Major Financial Institution is seeking a Technology Delivery Project Manager to oversee the delivery of technology projects, ensuring they meet business requirements, are completed on time, and within budget.
Responsibilities of the Candidate:
- Project Management: Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of technology projects. Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocations.
- Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders. Ensure clear and consistent communication regarding project status, risks, and issues.
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of project managers, developers, and other technical staff. Foster a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with project delivery. Develop contingency plans to address potential challenges.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure that all projects meet quality standards and comply with regulatory requirements. Implement best practices for software development and project management.
- Budget Management: Oversee project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within financial constraints. Track expenses and report on budget performance.
- Vendor Management: Coordinate with external vendors and partners as necessary. Manage contracts and ensure vendor deliverables meet project requirements.
- Continuous Improvement: Promote continuous improvement in project delivery processes. Implement lessons learned and best practices from previous projects.
- Work with the Global Agile and DevOps teams to ensure that successful delivery of APAC Regional Solutions.
- Liaise between enterprise and program technical leaders, implement, and propagate innovation, technical solution assets and best practices.
- Create and use intellectual capital to solve diverse technical and client issues in an innovative way.
- Articulate the business and technical value of solutions and products to senior managers and technical decision makers.
- Leads and coordinates routines to support delivery (for example, kick-offs, status reviews, stakeholder meetings, change controls, and tollgates, etc.)
- Manages coordination of delivery and dependencies across multiple teams and multiple timezones.
- Facilitates communication and collaboration across organizations to support the deliverable completion and timelines.
- Provides status updates for the deliverables to stakeholders and leadership pertaining to delivery, risks, issues, and schedule.
- Works with sponsors and stakeholders to ensure that execution is aligned with deliverable requirements.
- Supports resource planning for delivery and execution.
- Ensures adherence with Enterprise Change Management standards.
Requirements:
- Must Language: Chinese & English
- Verbal communication with Chinese speaking vendors
- Ability to read & write (Simplified and Traditional Chinese)
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in project management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role within the Banking Technology sector.
- Preferred to have experience in managing China/ Taiwan projects.
- Experience of running multi-million dollars initiatives.
- Experience of working on Regulatory initiatives.
- Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project management certification is preferred.
- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall). Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project).
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams. Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Communication Skills: Outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Ability to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities. Ability to analyze project data and make informed decisions.
- Adaptability: Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Flexibility to adapt to changing business needs and priorities.
- Good understanding of Technical Architecture.
- Good knowledge and working experience with Agile software development methodology.
- Prior experience in online treasury payments and liquidity development.
- Ability and experience to lead projects with direct reports on special initiatives.
- Ability to collaborate with external programmers to coordinate delivery of software application. Entail regular interaction with global initiative technology managers and team leads.
- Demonstrated abilities in prioritization and execution of multiple tasks are required to be successful in this position.
- Energetic, Self-motivated and can collaborate across a broad team and support groups across geography.
- Team Player and self-starter. Lead team of developers and own delivery
- Ability to proactively juggle responsibilities with a positive and can-do attitude
- Preferred to have good understanding about the application Infrastructure setup, Containerization, and application management skills.
We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified / contacted.
Job Reference: Siobhan 541513
EA Registration No.: R24121038, Siobhan Jane Covey
Allegis Group Singapore Pte Ltd, Company Reg No. 200909448N, EA License No. 10C4544