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JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary

• IT Software/Application Project Manager with strong functional and technical experience.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the successful delivery of assigned projects within time, quality and cost; based on a project management methodology.
• To support the 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 constraints:
• Manage expectations and conflict resolution among project stakeholders, steering committee, project team, vendors and 3rd parties.
• To plan, review and negotiate project schedule with the product owner.
• To coordinate and obtain inter-department support on planned tasks.
• To act as a liaison between the entire project team (users and vendors) and ensure alignment.
• To ensure the contract is thoroughly reviewed and negotiated, and to safeguard DiGi’s interest at all times.
• To escalate potential risks/blocking issues together with proposed mitigation plans and/or recommendations.
• To lead and proactively manage all deviations, risks and inter-dependencies that impacts the project.
• To be the gatekeeper for all entry and exit criteria to the next project phase.
• To provide weekly project updates based on Project Governance processes.
• To participate (if necessary) in Project Governance Working Team meetings.
• To produce relevant documentation in compliance with Project Governance requirements and standards
• To ensure hardcopy documentation are signed-off, filed, scanned (signed-off page) and placed in the designated repository.
• To ensure all documentations are complete & comprehensive.
• To ensure investment, solutions and resources are optimized.
• Manage project resources. Ensure a 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 a face-to-face review with the 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 the main technical contact point for node vendors
• To establish effective and good working relationships with vendors.
• To ensure vendors comply with DiGi 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 5 years of project management experience
• PMP, Prince2 or any equivalent project management certification is preferred
• Experience in managing the implementation of projects related to IT, BSS, Analytics system, software application, design
• Good understanding of project management methodology such as Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall
• The mindset to ‘take lead’ and enjoy innovation and do whatever it takes to deliver on the mandate
• Demonstrated learning agility in ambiguous and unfamiliar situations