Value Management & Governance Reporting Project Manager, Enterprise PMO (12 months Contract) (10417)

Overview of the team

The Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) governs the Technology Portfolio of Programmes and Projects and ensures they deliver the value to the business approved by Senior Management Committee (SMC Tech) under the multi-year Board approved strategy and budget.

The team operates by shaping efficient ways of working, increasing effective engagements across Business and Technology, governing project business cases, balancing rapid progress with quality delivery, ensuring the realization of project business benefits and value, providing assurance to quality and policy compliance, guidance and forging strong working relationships of collaboration and excellent stakeholder management capabilities across Temasek Business and Technology.

The team operates with the mandate to protect Temasek's financial investment and ensure that Temasek Tech Portfolio of Programmes and Projects deliver the agreed business outcomes and value within the approved budget. The team also ensures that stakeholder communications are managed, and the required project governance standards are maintained to avoid audit issues.

Roles & Responsibilities

Value Management

• Support in the creation, management and continuous improvement of Project and Value Management standards, processes, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to comply with Temasek Project and Value Management approved playbook and policy
• Uplift, oversee and drive adoption of value management framework by facilitating tracking of tangible business outcomes and ROI for Tech projects
• Provide appropriate platform tools, templates and advise to project teams to facilitate value reporting in a timely manner, in adherence to organisation standards and processes

Project Advisory and Governance

• Support the Enterprise PMO Lead in operations of the new governance model for all the Projects including providing advisory on project management and project governance methodologies for both critical BAU and Tech projects
• Provide a comprehensive view and report on project Issues, Risks and Dependencies and project interdependencies by tracking and monitoring, through use of risk management frameworks, within and across projects to escalate risks and issues in a timely manner for actions and decisions
• Oversee and perform quality assurance of deliverables and milestones to facilitate adherence to organisation standards and processes for critical BAU and Tech projects Attend and manage governance forums by preparing invites, decks, circulation of minutes and follow up on action items in a timely manner
• Attend and manage governance forums by preparing invites, decks, circulation of minutes and follow up on action items in a timely manner
• Support tracking and overseeing that projects adhere to audit requirements via timely reporting, accurate records keeping of project processes and milestones to ensure audit trail and audit issues are closed off in a timely manner
• Support in developing an overview of project drawdowns and draw trends on project costs through historical analysis and industry benchmarks to generate insights
• Perform any additional administrative activities if required
• Performance success metrics will include ability to deliver projects on time, within budget and to the satisfaction of stakeholders as well as process efficiency and number and severity of risk / issues that arise and adoption of value management framework by projects

Skills and Qualifications Required

• 5 - 8 years of experience in managing large and complex Tech Projects and Programmes with detailed knowledge in Programme delivery, governance, and value management
• Demonstrable track record of managing multiple projects to ensure successful delivery
• Experience with and knowledge of value management principles and methodologies
• Understanding of key value levers and business outcomes for Tech transformation projects
• Experience in articulation of qualitative and quantitative benefits of Tech projects through visual channels such as interactive dashboards, excel models etc.
• Experience in providing governance and quality assurance on large scale Tech transformation projects, including and early identification managing issues, risks, and dependencies, liaising with cross functional Tech teams, and ensuring timely delivery of projects
• Experience and exposure to different project methodologies (Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid)
• Experience in coordinating and end to end audit process, including collection of documents liaising with different stakeholders to respond to audit committee / internal audit team
• Bachelor's Degree with PMP / Prince 2 / Scrum Master Certifications (preferable)
• Knowledge of Project Management Tools such as ServiceNow, Confluence, JIRA, SharePoint, MS Project etc. (preferable) and expertise in data-driven tools and dashboards
• Strategic, detail oriented and analytical, to be able to analyze situations and perform well in a dynamic environment
• Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and stakeholder management skills
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others