IT Project Manager

BACKGROUND

Our client is a banking and financial institution that is looking for experienced project managers to assist with the IT Project. 

JOB ROLE

Project Planning

• Provide a clear definition of the project in terms of scope, work schedule, stakeholders, risks, resources, communication plan, and benefit measures.

• Develop project plan based on business case (if any) or agreed scope for approval by Project Sponsor / Project Steering Committee (PSC).

• Project baseline accepted

• Alignment on Project plan and scope.

Responsibilities

• Project Execution 

• Develop work breakdown structure (WBS) for resource allocation and identify dependencies.

• Define and communicate roles and responsibilities of project team (including vendor) to ensure alignment in terms of expectation and accountabilities.

• Create and maintain work schedules, define milestones and critical path for timely completion.

• Understands the scope and requirements of the project and ensures the implementation is compliant to customer processes and BNM regulations.

• Understands technical issues and escalate issues as needed and drive them to resolution.

• Articulate project challenges or roadblock and communicate impact to the Project Sponsor / PSC.

• Manage change using appropriate verification techniques to assess impact, evaluate options, estimate cost, and present justification for approval by Project Sponsor / PSC.

• Identify and escalate project interdependencies and propose mitigation for associated risks.

Key Result Area

• Detailed project plan and clear milestones

• Alignment on scope, budget, schedule, team, risk / issue, communication

• Project closure with support model accepted

• Stakeholder satisfaction

• Project deliverables documentation

• Benefit Tracking Plan

• Initiate and oversee the implementation of benefit tracking prior to project completion.

Post Implementation

• Change and Risk Management

• PMO / Project Governance

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in managing at least 5 full-time team members, excluding the implementation vendor

• Experience in managing Agile projects as Scrum Master will be an added advantage.

• Project management methodology (Waterfall / Agile / Kanban)

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 5 years of experience in managing IT projects and system implementation / enhancement, with at least 1 full lifecycle of system implementation

• B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent

•  Background in Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services is a plus

•  Malaysian Citizens, PR, Foreigners with EP