Sr IT Project Manager
On-siteGeorge Town, Penang, Malaysia
Job Summary
Lead end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large, cross-functional IT and IT/OT projects across APAC, EMEA, and US regions, ensuring successful outcomes aligned with business objectives, timelines, budgets, quality, and compliance. Partner with business stakeholders, technical teams, and Subject Matter Experts to define scope, requirements, and delivery strategies while driving execution through planning, resource coordination, testing, deployment, and change management. Develop project plans, schedules, risk registers, and financial forecasts to maintain control and visibility. Proactively identify and mitigate risks, manage dependencies, and facilitate governance meetings and executive reporting. Manage project financials, vendor deliverables, and cost activities while supporting automation and continuous improvement initiatives. Provide guidance to junior project managers and contribute to PMO best practices.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience managing medium-to-large-scale IT projects and programs within complex global organizations
- Strong project leadership capabilities with a demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver successful business outcomes
- Extensive experience managing end-to-end project lifecycles, including planning, budgeting, resource management, execution, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support
- Strong understanding of business processes and technology solutions supporting Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial Operations, Finance, and Enterprise Systems
- Experience leading complex system implementations, integrations, cloud initiatives, digital transformation programs, and business process improvement projects
- Skilled in project planning, requirements management, Level of Effort (LOE) estimation, risk management, dependency tracking, and project governance
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all organizational levels
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, competing demands, geographically distributed teams, and third-party vendors in a fast-paced global environment
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational change management capabilities
- Experience operating within regulated environments, including validation, compliance, quality, audit, and change control requirements
- Experience supporting ERP, MES, Quality Systems, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial Applications, or other enterprise technology platforms
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field
- Minimum 8+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years of Project or Program Management experience within global organizations
- PMP certification required or strongly preferred
- Agile certifications (PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent) are an advantage
Desired Qualifications
- Experience within Medical Device, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industries is preferred
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