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Sr. Manager, PMO IT

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Position Description

Ensure that IT projects and programs are executed with consistent standards, strong governance, strategic alignment, and measurable value. The PMO Director serves as a key liaison between IT leadership, business stakeholders, and headquarters, ensuring transparency, prioritization discipline, and execution excellence across all IT initiatives.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

  • Manage and deliver enterprise level programs (from funding, to SDLC, to closure)

  • Govern the projects as per the PMO guidelines and policies

  • Review existing guidelines and policies and update them as per evolving needs of firm

  • Provide regular updates to department heads and HQ

  • Work closely with IT Financials to manage and track the project budget spend

  • Work with vendors to deliver the agreed scope

  • Prepare project status reports on a regular basis for various stakeholders

  • Translation of governance reports to higher management of parent company

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in information technology, Business, or related discipline.

  • 8-10 years’ experience with 4+ years in IT project governance, PMO leadership, or large‑scale program delivery.

  • Experience and knowledge of Investment banking front-back office functional flows is preferred

  • Excellent analytical skills, logic, numeracy and proficiency in Excel

  • Strong communicator, organized and methodical by nature

  • Bilingual in English and Mandarin is a MUST

  • Strong understanding of PMO role & function

  • Candidate must be able to articulate the value-add they can bring to the PMO function and organization

  • Experience with project management tools, budgeting, working with vendors and/or offshore teams will be an advantage

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