processes

• Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication

• Provide status reporting to company management regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies and communicating across leadership and relevant project stakeholders.

• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business

• Own the full project lifecycle end to end

• Ensure the program is aligned to and supports strategic objectives

• Prepared detailed project plan for all phases of the project

• Manage the day to day project activities, including project management working and steering committees

• Understand interdependencies between technology and business needs

• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies, and critical path deliverables

• Ensure that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or equivalent, with min. 10years of experience in IT Project Management in the banking sector.

• Experience in system development work with prior experience in functional, technical specifications and system development

• Proficiency in JIRA, MS Project, Powerpoint, Excel, Visio

• Good understanding and experience in software development cycle (Waterfall or Agile best practices)

• Highly effective communicating with non-technical stakeholders, proficient communicating with technical stakeholders

• Good problem solving, analytical, synthesis, system thinking and solutioning skills

• Good negotiation skills and vendor project management skills

• Experience in vendor product management will be an added advantage

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus

• A confident and self aware leader with a high degree of independence with analytical/ problem solving ability

• Able to clearly articulate complex matters and provide recommendations on best course of action to be taken

• Full end to end project management in a lead role

• Executive level communication skills

• Ability to multitask and perform well under pressure

• Willing to face with unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

• Ability to work both unsupervised and in a team orientated environment, under pressure and manage deadlines