IT Project Manager (experience in financial services industry)

Job Summary:

• Plan and manage projects in line with corporate strategy and goals, using both Waterfall and Agile Methodology.
• Manage and supervise the implementation of application projects (waterfall and agile) to meet user requirements, objectives, cost, timeline and expected benefits.

Job Responsibilities:

Project Management:

• Manage projects to meet scope, objectives, timelines and costs.
• Oversee interdependent work streams and ensure transparent, timely reporting.
• Manage project CAPEX until handover, assist in business case preparation and participate in RFP and contract management.

Stakeholder Communication:

• Collaborate with stakeholders on project status, changes and risks.
• Understand business needs, suggest ideas and maintain continuous communication with teams and vendors.
• Conduct meetings with stakeholders and senior management, preparing approval papers for initiatives.

Project Standards:

• Use standard project management methods and tools.
• Supervise ITIL Change Management processes and ensure proper documentation.
• Ensure projects meet internal standards and specifications, conduct Post Implementation Reviews.

Team and Supplier Management:

• Manage supplier delivery and quality.
• Lead project teams to minimize defects during SIT/UAT/Production.

Project Management Skills:

• Strong understanding of software development life cycle models and in-depth knowledge of both traditional and agile project management principles and practices.
• Ability to coordinate and plan sprints around business requirements, cultivating Agile values and principles.
• Experience with Agile frameworks or methods (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and proficiency in Agile project management tools (e.g., JIRA).
• Familiarity with requirement gathering through user stories, prioritizing, facilitating workshops, and documentation.
• Skilled in business partnering, ability to learn new business domains, requirements elicitation and management, business process analysis and design, and usability.

Requirements:

• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree with honours in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, which is recognized by the government.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in leading and implementing projects using Agile/Scrum practices is required, along with strong skills in project monitoring and tracking.
• Completion of at least 5 end-to-end project lifecycles (from inception to operations).
• Recent exposure (within the last 5 years) in Financial Services Industry such as Bank, Insurance, Investment Firms, Fintech Companies.
• Experience with ERP such as SAP / Oracle.
• Project Management / AGILE / SCRUM Master certification is a must.

For more information, kindly contact Sunny Khoo via WhatsApp at 012-5164406 or via email at sunny.khoo@peoplelake.asia