Job Description

IT Project ManagerOur client is a sustainable and scalable multinational agro-food corporation that farms and produces some of the most resource-efficient protein and food energy sources with a market capitalisation of RM14.14 billion and revenue of RM 6.24 billion in FY2023.They are a results-oriented company with a business model of expansion. Being a dynamic and fast growing company, they place great emphasis on maximising the potential of their employees. Training and development opportunities are given to steer employees' careers in line with the company growth trajectory and strategic path. In view of business expansion, they would like to invite dynamic and self-driven individuals to join them.As an IT Project Manager, your role is to plan, organize, direct and coordinate quality ICT projects. You'll be responsible for developing timelines, setting budgets and assigning tasks within information technology or telecommunications. You'll oversee software and hardware development and changes, telecommunications strategy etc. by taking a project from an idea to full implementation.You are driven to :

• Involves overseeing and facilitating project deliveries and change requests to contribute to long term planning in adherence to SDLC processes and practices.
• Proven working and good leadership experience in Project Management with excellent track records in successfully leading and delivery projects, managing teams and sub-contractors, handling stakeholder relationships in alignment with organizational goals.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide leadership in the development and implementation of strategies to successfully deal with contemporary project issues involving multiple disciplines across different functional business unit stakeholders, product owners and IT functions.
• Solid technical background for managing IT transformation projects across various business units.
• Define project goals, success metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and ensure all parties are informed on the project objectives, deliverables, impacts, budget, timelines, resources, quality etc. including taking ownership of the financials of projects from cost to billings.
• Analyze existing workflows and suggest improvements.
• Document processes and practices into consumable dashboards and reports.
• Optimizes resources (internal and crowd) allocation, aligning it with project demands and where necessary to build a team from scratch to facilitate project delivery.
• Good understanding / hands-on experience in advanced software development approaches and frameworks on new technologies for team collaboration.
• Conduct post-project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Highly motivated and self-driven problem solver with ability to identify and resolve team impediments to ensure project goals and requirements are met.
• Excellent business acumen, problem solving, analytical and interpersonal skills with excellent client-facing and internal communication skills (written and verbal).
• Solid good organizational skills including attention to details and multi-tasking ability.
• Goal-oriented and results driven approach.

• Bachelor or Master degree in IT Technology or equivalent.
• Project / Program Management certification e.g. PMP / PRINCE II / Certified Scrum Master [CSM] / Professional Scrum Master [PSM] would be an added advantage.
• Minimum 8 years of IT experience with 5 years in managing and completed large complex and integrated projects.
• Proven good leadership experience to inspire, guide, coach and empower team to be self-managing and cohesive cross functional team.
• Multi-cultural / international exposure would be an added advantage.
• Experience working with common agile engineering best practices principles, values and tracking tools such as Jira, Jira Plan, Jira Dashboards etc is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and project management tools.
• Experience in building and managing a team via crowd sourcing.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a team is essential.

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