Summary

Responsible for all aspects of project management including direction, planning and budgeting, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of specific projects while ensuring consistency with SAS’ overall strategy, commitments, and goals.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develops a detailed project plan to monitor and track project progress.
• Leads and/- or coordinates project planning, resourcing, staffing, supply and subcontract management, progress reporting, troubleshooting, and people management.
• Communicates and tracks regularly on the status of project goals by ensuring project results meet requirements regarding quality, reliability, schedule, and cost.
• Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments and resource additions.
• Provides direction and support to project team to ensure accomplishment of agreed upon goals, objectives, and deadlines.
• Assembles and coordinates project staff while managing resource availability and allocation.
• Reports on progress of project to all stakeholders by presenting reports defining project progress, problems and solutions.
• Successfully manages relationships with the client and all stakeholders. Establishes and maintains relationships with third parties/ vendors.

Additional Responsibilities

• Independently manages a key aspect of one or more projects.
• Continually monitors effectiveness of projects and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Builds a business case for potential process and/or procedure solutions and completes cost/benefit analyses as support.
• Independently recommends process improvement audits and/or operational reviews for management consideration.
• Provides guidance to less experienced team members.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to lead project teams and gain consensus
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Excellent knowledge and competence in related business functional area
• Strong accounting, math and analytical skills
• Excellent negotiation, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Ability to analyze solutions for the project and internal customers
• Ability to design and support improvement processes
• Ability to manage budgeting process and analyze budget performance
• Ability to perform well under pressure; ability to adhere to deadlines
• Ability to give attention to detail and accuracy
• Global business perspective
• Fluency in English and Chinese

Education

Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, Accounting or related field.

Experience

Typically requires a minimum of eight years of experience researching, analyzing and/or reporting information related to specific area of assignment. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desirable or equivalent professional training preferred.

About SAS:
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 83,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®.

Welcome to SAS:
SAS is a workplace like no other. The work we do makes a difference. Our ideas are valued. The way we live matters, both on and off the job.

We believe in stimulating work, an empowering management philosophy where you are encouraged to take risks and an inspiring work place where creativity thrives.

SAS in the Asia Pacific region has a strong track record of healthy revenue growth and profitability. Our offices are located in 14 countries throughout Asia Pacific, from India to Japan. With more than 2,500 employees in the region, SAS has a global network of talent providing consulting, training and support to our customers’ multi-country business analytics implementations.

SAS is an "equal opportunity employer," and we recognize the value of diversity in our workforce. Anything is possible here.