AVPVP, Project Manager (PMO and Finance), Technology Group

Location:Singapore

Job Function:Technology Group

Job Type:Permanent

Req ID:17133

About GIC
GIC is one of the worlds largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2000 employees across 11 locations around the world we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the worlds industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor we work at the Point of Impact for Singapores financial future and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Technology Group
We experiment design and lead a 247 global business where we support core capabilities in asset management trading investment operations and risk management. We deliver secure reliable and integrated solutions and provide insights on new and emerging technologies.

Strategy Architecture and Transformation Group
The Strategy Architecture & Transformation (SAT) group shapes and drives GICs technology strategy ensuring alignment with business priorities and enterprise goals. Bringing together expertise in strategy architecture engineering and transformation the team strengthens governance promotes consistency and accelerates delivery across the Technology Group. Through modern practices and close collaboration SAT leads the development of an architectural strategy that reinforces oversight and accountability while enabling reliable scalable solutions and informed decision making across the Technology Group and more broadly across GIC.

Developer Experience PMO & Finance Technology Partner
The Developer Experience team serves as the technology business partner to the Project Management Office (PMO) and Finance divisions. The PMO is a standalone division responsible for the end-to-end project management lifecycle from project initiation approval and funding through to tracking reporting and closure. Our role is to understand their business needs and deliver the technology solutions tooling and integrations that support their processes.

What impact can you make in this role
As a Project Manager you will be the key link between the Developer Experience team and the PMO and Finance divisions. You will deeply understand their business processes how projects are initiated approved funded tracked reported and closed and translate those needs into technology requirements and solutions.
This role requires someone with a strong understanding of both project management business analysis and finance who is organised detail-oriented and comfortable working across engineering teams PMO stakeholders and finance partners.

What will you do as a Project Manager

Project Management Lifecycle

• Understand and analyse the PMOs end-to-end project management lifecycle: initiation approval funding execution tracking reporting and closure.
• Gather and translate PMO business requirements into technology solutions tooling configurations and process improvements.
• Work with the PMO to define and maintain Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) codes to ensure consistent project categorisation and financial tracking.
• Support the delivery of dashboards reports and workflows that give the PMO visibility into project progress and risks.
• Facilitate discussions between the PMO Finance and engineering teams to align on requirements priorities and trade-offs.

Financial Analysis & Budget Management

• Support the financial planning and tracking of technology project budgets including forecasting actuals tracking and variance analysis.
• Work with WBS codes and financial structures to ensure project costs are accurately categorised and reported.
• Work with finance and procurement teams to manage vendor costs contract renewals and licensing spend related to technology platforms.
• Interface with finance systems (e.g. SAP) to reconcile project budgets track expenditure and support financial reporting cycles.
• Prepare financial reports and summaries for senior leadership translating project financials into clear and actionable insights.
• Identify cost optimisation opportunities across technology projects and platform operations.

Requirements Analysis & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary bridge between the PMO/Finance divisions and the Developer Experience engineering team.
• Gather document and analyse business requirements from PMO and Finance stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear specifications user stories or process flows that engineering teams can act on.
• Facilitate workshops and discussions to align PMO Finance and engineering teams on requirements priorities and trade-offs.

Process Improvement & Tooling

• Identify opportunities to improve PMO processes templates and reporting mechanisms.
• Support the configuration and administration of project management and portfolio tools (e.g. Jira Jira Strategy Collection Planview ServiceNow Confluence).
• Contribute to the development of standardised frameworks for project intake approval funding prioritisation and delivery tracking.
• Drive improvements in how project and financial data flows between PMO tools and finance systems.

What makes you a successful candidate

Experience & Background

• Bachelors degree in Business Information Technology Finance or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in business analysis project management support or technology finance roles.
• Experience working in technology organisations or supporting technology project delivery is advantageous.

Analytical & Financial Skills

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with project financials budgets forecasts and WBS structures.
• Experience working with finance systems (e.g. SAP) for budget tracking cost reporting or financial reconciliation.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools (e.g. Excel Python or similar).
• Ability to synthesise information from multiple sources and present clear concise summaries to senior stakeholders

Project Management & Governance

• Understanding of the full project management lifecycle initiation approval funding execution tracking reporting and closure.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (e.g. Agile Waterfall or hybrid approaches).
• Experience with project management and portfolio tools (e.g. Jira Jira Strategy Collection Planview ServiceNow Confluence MS Project).
• Understanding of project governance frameworks change management and risk tracking.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messages for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable facilitating meetings workshops and discussions with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

Personal Attributes

• Organised detail-oriented and proactive.
• Pragmatic structured and outcome-focused.
• Consistently demonstrates GICs PRIME values: Prudence Respect Integrity Merit and Excellence.

Work at the Point of Impact
We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious agile and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas share your views and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence Respect Integrity Merit and Excellence which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC
At GIC our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation professional growth and interpersonal connection. At the same time we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

GIC is an equal opportunity employer
GIC is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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