JOB DESCRIPTION

Organisation Structure
Job Title (on name card) * Project Manager
Corporate Title * CW Job Grade * CW
Company * CIMB Bank Berhad
Division * Group Technology (GT)
Department * GT Wholesale Banking
Unit * Project Management, Risk & Planning
Sub-unit * Programme & Project Delivery
Job location Menara CIMB
Job Title of Direct Superior* Programme & Project Delivery Lead
Job Title of Matrix Superior(s) -
*
Indicate if different Company,
Division or Department or
Country
Job Purpose *
The Project Manager role is responsible for managing projects of large size using the project management
methodology, processes and practices for all IT projects across the Enterprise Delivery. The role manages
end-to-end project management starting from engagement to operations handover. The role is
responsible to create an environment and performs all activities required for a successful release or
deployment of an IT project in the Wholesale Banking business.

Key Responsibilities *

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Review and Monitor Projects

1) Review and manage end-to-end project implementation including project planning, risk
management, quality control and implementation, vendor management, financial management,
management of resource, collaboration and etc. This includes responsible for pending activities /
items after project closure that is within the project scope e.g. payments and training.
2) Oversee deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors progress of projects.
3) Prepare progress reports to key stakeholders on overall project updates, mitigation of risk / issue,
project spending and budget, resource management, timeline and other related matters.
4) Provide advise on IT governance processes and guidelines and any IT / systems suggestios. 5)
Manage business and technical problems and propose alternatives or solutions.

Cross Capabilities Management

1) Work closely with overall project team (not limited to Business Analyst, Developers, Testers, Infra
and Delivery team) to deliver project that is within scope, budget and on time.
2) Develop project management methods, tools, standards and project execution processes to be
used across the organisation for IT project implementation.

Project Planning
1) Prepare / develop project work plan, ensure it aligns with deliverables of project team (incl. vendor
if applicable).
2) Provide advise and plan for testing, data migration, deployment and training based on technical
and business dependencies.
3) Establish project team based on the project charter and conduct kick off meeting, PWC meeting
and PSC meeting.
4) Manage, prepare, track and record all project related documents including changes, updates,
minutes, approval and sign-off.
5) Collect metrics from Requirement Tracability Matrix (RTM) derived from Business Analyst and
Defect Removal Effectiveness (DRE) from the reviewing of defects log under Testing for analysis
and reporting.
6) To perform resource planning for support, development, projects and subject matter experts

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7) Plan, manage and coordinate all IT and to project, plan and timeline related activitiy within
interdepartments and vendors.
8) Plan, manage and coordinate technical related acitivity within inter-departments and vendors 9)
Define the timeline, effort and key activites for the system changes and projects.
10) Provide input and review for the integration and conversion strategies.
11) Identify involvement of third party system(s) in UAT.
12) Capture risk and issue and maintain the risk and issue register.

Project Delivery
1) Manage and deliver projects within timeline, quality and within budget.
2) Regularly update management via established reporting templates and interval (eg. Monthly and
yearly) for support, development and projects.
3) Provide timely updates and ensure proper management of business stakeholders / sponsor. 4)
Ensure project risks are fully thought through and mitigated throughout the project delivery.

Project Management
1) Analyse and manage the impacts, interfaces and inter-dependencies of different projects.
2) Manage business and technical problems and propose alternatives or solutions.
3) Adheres to all applicable procedures, company policies and any other quality or regulatory
requirements.
4) Stay abreast of new technologies including new project management techniques and tools.

Project Closure
1) Prepare project closure and document review form, project performance scorecard, vendor
performance scorecard and performance appraisal.
2) Upload the endorsed project closure and document review form to centralised repository.
3) Coordinate review process on deliverables and obtain sign off (SoW (if vendor involved) BRD, FSD,
Test Plan & Test cases).

Any other responsibilities/tasks as assigned by the management from time to time.

Job Specification *
Qualifications • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management / Information Technology or
(Basic Degree/Diploma etc) equivalent.
Professional Qualification • Project Management Professional / PRINCE2 certified
and/or Regulatory, Licensing • Agile or SCRUM certified
requirements
Relevant Work Experience • 8 or more years of Project Management experience with at least 4 years
of relevant industry experience.
• Delivered medium and/or large scale projects from project inception
through the entire project life cycle.

Required Competencies and Skills *

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Competencies/Skills • Familiar with various project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project)
(Essential to succeed in this • Must have strong leadership and people management skills; ability to
job) influence, organisational ability and time management.
• Excellent business acumen and analytical skills.
• Embody the organisation culture and aligns and support of organisation
vision and mission.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills.
• Highly result oriented and can work independently.
• Demonstrates ability to build relationships and work well with peers
from both business and technology stakeholders and interact
effectively with internal and external parties.
• Ability to plan and prioritise work / projects within the team.

Travel Requirements (if any)

Frequency Minimum
(Incl typical Destinations and
Duration)

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