Senior Project Manager

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The Senior Project Manager will manage and oversee several projects on Web / Mobile applications from initiation to implementation, working with stakeholders, technical lead, vendor, QA team, project members, business sponsors and business representatives to jointly design, develop and implement digital solutions. The incumbent is required to plan, manage, coordinate, execute and track the progress of concurrent projects, to ensure they are successfully delivered within budget and timeline.

This role entails managing concurrent projects delivered via multiple releases, enable inter-department collaboration and influencing Enterprise strategic direction by balancing between project delivery and Enterprise Architecture roadmap. This position requires a seasoned project manager who understands both technical and management aspects to deliver strategic projects under a dynamic environment within a short timeline.

Being highly effective in engaging senior management and project sponsors, together with a strong ability to drive delivery across internal and external parties, are essential skills needed to succeed in this role.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of projects assigned, ensuring timely completion and within allocated budget.
• Manage project lifecycle, from pre-project budgeting, through the Delivery Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, Testing, Security, Audits, etc.), to post-implementation maintenance, in accordance with Great Eastern’s Project Management Processes and Methodologies.
• Participate in pre-project activities such as estimation of project efforts, budgeting, preparation of high-level project plan and timeline, resource acquisition, and staffing the project team.
• Liaise and facility across groups of business owners, IT stakeholders (such as IT system SMEs, IT Architects, IT Security etc.) to meet agreed project objectives.
• Monitor and track progress of projects and ability to keep abreast of various project statuses, issues and risks to ensure smooth execution.
• Analyze and highlight project risks, dependencies and develop any relevant risk mitigation plans.
• Maintain project issue register to keep close match of the project issues till their resolution.
• Being able to manage performance of both direct and non-direct reports in the project team, providing guidance in issue resolution, and mediate conflicts.
• Manage project stakeholder’s expectation by understanding customers' needs and providing tangible solutions given the time, budget and resources (e.g. Infrastructure, Software Stack, etc.) available.
• Manage and work closely with outsourced vendors, in-house contractors, business partners and data centre vendors involved in projects.
• Provide periodic updates on project progress to sponsors and escalate project issues unresolvable promptly.
• Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
• Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
• Highlights any potential concerns / risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.

Qualifications

How you succeed

Who we are

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well‑established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei.

The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia.

Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

To all recruitment agencies : Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Project Management, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology

Industries

IT System Data Services, Banking, and Financial Services

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