JOB DESCRIPTION:

• The customer is currently preparing a SSR (Swift Standard Release) project which is an annual update to the message types (MTs) that financial institutions use to exchange messages.
• The release includes changes to ensure compliance with regulations, improve existing standards, and fix technical issues.
• The customer is looking for a junior project manager to support a project manager.- Support to develop comprehensive project plans, including timelines, milestones, resource allocation and dependencies and drive project execution from initiation to closure.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and accountability, ensuring strong cross functional teamwork and alignment to project goals and objectives.
• Effectively communicate project progress, status, and key decisions to stakeholders, including senior management, and provide regular updates on project metrics, risk and dependencies.
• Support to manage project lifecycle, from requirement, design, technical construction, testing, acceptance, training, documentation and implementation, in accordance with the Project Management Process and Methodology.
• Work closely with Project Lead/Owner or Sponsor to drive strategic or major initiatives as part of the organization’s roadmap and strategy.
• Participate in pre-project activities such as estimation of project efforts, preparation of high-level project plan with project timeline and resource requirements/staffing and organization of project team.
• Manage relationships across all departments, partners including external parties (vendor and/or outsource partners), defining requirements, agreeing terms, and ensuring delivery in accordance to agreed timeline.
• Monitor and track progress of projects and stay on top of the projects to ensure smooth execution.
• Analyse and highlight project dependencies to pre-empt project issues
• Maintain project issue register to keep close match of the project issues till their resolution.
• Develop, prepare, and deliver Management Information and reports regularly to support decision making.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
• Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.
• Main KPIs Delivery of projects with agreed cost, scope, schedule, and outcome, and they are baselined and traceable.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or equivalent with min. 4 years of experience in IT Project Management in the financial industry.
• Experience in managing the entire software development practices, various development methodologies especially the In-depth knowledge on Project Management and Business Analysis
• Capable of managing stakeholders and maintaining relationships in large scale projects
• Influencing skills and collaborative team player.
• Possess strong and assertive verbal, written communication and presentation skills.

Please refer the Job description for details