Role Summary:
Leads and sets the direction for executing very large project, national project or cross functional projects from budgeting, workplanning, procurement, execution and completion. He/She partners with key stakeholders and determines project goals that support business objectives and strategies. He/Shes leads/supports the conceptualisation & evaluation of the design of the end-to-end solution and manages the product /technology roadmap for the project/s. He/She directs a large team or multiple teams of professionals and third-party vendors or service providers towards reaching business goals related to the projects. He/She manages workplan, manpower resources, budgets, quality, compliance, risks and issues effectively to minimise any impact to the delivery and corporate outcomes.
Job Responsibilites:
Project Planning
- Manage the workplan demands, budget & prioritisation of workplan
- Plan, hire and optimise manpower resources to support the workplan demands
- Form team and set up the appropriate project governance structure to deliver the workplan demands
- Advise and guide the project teams on project management best practices and ensure the right framework, templates, tools and systems are used to deliver each project to achieve the scope, budget and deadlines objectives as well as compliance to the Quality Management System and HealthTech Instruction Manual
- Provide expert advice, review and approve deliverables such as procurement plan, solution design, integrated project plan, scope, budget, cost reasonableness, schedule, dependency, resources to ensure the projects are able to meet the business objectives and strategies.
- Define the expectations for periodic and milestone reviews including status reports, project issue & risk identification, mitigation/actions etc to ensure successful project implementation
Project Implementation
- Conduct regular review of project status to ensure project progress as planned and detect any risks in schedule slippage or scope creep early, and provide guidance for mitigations/prevention
- Guide team in complex problem resolution and develop corrective actions
- Oversee and ensure all the project deliverables are delivered in acordance to the agreed scope, budget, timeline and meet the quality objectives
- Develop, and maintain a trusted and strong relationship with key stakeholders, especially project sponsors, and manage their expectations and gain agreement towards achieving project objectives, and achieve a win-win outcome for all parties
- Guide and support team in resolving stakeholder's escalations and make sound trade-off decisions without compromising quality and project objectives
- Manage and escalate key issues to the senior management or stakeholders for immediate attention
Job Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years of relevant hands-on experience in IT project planning and management
- Possess excellent leadership skills with experience in managing very large and complex projects across multiple cross functional teams.
- Ability to develop and maintains a trusted and strong relationship with key stakeholders and work collaboratively with all parties.
- Possess excellent people management skills in mentoring, coaching, guiding and developing teams to meet the programmes and corporate objectives and to ensure compliance to established process and procedure such as the Quality Management System and HealthTech Instruction Manual
- Excellent communication skills, possess an innovative mindset, thinks critically, acts with agility and able to handle adversity.
