Assistant Vice President

We're Hiring: Assistant Vice President – Project Management Unit (PMU)

Location: UPM-MTDC Technology Centre

Division: Business Advisory Services Department (BASD)

Are you passionate about driving business transformation, delivering impactful advisory solutions, and empowering Malaysia's technology-based enterprises? Join MTDC as an Assistant Vice President – Project Management Unit (PMU) and play a key role in shaping structured, impactful transformation journeys for our client companies.

Key Responsibilities

1. Business Transformation & Consulting

2. Conduct enterprise diagnostics covering business models, processes, and organisational capabilities.

3. Co-develop future-state operating models, process improvements, and digital enablement strategies.
4. Develop transformation roadmaps, business cases, and value assessments.
5. Facilitate workshops, stakeholder engagement sessions, and change management activities.
6. Build KPIs, monitoring tools, and conduct post-implementation reviews.

7. Contribute to BASD's consulting frameworks, methodologies, and knowledge assets.

8. Project Planning & Coordination

9. Support the Head of BASD in developing implementation plans, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.

10. Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure smooth execution of advisory and transformation initiatives.
11. Maintain detailed documentation including Gantt charts, risk registers, and milestone reports.

12. Facilitate kick-offs, workshops, and progress meetings across stakeholders.

13. Monitoring, Evaluation & Governance

14. Maintain project dashboards, tracking deliverables, KPIs, and resource utilization.

15. Ensure adherence to MTDC's governance framework, reporting standards, and audit requirements.
16. Prepare monthly and quarterly progress reports for management.

17. Identify risks and support mitigation plans to keep projects on track.

18. Stakeholder & Client Coordination

19. Liaise closely with TEDBD divisions, ecosystem partners, consultants, and client companies.

20. Prepare communication materials, presentations, and reports for internal and external stakeholders.

21. Ensure clear, consistent engagement throughout the project lifecycle.

22. Reporting & Performance Tracking

23. Consolidate project data into departmental dashboards and management reports.

24. Support corporate-level documentation, presentations, and board submissions.

25. Maintain audit-ready records and documentation standards.

26. Knowledge Management & Continuous Improvement

27. Document lessons learned and best practices from transformation projects.

28. Develop reusable tools, templates, and playbooks to enhance delivery excellence.
29. Participate in internal capability-building and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Engineering, Economics, or relevant field.
• Professional certification in Project Management (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile) or Change Management (Prosci, Kotter) is an advantage.
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in business transformation, project management, or advisory roles.
• Strong analytical, consulting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Solid understanding of project governance, risk management, scheduling, and performance tracking.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, preferably in consulting or advisory environments.

Why MTDC?

At MTDC, we partner with Malaysian technology-driven companies to build capabilities, drive innovation, and strengthen competitiveness.

Join a mission-driven team committed to transformative impact, continuous learning, and delivering value to Malaysia's tech ecosystem.

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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.