Senior Project Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

RHB Singapore is a progressive and growing financial organization. We are committed to creating a fulfilling, dynamic and engaging work environment for our team of more than 15,000 employees across nine locations in ASEAN and China 

Job Description

Project Office Management

  • Provide project related advisory to business/support function heads so that strategic initiatives are well scoped and planned.
  • Supervise all projects status and provide timely reporting to country management and business users.
  • Foster partnership with stakeholders and working level from business and support units, technology counterparts and vendors to articulate project objectives and drive performance.
  • Provide mentorship to team members to ensure project tracking & delivery, problem solving, issue escalation and resolution, documentation completeness and compliance.
  • Build up a systematic project management framework to improve oversight & controls :
  1. Planning phrase (scope, solution, project plan, schedule, resources and cost);
  2. Executing phrase (detailed work breakdown, issue management, communication to senior management)
  3. Manage project related financials to ensure project related spend is tracked accurately;
  4. Standardize work methods (implement project tools, templates and techniques)
  5. Encourage sharing of best practices and tools acquisition

Project Lead

  • Work with senior country management to put up all project related papers, budget &/or payment requests to seek approval at Country and Group level.
  • Develop and execute project plan in accordance to agreed scope, solution, schedule and cost.
  • Prepare PSC reporting materials and conduct PSC / work stream meetings where applicable.
  • Maintain close communication and status reporting to key stakeholders to minimize communication gap and harness collaboration and support.
  • Manage the full Project Life Cycle, not just limited to IT scope, including but not restricted to managing : project scoping / gap analysis, project scheduling, work break down, resource allocation, BRD sign-off, vendor/system assessment etc.
  • Build rapport with stakeholders and working members from business and support units, technology counterparts and vendors to deliver project objectives and contribute performance.

Qualifications

Formal Education:

  • Bachelor Degree/Masters Qualification

Professional Accreditation:

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) desired but not mandatory

Preferred level of Experience (by years/function/industry):

  • Minimum 10 years’ of systems project management in financial industry, IT or consultancy firms;
  • Proven track record of successful implementation of large scale projects and managing group of projects;
  •  Experience in chairing PSC and management reporting.

Other skills required:

  • Outstanding project management skill.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills to ensure effective engagement with business stakeholders, Group Technology and vendors.
  • Strong resource management and problem solving skills.

Additional Information

RHB is a dynamic organization that promotes a work culture of high performance, where its biggest asset, the RHB-ians, are continuously developed & nurtured to their fullest potential through its robust talent management practices.
 

At RHB, we take PRIDE in our people and our teams. Great relationships built on trust, a ‘leading it right’environment, challenging assignments and a culture of excellence are the pillars to the dynamic and diversified workplace we call home.