The posting
Xtremax is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and deliver complex application modernization projects within our Public Sector business unit. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, extensive experience in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and a proven track record in managing large-scale modernization initiatives for government clients.
Responsibility
- Project Delivery & Management
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex digital and technology projects from project initiation through implementation, deployment, and production.
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Drive project execution to ensure delivery is aligned with agreed scope, timelines, quality standards, and business objectives.
- Track project progress and proactively identify and resolve delivery risks, blockers, and dependencies.
- Manage changes in project scope and assess their impact on timelines, resources, technical implementation, and delivery plans.
- Support Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies, including sprint planning, backlog management, release planning, and delivery tracking.
- Business-to-Technical Translation
- Work closely with business stakeholders to understand business challenges, operational requirements, and desired outcomes.
- Translate business requirements and change requests into clear and actionable technical considerations for engineering teams.
- Facilitate discussions between business stakeholders, engineers, architects, designers, and other delivery teams.
- Break down complex requirements into actionable work items, technical dependencies, deliverables, and implementation plans.
- Ensure that business requirements are clearly understood and translated into practical technical solutions.
- Technical Impact Analysis
- Analyse client and stakeholder change requests to understand their potential impact across applications and systems.
- Understand and trace how changes may affect:
- Frontend applications
- Backend services and business logic
- APIs and system integrations
- Databases and data flows
- Cloud infrastructure and deployment environments
- Upstream and downstream systems
- Work with engineers and architects to identify the technical components, modules, services, and integrations affected by proposed changes.
- Assess technical dependencies, implementation complexity, risks, and potential downstream impacts before changes are implemented.
- Support technical discussions to determine appropriate implementation approaches and delivery strategies.
- Application & Technical Architecture
- Develop a strong understanding of the applications and systems under the project's scope.
- Understand application architecture, including the relationships between frontend applications, backend services, APIs, databases, cloud platforms, and external systems.
- Review and understand technical artefacts such as:
- Solution architecture diagrams
- System architecture documents
- API specifications
- Data flow diagrams
- Technical design documents
- Deployment architecture
- Participate in technical solution and architecture discussions with engineering and architecture teams.
- Ensure that technical decisions and implementation approaches support project objectives and business requirements.
- Code-Level Understanding
- Read and navigate source code when required to understand the structure and implementation of applications.
- Work with engineers to identify the areas of the codebase that may be affected by business or system changes.
- Understand how application components, backend services, business logic, APIs, and data models interact.
- Support technical impact analysis by tracing the flow of requests and data across the application.
- Participate in technical troubleshooting and problem-solving discussions.
- Technical Risk & Dependency Management
- Identify and manage technical risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Proactively manage dependencies across applications, systems, teams, vendors, and external stakeholders.
- Identify potential risks related to:
- System integrations
- Legacy applications
- Technical architecture
- Security
- Infrastructure
- Performance
- Data migration
- Environment readiness
- Production deployment
- Work with technical teams to develop mitigation and contingency plans.
- Escalate critical technical and delivery risks to relevant stakeholders when required.
- Quality, Testing & Release Management
- Work with engineering and Quality Engineering teams to ensure appropriate testing and quality practices are incorporated into project delivery.
- Support planning and coordination of:
- Unit testing
- Integration testing
- System testing
- User Acceptance Testing
- Regression testing
- Performance testing
- Production validation
- Ensure technical and business readiness before production deployment.
- Support release planning, deployment coordination, rollback planning, and post-production activities.
- Monitor delivery outcomes and support continuous improvement after implementation.
- Cloud, DevOps & Operational Readiness
- Understand modern cloud and software delivery practices, including cloud platforms, CI/CD, containers, and application deployment.
- Work with engineering and infrastructure teams to manage environment readiness and deployment dependencies.
- Understand the importance of observability, monitoring, logging, incident management, and production support.
- Ensure appropriate operational readiness considerations are addressed before production deployment.
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Act as a key bridge between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
- Communicate project progress, technical risks, dependencies, and delivery decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Work closely with government stakeholders, engineers, architects, designers, security teams, vendors, and system integrators.
- Facilitate discussions to resolve complex business and technical issues.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure alignment across multiple teams and organisations.
Requirements
- Project & Delivery Management
- Proven experience managing end-to-end technology or digital projects.
- Strong experience in project planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery.
- Experience managing project scope, timelines, resources, risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Experience delivering projects using Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Technical Understanding
- Strong understanding of modern software development and application architecture.
- Ability to understand the relationship between:
- Frontend applications
- Backend services
- APIs
- Databases
- System integrations
- Cloud platforms
- Strong understanding of software development concepts, system design, and technical solution delivery.
- Experience working closely with Software Engineers, Technical Leads, Solution Architects, DevOps Engineers, and Quality Engineers.
- Change & Impact Analysis
- Ability to analyse business or client change requests and understand their potential technical impact.
- Ability to identify the application components, services, APIs, databases, and integrations potentially affected by a change.
- Strong understanding of system dependencies and upstream/downstream impacts.
- Ability to work with engineering teams to assess implementation complexity, risks, and effort.
- Code-Level Understanding
- Ability to read and understand source code and application logic.
- Comfortable navigating an existing codebase to understand how an application is structured.
- Ability to follow the flow of a request across frontend, backend, APIs, business logic, and databases.
- Ability to participate in discussions regarding code changes, technical implementation, and application troubleshooting.
- Hands-on software development experience or a previous background in Software Engineering, Technical Lead, Solution Architecture, or a similar technical role is strongly preferred.
- APIs & System Integration
- Strong understanding of APIs and system integration concepts.
- Experience working with REST APIs and distributed systems.
- Understanding of authentication, authorisation, data exchange, and system dependencies.
- Ability to understand and analyse API and integration impacts.
- Cloud & Modern Technology
- Understanding of cloud computing concepts and modern application deployment.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Understanding of:
- CI/CD
- Containers
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code
- Application monitoring and observability
- Testing & Quality
- Strong understanding of software testing and quality assurance practices.
- Familiarity with unit, integration, system, regression, and User Acceptance Testing.
- Understanding of release management and production deployment.
- Ability to ensure technical and business readiness throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to facilitate discussions between business stakeholders and engineering teams.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and complex dependencies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience delivering large-scale digital or enterprise applications.
- Experience with Singapore Government, GovTech, or Public Sector projects.
- Previous experience as a:
- Software Engineer
- Technical Lead
- Solution Architect
- Technical Business Analyst
- DevOps / Cloud Engineer
- Experience delivering cloud-native applications.
- Experience managing system integration projects.
- Experience working with Agile product teams.
- Familiarity with software security and governance requirements.
- PMP, CITPM, Scrum Master, or relevant project management certifications.
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