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Senior Project Manager (Software)

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We are now ONE! #CelcomDigi

Celcom and Digi have merged with the aim to create Malaysia’s most inspiring telco-tech company, building on two well-loved brands with over six decades of combined strengths in innovation and connecting Malaysians.

Job Description

  • 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.
  • Manage expectations and conflict resolution among project stakeholders, steering committee, project team, vendors and 3rd parties.
  • To plan, review and negotiate project schedule with product owner.
  • To coordinate and obtain inter-department support on planned tasks.
  • To act as liaison between entire project team (users and vendors) and ensuring alignment.
  • To ensure contract is thoroughly reviewed and negotiated, and to safeguard CelcomDigi’s interest at all times.
  • To escalate potential risks/blocking issues together with proposed mitigation plans and/or recommendations.
  • To lead and pro-actively manage all deviations, risks and inter-dependencies that impacts the project.
  • To be the gate-keeper for all entry and exit criteria to next project phase.
  • To provide weekly project updates based on Project Governance processes.
  • To participate (if necessary) in Project Governance Working Team meeting.
  • To produce relevant documentations in compliance with Project Governance requirements and standards
  • To ensure hardcopy documentations are signed-off, filed, scanned (signed-off page) and placed in designated repository.
  • To ensure all documentations are complete & comprehensive.
  • To ensure investment, solution and resources are optimized.
  • Manage project resources. Ensure high performance team by leading and providing guidance.
  • Also ensure team members are motivated, productive and developing their skills and experience
  • To ensure Post-Implementation handover to Operations is smooth.
  • 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 to 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.
  • 10+ years of experience in IT.
  • 5+ years of 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 situation.