Director, Programme/ Project Management MY

Location: Malaysia

Key Responsibilities:

Project Leadership and Management

1. Develop and manage all phases of projects including project scoping, business cases approval, project planning, budgets, risk management, quality control, implementation and post implementation review.
2. Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables.
3. Develop project plans, define and schedule project activities and resource requirements.
4. Liaise with external vendors in sourcing, selection and implementation of software products.
5. Manage and track progress of cross-cultural IT teams and vendors on deliverables, costs, schedule, inter-team/project dependencies, risks and issues using appropriate tools.
6. Ensure deliverables are in compliance with organisation’s policies, quality standards and regulatory requirements.
7. Manage project financials to ensure that project is delivered within budget.
8. Manage vendor relationship, including vendor contract negotiation and contract management.
9. Assist in identifying improvement areas in organisation’s project management processes.
10. Constantly monitor and periodically report on progress of the project, problems encountered and proposed solution to all stakeholders.
11. Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project deliverables
12. Provide leadership and manage performance of project resources including internal and external parties who are involved in the execution of the projects.
13. Analyse and manage the impacts, interfaces and inter-dependencies of different projects.
14. Solve business and technical problems and propose alternatives or solutions.
15. Manage, track and report the project benefit post implementation.

Stakeholder & Change Management

1. To establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders 
2. To facilitate the communication of change with key stakeholders and impacted personnel

Team Management

1. To manage weekly team standups 

Job Specification 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Certification in PMP, SCRUM Master, PRINCE2 and/or ACP is preferred
• Min 15 years as Programme/ Project Manager managing large scale projects in banks/ FIs with successful IT projects implementation track record
• Has run project values more than RM5 millions 
• Experience in managing multi programmes/projects in dynamic and complex environment

Required Competencies and Skills 

Technical/Functional skills

• Banking Operations, Products, Services and Technology
• Portfolio/Programme/Project Management Processes, Techniques, Different SDLC (Waterfall, Agile, Etc.) and Automated Tools
• End-To-End IT Life Cycle and Project Management (Pipeline, Resource, Demand, Project Delivery, Financial)
• Project Management Quality And Risk Assessment Principles and Processes
• Flexible In Conforming To Shifting Priorities, Demands And Timelines
• Analytical
• Problem-Solving
• Communicate Technical Concepts to Technical and Non-Technical Audiences

Non-Technical Skills

• Prioritization and Execution in a high-pressure environment
• Collaboration and Influencing 
• Interpersonal and Communication
• Adaptability 
• Stakeholder Management
• Conflict management
• Change Management 
• Bias to action
• Drive change at velocity
• Manage team effectively

Responsible for overseeing and managing the entire Programme/ Project Management team. This role involves strategic oversight, ensuring successful delivery of projects, and aligning project outcomes with the organisational goals. Plan, coordinate, monitor and lead all aspects of projects implementation to ensure they are successfully completed on time, within budget and scope. To execute projects as a Project Manager for projetcs under the GO Transformation Programme. GO Transformation is aimed at increasing operational productivity and operational resilience. As part of the GO Transformation roadmap, there are various different initiatives identified to automate processes, deploy technology tool or enhance existing system to increase efficiency. The PM will lead the complex digital and automation transformation projects across cross-functional teams