Senior Project Manager

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with 6-9 years of experience in IT Project Management to join our team in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This role is integral to our client, a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America.

Responsibilities

• Project Planning & Delivery

  • Plan and manage technology obsolescence remediation projects from initiation through project closure.
  • Define project scope, milestones, timelines, deliverables, and resource plans.
  • Coordinate technology upgrades, migrations, replacements, and decommissioning activities.
  • Ensure project delivery aligns with technical, business, regulatory, and organizational requirements.

• Scope, Schedule & Dependency Management

  • Manage project schedules, dependencies, and critical path activities.
  • Coordinate interdependencies across applications, infrastructure, security, vendors, and business teams.
  • Identify scheduling risks and implement mitigation strategies to minimize service disruption.

• Risk & Issue Management

  • Identify, assess, and manage risks associated with obsolete technologies.
  • Track project issues, escalations, and decision points to ensure timely resolution.
  • Support risk acceptance, mitigation, and remediation activities.

• Stakeholder & Vendor Management

  • Act as the primary coordination point between technology teams, business owners, vendors, and governance forums.
  • Facilitate project meetings, workshops, steering committee updates, and stakeholder communications.
  • Coordinate vendor activities, including upgrade planning, support timelines, licensing, procurement, and delivery commitments.

• Governance & Reporting

  • Maintain project plans, RAID logs, project documentation, and change records.
  • Provide regular project status reports, dashboards, and executive updates.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational project management, governance, and change control standards.

• Transition & Project Closure

  • Coordinate transition and handover activities to operations and support teams.
  • Validate operational readiness, documentation, and support processes before project closure.
  • Conduct post-implementation reviews and document lessons learned.

Requirements

• Must have

  • 6-9 years of experience in IT Project Management.
  • Proven experience managing infrastructure, platform, application, or technology transformation projects.
  • Experience delivering multiple concurrent technology projects.
  • Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, dependency management, and project lifecycle management.
  • Experience managing technology upgrades, migrations, replacements, or decommissioning initiatives.
  • Good understanding of technology lifecycles, including hardware, software, operating systems, databases, middleware, and cloud platforms.
  • Knowledge of End-of-Life (EOL), End-of-Support (EOS), and vendor lifecycle management.
  • Experience in project risk management, issue management, and escalation handling.
  • Strong stakeholder, vendor, and cross-functional team management skills.
  • Excellent communication, documentation, reporting, and presentation skills.

• Nice to have

Languages

• English: C1 Advanced

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a leading bank with a global presence
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• Collaborative and innovative work environment

About the Company

Our client is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America. With more than 80 years of history in the banking industry, the client is expanding its footprint in Malaysia and is committed to delivering innovative financial technology solutions that enable business growth and technology transformation.