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John Keells Group

Associate Project manager (Executive Level)

John Keells Group Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Holding Companies · 10,001+ employees

13 h ago Closes in 6d
project-manager Junior (0-2 yrs) Full-time Sri Lanka
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About the role

The Associate Project Manager will gather business requirements, manage vendor relationships, and oversee the end-to-end project lifecycle including planning, budgeting, and deployment. They will coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure project governance while maintaining effective communication with stakeholders.

What they look for

Project Management Business Analysis Vendor Management Software Procurement RFP Evaluation Agile Waterfall Stakeholder Management Risk Mitigation Budgeting Communication Negotiation Leadership Critical Thinking Problem-solving Decision-making

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Information Systems, or a related field with at least one year of experience in IT project management or software implementation. Proficiency in Agile and Waterfall methodologies is required, and professional certifications such as PMP or PRINCE2 are considered an advantage.

Full description

Keells, as a leading retailer is striving to deliver its core purpose to ‘improve the quality of life for the nation’. We know that to deliver on our core purpose, we have to grow and develop Sri Lanka’s best retail team. If you want to come on this journey with us, to deliver retail excellence, then we can really support your ambitions and future growth.

What You Need to Do

  • Gather, analyze, and document business requirements while collaborating with stakeholders and technical teams to identify suitable technology solutions.
  • Manage the RFP process, evaluate vendor proposals, support vendor selection, and oversee vendor performance, deliverables and contract compliance.
  • Develop project plans, budgets, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget and schedule.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams, maintain effective stakeholder communication, provide project status updates, and facilitate project governance meetings.
  • Oversee solution deployment, go live activities, hyper care support, project budgets, vendor payments and resource utilization.
  • Ensure successful project closure through documentation, stakeholder sign-off, knowledge transfer, and identify opportunities to improve project delivery methodologies and governance.

What You Need

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience in IT Project Management, Project Coordination, Business Analysis or software implementation projects.
  • Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies. Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, Agile or Scrum will be an added advantage.
  • Experience in vendor management, software procurement, and RFP evaluation processes.
  • Strong understanding of project management principles, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, procurement and stakeholder management.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and leadership skills with the ability to work across cross-functional teams.
  • Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making abilities

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply on HIVE before the 20/08/2026.

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