Project Manager - Digital Systems Delivery

About the role

Cognizant Consulting is hiring a Project Manager (Consultant) to lead the delivery and sustained operation of digital systems for a Singapore public sector client. You will work with product, design, engineering, procurement, security and vendor teams to keep delivery, commercial and operational priorities aligned, managing small-to-medium ICT projects or substantial maintenance workstreams through to closure.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery plans: scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, change control and management reporting.
• Partner with product managers, designers and engineers to turn user needs into delivery priorities, run Agile ceremonies and remove impediments.
• Lead test and release-readiness activities, including system, user and security testing, operational handover, implementation prerequisites and post-release follow-up.
• Manage vendors, maintenance contracts and service agreements, including service levels, renewals, licence and subscription planning, end-of-support upgrades, service requests and performance governance.
• Coordinate procurement, finance and security workstreams, including tender or quotation documentation, contract variations, invoice validation, budget forecasting, vulnerability remediation and patch delivery.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree (mandatory).
• At least 4 years and less than 7 years of relevant project management experience, including independent delivery of ICT projects or digital products from planning through implementation, transition and operational support.
• Experience across product, engineering and service-provider teams, with practical knowledge of Agile, Scrum and Waterfall.
• Experience preparing procurement or contract documentation and coordinating formal reviews, approvals, vendor proposals and effort estimates.
• Advantageous: PMP or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification; PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster or Professional Scrum Master certification.
• Advantageous: experience with Singapore Government or comparable public-sector procurement, funding, contract variation and formal approval processes.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of ITIL practices, cybersecurity remediation, vulnerability management, patching and technology lifecycle planning.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Excel or Power BI for delivery and reporting.
• Experience delivering cloud migration, enterprise application, case-management, platform-upgrade or citizen-facing digital-service initiatives.

What we offer

• Hybrid work: three days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Singapore, with flexibility where possible.
• Wellbeing programs supporting work-life balance.