Contract till 31st December 2026 and renewable for following year.
Role
- Analysing and detailing the project idea, assessing the project idea in terms of feasibility, cost-effective-ness, risks and success factors in consultation with Business and IT stakeholder
- Develop the project proposal with objectives, resources, milestones, schedule, costs, expenses and project structure
- Drive project proposal through demand governance process.
- Set up appropriate project management processes, measure project performance and report status to senior stakeholders.
- Initiate escalations to senior stakeholders if needed.
- Develop detailed project plan and create work break down structure (subprojects, work packages, etc).
- Set up an appropriate project organization, including identification and management of stakeholders and team members.
- Run the Agile ceremonies (PI planning, Sprint Planning, Retrospective etc.)
- Actively lead the team/squad in various project meetings i.e. SIT / UAT checkpoint calls, BRD walkthroughs, Solution Walkthroughs.
- Manage scope, time, budget, risks and issues on an operational level
- Identify the impact of change requests, issues and changes to underlying assumptions for project plan variances, develop solution proposals and reconcile them with the demand governance stakeholders
- Manage roll-out / go-live and for the hand-over of the solution to the Operations organizations
- Establish and implement project-related quality assurance processes and measures ensure the quality of the outcomes and drive their respective acceptance and approval
- You enjoy working on problems with cross functional teams to conceptualize the journeys, design & prioritize features.
- Responsible to present in front of senior leadership & cross functional stakeholders to get required decisions
- Experience defining a vision and strategy for a digital solution, product or service and have successfully managed the full product lifecycle from idea-stage to scaling, including integration of user feedback into product requirements and driving prioritization
- Represents IT Asia as an ITPL/ Scrum Master when facing off with internal and external stakeholders
Requirements:
- Minimum 10+ years of IT experience in Project Management & Business Analyst in running Hybrid / Agile projects
- Experience in running Agile projects
- Proven experience in successful delivery of major projects, on time and with quality and within matrix team structures
- Experience in Senior stakeholder management running projects STCs
- Experience in managing project financials (forecast v actual)
- Good understanding of technology trends in banking is preferred
- Working experience of SDLC and Agile methodology
- Domain expertise across Wealth Management or Private Banking functional domain would be preferred
- Familiar with client needs in wealth management and private banking. Good understanding of business processes, process design, and process re-engineering. Especially in the areas of online trading across asset classes & digital channels.
- Experience with product discovery and delivery concepts on understanding user needs, identify opportunities and demonstrate successful, impactful delivery
- Knowledge of agile methodology and experience of partnering with research, design, change and technology in an design thinking and agile framework
- Demonstrated capability for problem solving and decision making. Track record of prioritizing and making trade-offs by objectively evaluating opportunities vs potential pitfalls
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills to challenge business/technical requirements to build good and scalable solutions.
- Good written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills.
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