CelcomDigi

Senior Project Manager

CelcomDigi Malaysia

Telecommunications · 1,001-5,000 employees

14 h ago
project-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Malaysia
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About the role

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for overseeing project delivery within time, quality, and budget constraints while leading project teams. They act as a liaison between stakeholders and vendors, manage risks, and ensure contract compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

What they look for

Project Management Stakeholder Management Risk Mitigation Contract Negotiation Agile Scrum Waterfall Leadership Budget Management RFQ/RFP Preparation Conflict Resolution IT Implementation BSS Analytics Systems Software Application Strategic Planning

Requirements

Candidates must hold a tertiary qualification in Engineering or Computer Science and possess at least 5 years of project management experience. Proficiency in project management methodologies like Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall and relevant certifications such as PMP or Prince2 are preferred.

Full description

Role Summary

Oversees project delivery within time, quality, and budget constraints. Supports RFQ/RFP preparation, leads teams, manages stakeholder expectations, resolves conflicts, ensures contract compliance, and mitigates risks. Establishes best practices and coordinates inter-departmental support.

Responsibilities

  • Accountable for successful delivery of assigned project within time, quality and cost; based on project management methodology.
  • To support 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 constraint:
  • Manage expectations and conflict resolution among project stakeholders, steering committee, project team, vendors and 3rd parties.
  • To plan, review and negotiate project schedule with product owner.
  • To coordinate and obtain inter-department support on planned tasks.
  • To act as liaison between entire project team (users and vendors) and ensuring alignment.
  • To ensure contract is thoroughly reviewed and negotiated, and to safeguard CelcomDigi’s interest at all times.
  • To escalate potential risks/blocking issues together with proposed mitigation plans and/or recommendations.
  • To lead and pro-actively manage all deviations, risks and inter-dependencies that impacts the project.

Requirements

  • At least a tertiary level qualification in Engineering, Computer Science.
  • Minimum to have 5 years project management experience
  • PMP, Prince2 or any equivalent project management certification is preferred
  • Experience in managing implementation of projects related to IT, BSS, Analytics system, software application, design
  • Good understanding in project management methodology such as Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall
  • Mindset to ‘take lead’ and enjoy innovation and do whatever it takes to deliver on mandate
  • Demonstrated learning agility in ambiguous and unfamiliar situations

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