Hiring Project Manager (IT) _ Singapore (Based Out)

Hiring: Project Manager (IT)

Location: Singapore (someone who is based out of Singapore)

Experience: 8+ Years

Job Overview:

The primary purpose of the project manager role is to lead, oversee and ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects. The project manager must do this within scope, to a certain quality, and within time and cost constraints. These factors may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value.

Primary Responsibilities and Activities:

• Collaborate with business users to document business requirements, draft the RFP, lead the RFP evaluation process by working with Vendors and Business users to select the final vendor.
• Analyze proposals from Vendors in response to our RFP to review time frame & scope, identify project risks, funding limitations and project management approach & methodologies to ensure it is aligned to our expectations.
• Work with Vendor project manager to track project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle, and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
• Participate in requirement and design discussions, be solution oriented, guide the business users in leading them to the right solution which is aligned to the enterprise architecture and strategy.
• Participate in technical discussions such as interface and user access design, act as a bridge between vendor, business and our IT team.
• Monitor project activities, ensuring the quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and look and feel across the organization.
• Perform risk assessment and implement mitigation plans.
• Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
• Ensure that project goals are achieved.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of project team members / business users to ensure that projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Review the status reports prepared by vendor project manager for accuracy.
• Report weekly project status to the head of department.
• Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management.

Job Requirements:

Education:-

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems (or a related field), project management or general business management. Alternatively, equivalent IT experience. Project manager training and certification is desirable.

Experience: -

• Eight or more years of IT experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving
• A minimum of two years of demonstrated competency in a junior or assistant project management role involving the execution of multiple projects or a large project
• Three or more years of BU or BU-facing experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving
• Experience in leading a team
• Experience and ability in using “soft skills” or “people skills”

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to lead and motivate others; ability to empathize and knowledge of personality types.
• Ability to adapt to new circumstances in a changing business environment.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (for example, that of the Project Management Institute, PRINCE2 and Agile approaches).
• Sensitivity to working in a political environment and to interacting with senior leadership.
• Knowledge of project-planning tools.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Expertise in setting and managing customer expectations.
• Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills. This blend is vital because this is a highly visible position with substantial impact.
• Effective influencing and negotiating skills in an environment where this role may not directly control resources.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence.
• Good understanding of current and emerging technologies, and of how other enterprises are using them to drive digital business.
• Ability to develop and execute a project resource plan that ensures that the right people are in the right place doing the right things at the right time.

Regards

Jitendrra Chauhan