Hiring Company: Proton Capital Sdn. Bhd.
(Recruitment managed by PRO-NET)
About Proton Capital:
PROTON CAPITAL SDN. BHD is a newly incorporated and wholly-owned subsidiary of PROTON HOLDINGS BHD.
The company focuses on Hire Purchase services, delivering professional and reliable automotive financing solutions to PROTON customers. Proton Capital is committed to enhancing the overall vehicle ownership journey through strong risk governance, operational excellence, and customer-centric financing solutions.
About The Role:
I. Communication and Collaboration
- Serve as a liaison between business and IT development teams, fostering effective communication, driving iterative product enhancements, and enabling business growth in Malaysia's automotive finance market.
- Promote cross-departmental teamwork to achieve seamless alignment between IT solutions and operational processes.
- Offer IT-driven insights and assistances to business units, boosting overall efficiency.
II. Project and Related Partner Management
- Monitor the full project lifecycle from inception to completion, encompassing planning, implementation, oversight, and handover, while adhering to schedules and objectives.
- Guide agile methodologies, including sprint coordination, backlog prioritization, and user acceptance validation.
- Spearhead the assessment and adoption of diverse delivery strategies, such as in-house builds, vendor sourcing, and blended models.
- Draw on expertise in key suppliers and competitor platforms across China and Malaysia to shape strategic choices and cultivate partnerships.
III. Market Analysis and Product Design
- Undertake market studies and competitor benchmarking to pinpoint avenues for product refinement.
- Uncover operational challenges, partner with business teams to elicit and organize requirements, conduct systematic evaluations to develop functional frameworks, prototype user interfaces, delineate scope, and produce detailed product specifications.
- Collaborate with designers on interface layouts, overarching and granular interactions, continually advancing the user experience.
- Brief development and testing personnel on requirement blueprints, ensuring comprehensive comprehension among all team roles.
- Work alongside technical leads to direct developers in executing per design guidelines, troubleshooting implementation hurdles in coding.
- Evaluate test scenarios, instruct testers on alignment with design artifacts, and clarify any design ambiguities during validation.
- Handle versioning of product features and establish priority rankings.
IV. Budget Management
- Prepare and administer budgets for product development, streamlining resource utilization.
V. Compliance Management
- Guarantee that all initiatives, operations, and systems align with Malaysian financial regulations, data protection frameworks (e.g., PDPA), and standards in the automotive finance sector.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years experience as an IT Product Manager, including at least 3 years in financial services or automotive finance.
- Demonstrated success in project management, with preference for PMP or Agile/Scrum certification.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, along with fluency in Mandarin, Malay, and English to effectively operate in Malaysia's multilingual professional landscape.
- Comprehensive understanding of Malaysian financial regulations, encompassing guidelines from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and fintech-specific requirements.
- Solid knowledge of leading suppliers and competitor platforms in China and Malaysia, complemented by a strong network within the industry.
- Skilled in leveraging product management tools such as Jira, Trello, or Aha! for roadmap development and prototype creation.
Why Join Proton Capital
- Be a Pioneer - Play a critical role in shaping the foundation of a new automotive finance company backed by PROTON's strong brand legacy.
- Strategic Leadership Exposure - Work closely with senior leadership and shareholders in building a best-in-class risk governance structure.
- Growth & Development - Access structured career development and exposure to evolving fintech and automotive financing trends.
- Competitive Rewards - Attractive salary package, performance-based incentives, comprehensive benefits, and employee vehicle purchase schemes.
