The Role : The Project Manager has the key responsibility of proactively leading, managing and supporting the execution of IT projects across the organization with the purpose of providing efficient and effective management of project and programme functions by maintaining project governance and effectiveness, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects within quality standards, scope, time and cost. The incumbent will work in support of business lines and technical areas in the development and successful delivery of application solutions to support business growth and solve business issues. This role would report to Head of IT PMO.
Key Responsibilities:
Operations:
Fully understand and manage the scope (both technical and business) to plan effectively around delivery constraints (i.e. system, budget, resources and timeline) and optimize the plan to maximize benefits and minimize risk.
Manage assigned projects independently in accordance to work plan within constraints, considering the delivery approach, key milestones and dependencies within the plan, requirements and scope, effort and resources, budgets and quality whilst ensuring project governance.
Undertake aspects of project management from planning, research and analysis, coordination of all workstreams / activities, stakeholder management, implementation and control.
Analyze resource needs, cost and stakeholder requirements to ensure smooth execution of projects.
Proactively monitor project execution to effectively identify risks / issues / dependencies as they arise throughout the project lifecycle. Take ownership of critical issues and ensure resolution within agreed timescales and implement mitigating plans against identified risks and issues. Escalate when needed to the Project Sponsor and/or Steering Committee.
Promote and take accountability for project quality; identify opportunities to improve delivery and oversee the governance process to reduce risk and ensure effective and timely decisions are taken.
Develop, prepare and deliver good quality of deliverables including documentation, presentation, status updates with regular reporting of project plan progress.
Collaborate with subject matter experts, technical and/or cross-functional teams, work closely and engage project owners / stakeholders regularly and exchange project updates to ensure timely projects' deliverables.
Ensure assigned projects are compliant to Project Management Framework, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) policies / SOPs and ITIL processes.
Governance and Control:
Responsible for ensuring the day-to-day management of IT PMO activities are consistent with the risk strategy, including the risk appetite and policies.
Work closely with Risk Management department in ensuring the Enterprise Risk Management Framework is implemented consistently and effectively throughout the lifecycle of Project.
Responsible for ensuring the associated risks are mitigated by implementing appropriate internal controls as well as allocating appropriate resources.
Growth and Financial:
Provide financial analysis, market / business analysis and research, process mapping and business case development support including cost benefit, economic and other related quantitative & qualitative studies and analyses.
Evaluate projects and opportunities and prepare P&L forecasts, cost/benefit analysis and implementation recommendations.
Facilitate the decision making of prioritization and potential business integration strategies, planning and execution, including preparation of projects and other presentation materials / investment approval papers.
Candidate Qualifications:
Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
The candidate must have a university degree withat least 5 years' working experiencepreferably in financial institution or insurance domain with proven track record for managing multiple projects within timelines. It is an added advantage to have knowledge and/or experience in Product Development Lifecycle, Software Development Lifecycle and/or ITIL processes.
The candidate should possess strong business analytical ability, organizational and stakeholder management skills. The candidate should have good business acumen, is analytical, result-oriented, customer focused and has a flair for very detailed and quality execution.
The candidate should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to be able to positively manage working relationships with multiple stakeholders both internally and externally. Superior writing and communication skills are absolute requirements. Able to deliver insightful presentations, opinion and guidance.
The candidate is highly versatile, sharp, resourceful, proactive, and mature and is self-driven / committed to achieve high performance standards within aggressive deadlines. He/she is able to 'think out of the box', work independently and integrate into a diverse team.
Any professional certification (i.e. PMP, CAPM, ACP, or CSM) will be an advantage.#J-18808-Ljbffr