Sr. Manager, PMO IT

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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