Lead end-to-end delivery of banking technology and operations projects: manage stakeholders, scope, budget, risks, governance, implementation, change control, and reporting. Prepare investment approvals, run steering and working meetings, ensure IT governance and cross-functional coordination.
PROJECT MANAGER
Important Information
Location: Singapore
Responsibilities:
- Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Acts as a trusted advisor for business for all new business demands requiring technology or operations enablement / solution
- Manage project stakeholders, e.g., escalation, expectation, conflict, scope changes, etc.
- Manage relationships with stakeholders
- Ensure teams work in a collaborative environment.
- Project Management
- Responsible for the overall delivery of the project (Quality, Scope, Budget)
- Develop and execute the Overall Project Plan
- Module/project delivery in strategic programs
- Scope Management
- Manage all changes to the agreed scope of work
- Review and assess changes and impact to timeline & cost
- Ensure all changes are approved by Project Steering Committee
- Project Governance
- Prepare investment approval deck and manage approval of project by investment committee.
- Coordinate preparation of project plan
- Organise and facilitate Project Steering Committee meetings, chair Working level meetings
- Risk and Issue Management
- Anticipate, capture and manage overall project-level risks and issues
- Track risk aging
- Own and drive resolution and escalate risks and issues in a timely manner
- Implementation Management
- Prepare overall implementation plan taking inputs from all stakeholders including technology. business, operations, regulators, etc., and co-ordinate execution by respective owners
- Process Adherence
- Partner with stakeholders in ensuring IT Governance is followed throughout the project life cycle
- Project Reporting
- Measure, monitor and report progress to stakeholders
Requirements:
- Strong business domain knowledge and have experience delivering solutions across Risk Management, Common Reporting Standard (CRS), Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), and Human Resources (HR).
- Should be able to work under minimal supervision and not lose sight of overall delivery
- Understanding of technology and operational processes across functions / departments in the bank/market.
- Familiar with change management processes and project management principles
- Strategic forward thinking approach to challenges with outstanding communications, influencing, negotiating and persuasion skills
- Passionate, diligent and resilient individual with ability to thrive in ambiguity
- Experience in scoping and evaluation – Defining overall considerations, including scalability, maintainability, cost, operations and technology principal risk to provide a recommendation
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering/ business/ finance or equivalent
- Minimum 12 years of relevant banking and/or consulting experience
Key Domain:
- SQL, Data modeling, Microsoft Excel, Data Visualization, Power Point, Visio, UML, JIRA, Confluence
About Encora
Encora is a global company that offers Software and Digital Engineering solutions. Our practices include Cloud Services, Product Engineering & Application Modernization, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience & Design Services, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Quality Engineering, AI & LLM Engineering, among others.
At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality
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