Position Overview
The Project Manager is responsible for driving the successful delivery of one large project or multiple small projects within a business domain or cross functional projects. They ensure the project is well planned, on-track, resolves issues across different functions immediately and mitigates any potential risks early to avoid project failure. The Project Manager also leads cross functional teams, works in collaboration and co-ordinates with business users, internal and external teams, and vendors to ensure project is successfully completed within budget & scope, on time and with quality as well as provides regular progress update to key stakeholders and management and escalate issues for resolution in a timely manner. The Project manager also participates in annual work planning and manage the estimation of budget for new demands.
The incumbent should possess strong communication skills, project management and people management skills. Also, confident to lead the large project or multiple projects and drives cross functional teams in a structured and methodological manner to meet the business objectives. He/she likes to pursue excellence and new knowledge, and actively impact new knowledge and skills to others. They must be adaptable to change in an agile and volatile environment while taking ownership and deliver works with integrity.
Role & Responsibilities
Project Management Planning
- Plan and drive the required procurement activities including seeking the project scope and funding approval from the respective approving authority
- Guide team to set up the project management framework in accordance to the process and procedures under the Quality Management System
- Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan which includes the project scope, project objectives, assumptions, critical success factors, project governance structure, contract/vendor management, high level project schedule, deliverables, budget, risks, communication plan, issue management etc.
Project Scope Mgt & Change Control
- Guide the project team to set up change control procedure and approval board
- Manage and track issues/ arising from scope creep or missing scope
- Implement a change control procedure on requirements and perform impact assessment to budget, resource & schedule when there is change of scope
Project Time Management
- Develop the detailed project activities and schedule, identify dependency and critical paths and drive and monitor the project activities, schedule and deadlines to ensure timely delivery
- Manage any slippage in project activities & schedule, manage interdependent activities and adjust schedules to ensure the overall project objectives and deadlines can be met
Project Quality & Test Management
- Guide the project team to develop the Quality Assurance framework for the project, including overall Test Plan
- Plan and deliver the project in accordance to the processes, procedures and responsibilities under the Quality Management System for Project Management Methodology
- Ensure all the deliverables and testing meet the agreed requirements through the use of a Requirement Traceability Matrix
- Ensure all the deliverables comply with policy stated in the HealthTech Instruction Manual, for examples, the Security and Data Management Policy
- Ensure deliverables are reviewed to minimise rework and prevent system failures, including development of mechanism to prevent problem recurrences
- Implement a comprehensive testing plan and adopt the best practices for testing referencing the Test Competency Framework
- Oversee and manage the end to end testing process, including any testing deliverables from vendors or internal teams, as well as support users in User Acceptance Testing
Project Risk Management
- Identify the risk and evaluate the impact of project risk during project planning stage and put in place a mitigation plan
- Monitor and manage new risks & issues throughout the project implementation life cycle
- Report any new risk, issues and progress of mitigation/action to the user workgroup/project steering committee/project sponsor
- Escalate new risk & issue, where necessary, for project steering committee/project sponsor for attention and resolution
Project Stakeholder Management
- Implement communication plan to ensure all stakeholders are aligned on project objectives, scope and timeline
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related field
- Proven experience with strong knowledge as a Project Manager in IT infrastructure projects, with a focus on systems and network and also prior experience as an engineer in either systems or network domain
- Previous work experience from the SI environment would be ideal.
- Experience for more than 5 years in involving in areas of project management like project bid like RFP, project matrix, pricing, SLAs, legal, finance, procurement - overall end - to-end scope of Project Management.
- PMP or equivalent project manager certification is a plus
- Proficiency in project management software and tools
- Excellent communication, leadership and team management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and work effectively under pressure
EA Licence No: 11C5502 | EAP Registration No: R22109400
