IT Project Lead/Coordinator

Job Description for Project Coordinator role

Key Responsibilities

1. Responsible for managing information technology (IT) Application Technology project and related vendor & stakeholders’ management. Candidate will work with other teams to accomplish project goals and assure delivery of project on time, within budget and achieve project scope.
2. Responsible for project planning & execution and managing scope due to any new information and/or changes to initial assumptions, including implications for project time, cost, quality and risk.
3. The role duties will include but not necessarily be limited to the following:

Project Management:

1. Develop timelines and deliverables for project implementation.
2. Manage the project to deliver agreed outcomes that realise benefits within agreed scope, time, cost and quality.
3. Monitor and report to the Lead, IT Management & Project Steering Committee (PSC), Project Working Committees (PWC) on status of financials, risks, issues and progress towards milestones and deliverables.
4. Ensure adherence to agreed project, program methodologies, enterprise methodologies and processes.
5. Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities.
6. Supervise day-to-day contributions to the projects.
7. Initiate and review the Test Strategy with relevant teams.
8. Track test execution, defects and resolutions.
9. Ensure regulatory and legal compliance of all work on the project.

Procurement, Quotation, Invoicing and Contract Management:

1. Work with bank’s procurement process team in raising work order/SOW and contract management and manage the processing invoicing and payments.

Estimation and Cost Management:

1. Work with solution and other interfacing application team, infrastructure management team, project team and vendors to deliver any cost variance and duration.
2. Manage and report project delivery against agreed costs, forecast and manage the cost impacts of scope change and monitoring.

Risk & Issue Management:

1. Direct the identification, monitoring, reporting and escalation of risks and issues in the project, including influencing ITD Management, PWC, PSC, business owners and stakeholders to achieve resolutions.

Stakeholder Management:

1. Engage, inform, influence and negotiate with stakeholders, including customers’ business units responsible for the technology and business services.

Project Resource Management:

1. Develop and maintain a resource plan.
2. Document clear accountabilities, roles and responsibilities for the project team members.