Senior Project Manager (3-year contract), IITS

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together – building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities – all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position is for Office of Integrated Information Technology Services (IITS)
• Lead the planning and execution of project
• Manage project plan, schedule, budget and resources
• Manage project team, stakeholders, vendors and outsourcing contracts
• Monitor and report project status to the project steering committee, stakeholders and team
• Deliver project and system documentation according to the Project Development Methodology
• Form good user relations by cultivating trust and building good rapport with users
• Value-add by providing advice on best practices in using appropriate technology
• Review and improving work processes; facilitate and support users' change management process
• Influence alignment of changes with the overall organisation goals
• Conduct post implementation reviews to gather users’ feedback
• Assist supervisor to review and QC team members’ deliverables

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree / Diploma in Computer Science or IT
• At least 8 years of relevant work experience, with a proven track record and minimum 5 years of hands-on experience as a project manager
• Extensive project leadership / management experience and proficient in project management methodology, techniques and tools
• Certification in Project Management (e.g. PMP, CITPM) preferred
• Experience in business process management (preferably in human resources, financial and procurement administration) will be advantageous
• Good knowledge of software development life cycles and structured project development methodology
• Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, conflict management and negotiation skills
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to multi-task and take on concurrent projects