Project Manager

URGENT HIRING

Industry:
Telecommunications

Location:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Languages Required:
Japanese (JLPT N2 or JLPT N1), English, Malay

Employment Type:
1 year Contract + Renewable | Hybrid

Role Overview:

The Project Manager Japanese Speaker is an empowered project management role with full end-to-end responsibility to deliver and control results, time, resources, and quality for all projects.

Candidates with a technical background in this field who have previously led teams and feel ready to step into a Project Manager role are encouraged to apply.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Act as a point of contact and owner to ensure the chosen product is delivered on time.
• Ensure that the project delivers the results required by all stakeholders.
• Manage the many variables that occur during the life-cycle of the project.
• Ensure that the project resources level of authority is clearly defined and understood by all parties as part of the project governance.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis; define and manage customer expectations (both stated and unstated).
• Ensure that the implementation processes, procedures, and documentation templates defined by the project board are used by the implementation team.
• Identify dependencies between various adjuncts, connected services, other project work-streams, and customer activities/dependencies.
• Prepare estimated timelines for all activities and deliver a project plan.
• Control performance to meet deadlines according to the schedule.
• Manage change requests and integrate approved ones into the project plan as directed.
• Plan, allocate, and manage budgets.
• Manage third-party equipment and suppliers.
• Assist in the development and delivery of regular reports, meeting minutes, and action points.
• Support the PMO, Program, and Project Managers in activities that promote team effectiveness, morale, and productivity.
• Support detailed migration plans for each site, based on the migration plans of each provider.
• Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of budget tracking processes.
• Provide forewarning of any deviations from budget using appropriate company tools.
• Be an expert in the product being delivered to provide support throughout the delivery process while managing all stakeholders expectations.
• Provide regular customer reporting and conduct risk management to meet agreed delivery dates.
• Be engaged in all Security implementations.
• Possess specific expertise in the domain and associated processes.
• Monitor progress of service delivery components to ensure timely and quality site implementations.
• Promote quality practices and play a role in their execution.
• Monitor implementation progress and drive resolution of implementation issues.
• Provide implementation transition reports.
• Complete acceptance testing and handover to Operations.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Business, Science, Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Fluency in Japanese is a must.

Experience:

• 4 to 12 years of project management experience in the telecom or IT industry, managing external customer-facing projects.
• Experience with SD-WAN and Network Security.

Certifications (Preferred but not mandatory):

• Project Management Certification (PMI PMP, PMI ACP, or PRINCE2 Practitioner).
• ITIL Certificate/Knowledge.

Soft Skills & Abilities:

• Cross-cultural and working-time flexibility.
• Ability to organize the delivery of a complex service.
• Strong team player with leadership skills.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to organize face-to-face customer and project meetings.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage workload under pressure.
• Experience in managing virtual teams.
• Ability to work in an international environment.
• Excellent organization, planning, and time management skills.

Technical Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of Security Services and solutions.
• Previous involvement in security and network deployment projects.

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