IT Project Manager (Core Banking)

Position Reports to: Group Operations Platform Lead, Project Office Position Description: Hold overall responsibility and accountability for IT project management in areas related to Group Operations Work in partnership with the stakeholders to deliver projects to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality. Principal Role: Prepare project feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis and proposals and obtain required approvals from appropriate IT management and project sponsors Establish project plans, resources, budget, timeframes, and assign tasks Identify, track and communicate project progress, milestones, deliverables changes and dependencies within the schedule, costs, issues and risks Manage team's performance of project tasks, provide technical advice and guidance, schedule assignments and training for development, prepare performance appraisals Coordinate project activities across multiple development, product management, user experience and QA teams in a matrix organization Secure acceptance and approval of deliverables or revisions to the project from the project sponsor and stakeholders Communicate project status and progress regularly and timely to project sponsor and stakeholders Plan for and oversee preparation of documentation of each project phase (business requirements, functional specification, project plan, test strategy, test plan, etc), training and support in new/modified applications. Ensure work deliverables are following bank policies and regulatory requirements Manage vendor relationship and deliverables Evaluate and recommend purchases of software packages, hardware and service vendors where appropriate Qualifications Domain Knowledge: Knowledge in Banking or Financial Institution Domain is essential Experience in Banking Operations projects and solution will be an added advantage, example, Annual Swift Releases, automated workflow on customer account maintenance, loan/credit administration, various fulfilment processing at major core banking functions Understanding of technical aspects of system integration in a mix technology environment. Qualifications/Experience Tertiary education required 5-10 years in project management in IT in financial institution delivering projects exceeding S$2 mil Certification or formal training in project management is an advantage Self-starting with excellent leadership and team building skills Ability to resolve complex problems creatively