VP, Project Manager (Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Resilience), Technology Group

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 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 world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Technology Group
We experiment, design, and lead a 24×7 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. 

Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Resilience (ICR)
We design, build, and secure the technology foundations that power GIC’s global investment operations. We aim to deliver resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure that empowers our people and businesses to perform securely, efficiently, and effectively.

What impact will you make in this role?

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading and delivering Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Resilience(ICR) projects and initiatives on time, within scope, and within budget. These projects may span multiple sub-domains and involve extensive stakeholder engagement, with varying levels of complexity. Success in this role requires a proactive and detail-oriented approach, strong governance discipline, and a commitment to seeing initiatives through to completion. A genuine interest in the work, a passion for continuous learning, and excellent stakeholder, communication, and time management skills are essential. The candidate must demonstrate strong proficiency in core project management competencies, encompassing all nine PMBOK knowledge areas, supported by formal training and proven hands-on delivery experience, and apply these consistently across all assigned projects.

What will you do as a VP, Project Manager (Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Resilience)?

• Project Leadership: Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of cross-functional infrastructure and cybersecurity projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Value Driven engagement: Constantly seek out opportunities to value add across the project delivery lifecycle and wherever is sensible to fast track tasks and optimize the end to end delivery process. Pre-emptively call out potential risks with mitigation plans, and manage issues to closure, to ensure successful project completion. Escalate potential risks early for closure.
• Best Practices champion: Identify opportunities to implement best practices to enhance efficiency, drawing from the project management certification, project delivery expertise, and good governance.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, providing regular updates on project status, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Dependency Mapping: Apply techniques used in managing past strategic complex deliveries and collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and manage dependencies, ensuring seamless project execution and delivery.
• Project Scheduling: Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, with critical path surfaced, tracking progress and optimizing timelines as necessary to meet project milestones.
• Reporting: Conduct weekly working party meetings as required to ensure progress. Prepare and present comprehensive project reports to senior leadership, highlighting key metrics, challenges, and achievements.
• Team Collaboration: Foster a collaborative environment among project teams, encouraging open communication and knowledge sharing to drive project success.
• Financials, Procurement and Compliance: Apply deep understanding and expertise in managing project financials, procurement and compliance related endeavours related to projects deliveries. The latter are key for good governance and to ensure no breach.
• Future Leadership: Position yourself as a potential future leader for the project management function within ICR, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making.

What makes you a successful candidate?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred (May be in progress).
• At least 8 years of experience in project management, preferably in the Financial sector.
• Certification in Project Management from a recognised institute is a Must. Preferably Project Management Institute (PMI/PMP) or CITPM (NUS-ISS).
• Emphasis on good Project Governance and project hygiene. The latter includes a deep understanding of all Financials, Procurement and Compliance related matters for projects undertaken. It also includes experience in managing the various technical approvals applicable for the projects at hand, and deliveries accomplished must be able to stand up to audits.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex, cross-functional projects in a global environment, and clear ability to leverage and harness the strengths of stakeholders to instil an effective working model for deliveries undertaken. Delivery of projects related to infrastructure and security, including major upgrades, complex re-hosting or re-platforming initiatives on Cloud/on-prem.
• Strong understanding and successful application of various project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) and tools (eg. JIRA, Confluence, MS Project).
• Demostrated skills as an enabler, who is able to value add to every interaction and at every opportunity that may arise to effectively bring initiatives to market.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels. Proven successful engagement with Senior Leadership and across all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail. Proven ability to quickly grasp new concepts and deep dive for new initiatives undertaken.

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. 

GIC is a Great Place to Work

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 
As an employer, we passionately believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of GIC teams to drive competitive performance. An inclusive environment yields exceptional contribution.

Learn more about our Technology Group here: 
https://gic.careers/group/technology-group/