Application Project Manager

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Overseeing and managing multiple vendors and external providers of ICT services, working with team members from application and infra teams to deliver projects and enhancements on time and within budget
• Project Management (Scope, Budget and Schedule) including regular management reporting for the project.
• Ensuring that the project is executed based on the project plan to meet identified business needs, within agreed parameters of cost, duration and quality.
  
• Participating and contributing in project activities such as Requirement Gathering, User Acceptance Testing, Training & Implementation.
  
• Reviewing project deliverables, e.g. functional specifications, system test plan & results, user guide, operation manual.
• Planning and collaborating with users on user acceptance testing.
• Assessing service requests for enhancements and maintenance of systems.
  
• Ensuring that Service Level Agreements for projects and incidents are met.
  
• Identifying potential project risks and its implication to the organisation and to recommend mitigating measures as to manage the risks.
  
• Ensuring that the development processes, procedures and system comply with IT management policy, quality management policy and security guidelines.
  
• Managing and resolving day-to-day IT related issues pertaining to application, infrastructure or security, to facilitate smooth running of daily operations.
• Working with the relevant parties to resolve security vulnerabilities found during the PCM period.
• Assisting in business change management activities.
  
• Analyzing, facilitating, modeling, and organizing information in order to reconcile conflicts, eliciting requirements and distinguishing solution ideas from business needs.
  
• Conducting requirements workshops to gather user requirements and analyzing business processes to provide clear analysis and documentation of the problems and proposed.
  

• Tertiary Education in relevant fields is preferred
• Hands-on experience in at least 1 full project development life cycles
• Advantageous to have:
  - Consulting or Business Analysis experience
  - Business Analysis certification (Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)).
  - Knowledge of, and experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Database and Real-time Data replication technologies, APIs and API Management, AND Experience in government processes
• Up to date on product trends, best practices and technologies
• 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