Project Manager (SDOT)

Project Manager

• 12 months contract role

Our Client

• A Singapore Government ministry

The Opportunity
Job Responsibilities:

• Oversee, manage multiple vendors and external providers of ICT services, work with team members from application and infrastructure teams, to deliver project on time and within budget
• Project Management (Scope, Budget and Schedule) including regular management reporting
  for maintenance and/or development projects
• Conduct requirements workshop to gather user requirements and analyses business
  processes to provide clear analysis and documentation of the problems and proposed
• Ensure that projects are executed based on the project plan to meet identified business needs, within agreed parameters of cost, duration and quality
• Participate and contribute in project activities such as Requirement Gathering, User Acceptance Testing, Training & Implementation
• Review project deliverables, e.g. functional specifications, system test plan & results, user guide, operation manual
• Plan and perform user acceptance testing
• Assess service requests for enhancements and maintenance of systems
• Ensure Service Level Agreements for projects and incidents are met
• Identify potential project risks and its implication to the organisation and to recommend mitigating measures as to manage the risks
• Understand the IT management policy, quality management policy and security guidelines to ensure the development processes, procedures and system are designed to comply with these policies and guidelines
• Manage and resolve day-to-day IT related issues pertaining to application, infrastructure or security, to facilitate smooth running of daily operations

Your Background
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Tertiary education in Computer/ Computer Science or Electronics Engineering or Information Technology or equivalent
• Project Management Certification or equivalent

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Relevant working experience as Project Manager/ Scrum Master in at least 2 Agile/ Waterfall
  project development life cycle
• Strong project management skills to manage projects with challenging timeline and changing requirements
• Strong stakeholder management skills to manage external dependencies, business users and
  management to report blockers and progress, and able to articulate clearly the project status
• Relevant experience in and knowledge of microservice architecture will be advantageous
• Relevant experience in web-based developm and mobile IT projects
• Working experience in .Net/J2EE applications, iOS/ Android for mobile apps is preferred
• Familiarity with governance, audit in enterprise IT environments
• Working experience in government environment and familiarity with the critical systems such as Work Pass Systems will be an added advantage
• Work experience and strong troubleshooting skills in resolving application, infrastructure (including desktop, server, network) and security related issues in a (Singapore) government environment is preferred
• Strong staff admin work and able to present to management
• Experience in writing papers and creating proposal
• Strong analytical, conceptualisation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to take a broad, strategic perspective as well as drill deep to understand business needs and challenges
• Results and customer oriented
• Team player with strong organization and people handling skills
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to pitch ideas and influence stakeholders