Project Manager (Apps Services)

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the admin processes – ensuring contracts, PCMs, budgets, reports, compliance, billings are in order
• Drafting or reviewing the Agencys tender specifications or evaluating tender offers received by the Agency and preparation of tender evaluation reports.
• Seek quotation from suppliers
• Manage and execute the procurement of ICT systems, goods and services in a timely manner
• Understand the government procurement policy and advise application teams on meeting such policies while enabling systems needs to be met
• Review proposals from suppliers
• Review, clarify and negotiate business requirements with suppliers
• Perform billing governance and operations to ensure business sustainability and adequate cashflow
• Interact closely and partner with the business units to provide billing support and analysis
• Handle month/year-end closing of billing and accruals
• Ensure billing functions are executed within the stipulated deadlines or/and tender specifications
• Engage vendors in relation to billing matters such as billing disputes and draw up the billing framework for vendors compliance
• Perform onboarding and offboarding of outsourced vendors and co-sourcing team
• Use billing templates and validation tools to ensure billing governance and processes are adhered to
• Monitoring and Track Project Expenses and Timeline
• Preparing of contract renewal and paperwork required
• Plan and lead the development of the business case as well as the budget for the ICT system
• Ensure that projects are executed to meet identified business needs, within agreed parameters of cost, duration and quality
• Identify potential project risks and its implication to the organisation and to recommend mitigating measures so as to manage the risks
• Effectively engage and manage the vendors to deliver ICT solutions and services
• Understand the IT management policy and security guidelines to ensure the development processes, procedures and system are designed to comply with these policies and guidelines
• Any other duties that may be assigned

Requirements:

• Degree with minimum 8-10 years of relevant working experience, preferably in both IT project management and ICT governance and procurement
• Excellent written, verbal communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Good knowledge of government ICT environment (preferred)
• Good knowledge of government ICT procurement and contract management practices (preferred)
• Strong stakeholder management balancing both the analytical aspect and the people aspects
• Team Player, proactive and self-motivated
• Experience in IT risks assessment and compliance activities
• Experience in understanding available information, identifying gaps and presenting recommendations through an enterprise lens