Manager, Product Owner / Programme Manager (IT PMO)
Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad Malaysia
Banking · 1,001-5,000 employees
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About the role
The Programme Manager oversees project delivery in accordance with IT governance standards, ensuring compliance, risk management, and successful project outcomes. They act as the primary liaison between stakeholders, vendors, and internal teams while managing project budgets, timelines, and documentation.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must possess a strong foundation in project management frameworks, banking business processes, and Agile methodologies. Professional certifications such as PMP or SCRUM are highly preferred, along with excellent communication skills and experience in banking applications.
Full description
Primary Domain Knowledge
- Banking Business
- Banking Applications
- Project Management
- Non-Retail Banking Knowledge would be added advantages
Summary
Programme Manager
The primary responsibility of a Programme Manager is to oversee project delivery in accordance with the IT Program & Project Management (ITPPM) framework, governance standards, and best practices. The role is responsible for project documentation, monitoring and reporting, progress tracking, governance compliance, risk management, and ensuring the successful delivery of project outcomes. The Programme Manager also serves as the key liaison between stakeholders, internal divisions, and external parties throughout the project lifecycle.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage projects within the approved budget, timeline, and resources. Responsible to manage, coordinate and execute projects assigned with main and third-party vendors.
- Coordinates project deliverables with project managers, business users, Product Owners, Squads, technology team and other stakeholders.
- Responsible for ensuring project implementation is tracked and monitored through APD.
- Monitor Projects implementation costing, budgeting and procurement (budgeting and control) inclusive of Project payment milestone and invoicing.
- Lead the project team towards problem solving and achieving Project Objective & Benefits.
- Consolidate Project reports, proposals /approval note to Board of Directors, Management and Project Steering Committee.
- Accountable for project documentation in Project Management Information System (PMIS) for retrieval and save keeping.
- Responsible for any other duties and assignments as directed by Technology & Transformation Division Head.
- Responsible for any other duties and assignments as directed by Technology & Transformation Division Agile Portfolio Delivery Head.
- Ensure project team to comply to both IT Policies and Enterprise Information Security Policies.
- Ensure project team adherence and compliance to all internal policies/guidelines and external regulatory requirements.
Specific Skills Requirement:
- Must have knowledge and experience in Banking applications, having Islamic Banking knowledge, Banking Business products and processes behavioral knowledge are added advantage.
- Possess strong interpersonal and effective communication skills for effective interaction and ability to communicate to different level of Management.
- Has Make-it-happen-fast attitude, acknowledge expertise and result oriented. Should be able to work independently, assertive, committed, self-motivated and resourceful.
- Possess strong foundation in Project Management framework, function and Project implementation handling and governance. Exposure to release management is an added advantage.
- Possess strong foundation in Agile Project Management framework.
- Possess strong foundation in AI for Project Management.
- Well verse in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project Plan, Visio, and Power Point)
- Certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) & SCRUM Manager & Product Owner would be an advantage.
- Possess Banking (Non-Consumer) business domain knowledge would be an advantage.
