IT Project Manager - Day 1 Project (Singaporean only)

Job Duties:

• Lead and manage the full project lifecycle for Day 1 system implementation, covering project initiation, planning, execution, testing, deployment, and post go-live stabilization.

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, resource allocation, and delivery timelines to ensure project objectives are achieved within scope and schedule.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams including application, infrastructure, integration, security, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of project deliverables.

• Act as the primary point of contact for government stakeholders, internal delivery teams, and technical teams, ensuring effective communication and alignment throughout the project.

• Organize and lead project governance meetings, status reviews, steering committee discussions, and stakeholder reporting sessions.

• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID), while driving mitigation and timely resolution of critical blockers.

• Oversee testing readiness and execution for System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including defect tracking and closure coordination.

• Lead deployment planning activities including cutover execution, rollback planning, contingency preparation, and production go-live readiness validation.

• Ensure project compliance with government security policies, regulatory requirements, audit controls, and documentation standards.

• Prepare and present regular project status reports, executive dashboards, progress updates, and escalation summaries to senior management and stakeholders.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 8 years of overall IT experience, with at least 5 years in project management for large-scale IT implementation projects.

• Proven experience delivering complex projects involving multiple teams, systems and interdependent workstreams.

• Strong experience managing stakeholders across business, technical and government environments, including senior-level engagement.

• Hands-on experience in project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource forecasting and milestone tracking using tools such as Microsoft Project.

• Familiarity with project delivery methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery models.

• Strong knowledge of risk management, issue escalation, dependency management and governance reporting.

• Experience coordinating SIT, UAT, production cutover, deployment readiness and go-live activities.

• Excellent communication, presentation, leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to operate effectively under pressure.

• Professional certification such as Project Management Institute PMP, AXELOS PRINCE2 or Agile/Scrum certification is preferred.

To Apply, please kindly email your updated resume to [Confidential Information]

Regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

CEI: R25127749

EA License: 14C7275