JOB DESCRIPTION
The Agile Project Manager (APM) provides leadership and oversight for the end-to-end development and execution of enterprise-wide digital programmes and projects, including operational and agile initiatives. This role leads and develops the cross-functional teams through iterative development, facilitating scrum ceremonies, ensuring effective coordination of internal and external stakeholders, resources, and vendors to deliver projects successfully, on time, and within budget. The position is accountable for aligning programme and project outcomes with business goals, optimizing operational performance, and ensuring compliance with scope, quality, cost, and benefit objectives across the organization's project portfolio.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Programme & Project Delivery
- End-to-end delivery ownership, ensuring programmes and projects achieve agreed scope, milestones, budget, quality, and intended benefits.
- Translation of strategy into execution, developing clear delivery plans, roadmaps, workstreams, defined deliverables, and measurable success outcomes.
- Delivery management, driving robust planning, scheduling, dependency management, change control, and risk and issue resolution across interdependent initiatives.
2. Team Leadership & Performance Management
- Lead and develop high performing programme and project teams, delivering quality outcomes under tight timelines and complex conditions.
- Set clear expectations, roles, and accountability, monitoring capacity and taking corrective action to address delivery, capability, or resourcing gaps.
- Coach and uplift delivery capability, fostering a collaborative, outcome-focused across the project team.
3. Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Provide Primary point of accountability for senior stakeholders and sponsors, managing expectations, priorities, and maintaining alignment between business objectives and delivery outcomes.
- Oversight of delivery team and vendors, ensuring contractual commitments, milestones, and service levels are met and performance issues are proactively addressed.
4. Delivery Governance & Standards
- Enforce delivery governance, standards, and risk management, ensuring consistent, predictable, and compliant execution across the project and programme lifecycle, ensure accurate reporting, forecasting, and decision support to sponsors and steering committees.
- Drive continuous improvement in delivery performance, leveraging post-implementation reviews, lessons learned, and ongoing refinement of delivery tools, practices, and methodologies.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Malaysian citizen.
- Obtain a pass in Bahasa Melayu, including an oral test in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) level or equivalent qualification recognised by the Government.
- Possess a bachelor's degree in computer science/ information technology or equivalent which is recognized by the Government from any local or abroad higher learning institution with a minimum CGPA of 3.00.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in agile methodology and implementation.
- IT / Digital Technology Certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, CSM, PSM, SAFe Agilist, etc.
- Ability to see a task through assignment to completion with minimal supervision.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Bahasa Melayu.
- Willingness to learn and share any information.
- Willingness to work extended hours, including after-hours support when required
- Willing to travel and work in Kwasa Damansara Office (HQ)
JOB PLACEMENT
Agile Delivery, Digital Programme Management, Digital Delivery Section.
JOB STATUS
Permanent
All applications are strictly CONFIDENTIAL and only shortlisted candidates will be called in for interview. Applications are deemed UNSUCCESSFUL if there is no feedback from the EPF 2 MONTHS after the closing date of the advertisement.
