Accountabilities:

• Accountable for the overall management of assigned projects through the Project Delivery Framework phases: initiate, plan, execute, and close
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including the project brief, project plans, communications plans, project team status, executive status reports, project roles & responsibilities, and maintain the document repositories
• Accountable for coordinating project activities including establishing schedules, assigning tasks, monitoring, and resolving conflicts 
• Accountable for the project Risk, Issue, and Change Management processes, analysis, reporting, and escalation
• Facilitate executive status meetings with the Business Sponsor and Steering Committee during which, the project progress will be reviewed, issues discussed for resolution, and raise any material changes to scope, budget, or schedule
• Provide regular status progress reports to Project Management Office to assist with the overall tracking and management of the Project Portfolio
• Program Management oversight including mentoring of staff in project management best practices

Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for managing multiple projects at one time, some projects will be IT projects and some non-IT
• Responsible to work closely with the business functional areas, vendors, and other IT teams in defining project priorities, scope, approach, resource requirements, schedule, deliverables, and budgets; facilitate cross project coordination and communication
• Obtain stakeholder buy-in and proactively manage expectations throughout the project
• Responsible for vendor relationships throughout the project ensuring outsourced tasks meet contract expectations, firm standards, and are delivered on time
• Assist with the development of RFIs and RFPs as required to enable third party solutions and IT services
• Adhere to and promote PMO standard project management tools, procedures and best practices
• Responsible for the definition of project business requirements, analysis, and design; facilitate decision making sessions for project specific architecture, business strategy, operational processes, business processes, and organizational requirements

 Business Relationship Management:

• Meet with project stakeholders to clearly capture business requirements, critical milestones, and dependencies – may require travel to other offices
• Coordinate the creation and follow up of project related surveys and end-user communications that clearly explain technical concepts using non-technical language
• Provide the initial risk and compliance analysis the project may pose to the firm
• Act as a liaison between IT stakeholders to strengthen understanding of business-aligned goals
• Challenge the status quo
• Strong client-service orientation and skills

Qualifications and Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years successfully managing IT projects from inception to completion, overseeing direct / indirect reports and vendors. 
• 8+ years of IT experience
• Experience of delivering IT projects within Hong Kong, China and Singapore
• Legal industry experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• Strong understanding of project management principles and methods; preferred current Project Management certification such as PMP, Prince 2, Master’s Certificate, CSM or other certification / degree in project management
• Agile and DevOps experience preferred
• Proficient with MS-Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Project
• Proficient oral and written English as well as either Cantonese or Putonghua

 Performance Traits:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and a keen level of attention to detail
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Self-motivated, self-starter, focused on delivery of deadlines and adherence of quality assurance procedures
• Proven ability to work under pressure; ability to handle multiple conflicting priorities
• Team awareness – recognizes and understands both personal and team dynamics and relationships; empathetic to stakeholder concerns; recognizes motivational issues and effectively influences more desirable outcomes or provides incentive as necessary
• Pragmatic and flexible in project management approach, tailoring their style to the needs of  their projects, teams, and business partners
• Strong business analysis skills and strategic thinker; experience managing high risk projects
• Strong understanding of technology, architecture, development, and quality assurance
• Change Management experience with complex business transformational efforts
• Strong experience working with global teams; ability to adapt to different cultures
• High level of discretion, comfortable handling sensitive information and maintaining confidentiality
• Good project planning and management skills
• Ability to anticipate problems and make insightful, timely decisions in complex situations

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