Project Manager

Project Manager

• 6 months contract role

The Opportunity
This job is as much about discovering, understanding and synthesizing as it is about planning for, executing and delivering the projects across the finishing line in a timely and efficient manner. We need someone who's unafraid to quickly learn the needs, desires, and contexts of the team's priorities so that they can use their project management superpowers to empower the team to deliver what's required. If you're ok with that, then here's a sense of what we'd ask of you -

• Help plan a project plan and action roadmap. Our client is building an entirely new curriculum for their learners, with an emphasis on empowering the agency force through blended learning model. Thus, the need for clear, compelling, and coherent videos, materials, and collaterals is massive. We need someone who can identify what's doable, make a plan, and then prioritize accordingly.
• Work with and manage stakeholders inclusive of local business units, in-house team members and external vendors. Our client designs and develops content in-house, but they also leverage on remote teams and local vendors to achieve additional capacity and capability, and deliver according to the project plans and roadmaps.
• Distill and organize existing / new content into relevant inputs. With piles and piles of existing and new content that has been developed over the years in different eras under different leadership, we need someone who is meticulous and able to distill what's relevant.
• Identifying and managing potential risks and liabilities of multiple projects. The team will often face potential challenges that will distract and draw resources to other ad-hoc requests. It is key to make effective and firm decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the priorities at hand.
• Performing quality control to maintain the standards expected. The project team is agile and things move like lightning speed. Everyone has the onus to make sure quality is consistently maintained on the project throughout development. The team needs an extra pair of sharp eyes that is great at spotting details and oversights.

Your Background

To find a (unicorn) Project Manager, we are considering candidates from all backgrounds with a mix of these talents:

• Conductor. You can get an orchestra to play, even if doesn't want to. You can manage projects and marshal the essential functions of bureaucracy - and its cast of characters - to deliver results.
• Synthesizer. You can tame the beast of chaos and complexity. You have a love-hate relationship with ambiguity. You can balance logic with creativity; you are able to see the big picture before putting all the puzzles together. You are meticulously systematic and obsessively tidy.
• Collaborator. You are a master of negotiation and persuasion with a touch of empathy. You can work with cross-functional stakeholders. You build on the ideas of others and always adopt a can-do attitude. Your involvement is actively sought after. You possess high EQ knowing when to get involved and when to step out.
• Juggler. You are a great multi-tasker that can manage multiple projects at one time. Nothing fazes you amongst the external chaos. Your calm demeanor helps see beyond the tangled web and takes charge of what's needed to get things done.
• Cheerleader. You rally the team and ensure everyone performs their best as can be. We recognize that there will be ups and downs, but your charisma, with your optimistic and fearless attitude will motivate and inspire the team to achieve greater things.