IT Software/Application Project Manager with strong functional and technical experience. Your Responsibilities Accountable for successful delivery of assigned project within time, quality and cost; based on project management methodology To support preparation of RFQ/RFP, and other special projects and obtain approval from the Investment Committee Provide leadership and direction to Project Team Members To establish and introduce project management and methodology best practices To manage and lead projects to ensure all milestones are met within time, quality standards, resources & budget constraint o Manage expectations and conflict resolution among project stakeholders, steering committee, project team, vendors, and 3rd parties o To plan, review and negotiate project schedule with product owner o To coordinate and obtain inter-department support on planned tasks o To act as liaison between entire project team (users and vendors) and ensuring alignment o To ensure contract is thoroughly reviewed and negotiated, and to safeguard CelcomDigi's interest at all times o To escalate potential risks/blocking issues together with proposed mitigation plans and/or recommendations o To lead and pro-actively manage all deviations, risks and inter-dependencies that impact the project o To be the gatekeeper for all entry and exit criteria to next project phase o To provide weekly project updates based on Project Governance processes o To participate (if necessary) in Project Governance Working Team meeting o To produce relevant documentations in compliance with Project Governance requirements and standards o To ensure hardcopy documentations are signed-off, filed, scanned (signed-off page) and placed in designated repository o To ensure all documentations are complete & comprehensive o To ensure investment, solution and resources are optimized o Manage project resources o Ensure high performance team by leading and providing guidance. Also ensure team members are motivated, productive, and developing their skills and experience o To ensure Post-Implementation handover to Operations is smooth o Ensure proper project Close-out including (but not limited to) lessons learnt, evaluations and conducting face-to-face review with project team on performance (in the project) Business & Vendor Management : To facilitate and conduct vendor evaluation and selection process To facilitate contract and SLA negotiations To be main technical contact point for node vendors To establish effective and good working-relationships with vendor To ensure vendors comply with CelcomDigi regulations at all times To monitor, track and manage vendor's delivery by ensuring all statement of work is delivered as per contract and agreement, apart from within timeline and quality standards with complete documentation Requirements : At least a tertiary level qualification in Engineering, Computer Science Minimum to have 5 years project management experience PMP, Prince2 or any equivalent project management certification is preferred. Experience in managing implementation of projects related to IT, BSS, Analytics system, software application, design. Good understanding in project management methodology such as Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall Mindset to 'take lead' and enjoy innovation and do whatever it takes to deliver on mandate. Demonstrated learning agility in ambiguous and unfamiliar situations.
