Project Manager

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced

Project Manager

to oversee the end-to-end delivery, commercial management, and operational governance of key Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems and digital services. Positioned at the intersection of business needs, technology implementation, and vendor oversight, you will lead cross-functional teams to drive digital initiatives, manage maintenance workstreams, and ensure high standards of quality, security, and financial stewardship.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Management & Delivery

End-to-End Governance:
Own the integrated project plan, schedule, critical path, risks, issues, dependencies, and change control across predictive, agile, or hybrid delivery frameworks.

Release & Test Management:
Lead system, user acceptance (UAT), and security test planning; coordinate release readiness, operational cutover, and post-implementation stabilization.

Change & Stakeholder Engagement:
Manage scope variations and drive stakeholder alignment, change management, user education, and adoption strategies.

2. Vendor & Commercial Governance

Procurement Support:
Prepare and review procurement documentation, tender specifications, Approval of Requirement (AOR) papers, and contract variation requests.

Contract Administration:
Oversee vendor performance, service level agreements (SLAs), maintenance renewals, technology end-of-support upgrades, and subscription lifecycles.

Effort & Cost Challenge:
Critically evaluate vendor proposals, rate cards, and man-day estimates for service requests to prevent scope inflation and unsupported contingencies.

3. Financial Stewardship & Budgeting

Track, forecast, and reconcile project expenditures, commitments, and monthly invoice validations against approved funding envelopes.

Recommend budget reprioritization and corrective actions for shortfalls or variances to ensure project financial sufficiency.

4. Operations & Security

Oversee vulnerability remediation, security patching compliance, and system lifecycle planning to maintain operational continuity and reduce technical debt.

Facilitate regular project governance and working-level meetings, presenting clear status reports and risk escalations to management.

Requirements & Qualifications

Educational Background & Experience

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related field.

Experience:
5 to 10 years

of proven experience in ICT project management, managing digital product lifecycles, enterprise application delivery, or complex maintenance workstreams.

Technical & Professional Competencies

Public Sector Governance:
Solid understanding of public-sector ICT governance frameworks, procurement workflows, and statutory guidelines.

Methodologies & Tools:
Practical knowledge of Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methodologies; proficient with tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Power BI, or SharePoint.

Analytical & Commercial Acumen:
Strong capability to review commercial contracts, evaluate effort breakdowns, and negotiate vendor deliverables.

Communication & Resilience:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a track record of managing competing priorities and navigating complex stakeholder landscapes.

Preferred Qualifications

Project Management Professional (

PMP

),

PRINCE2 Practitioner

, or Certified ScrumMaster (

CSM

) /

PMI-ACP

certification.

Knowledge of

ITIL

service management practices (Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management).

K2 PARTNERING SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD

K2 Partnering Solutions is a professional global recruitment and staffing company which delivers top-tier IT professionals within the niche markets of ERP/CRM/SOA/BI.

In South-East Asia, we are the only foreign based staffing firm that focuses exclusively on the Enterprise Application market. With a focus on both permanent and contract (freelancing) recruitment in Singapore and regionally, our clients include many prestigious international companies as well as several large domestic firms. Being one of most well known technology recruiting firms globally, our main technological verticals include SAP and Cloud Technologies with an unparalleled attention to candidate service and client satisfaction.

We are confident to expand our services in Asia with our trade mark quality control system REQ® (Relationship-Expertise-Quality).

Being the Best by working with the Best

K2 has a huge interest in establishing good relationships with IT and Business consultants who are specialized in the SAP/Cloud areas for both permanent and contract (freelancing) opportunities. We deliver on our promises and are able to provide opportunities here in Japan as well as within our global network.

K2 Partnering Solutions was established in London at 1997, we have successfully grown to a 250 million USD turnover company, and expanded our organizations to Europe, USA, South America and Asia with 21 offices operating at the moment.

K2 is currently expanding rapidly in Asia Pacific region. We aim to provide the very best in service to our consultants as well as IT talent to our clients across the region.