Responsibilities
Portfolio Management
• Manage the selection, prioritisation, and execution of IT projects, development initiatives, and enhancements through collaboration with stakeholders at all levels.
• Develop and maintain a balanced portfolio
• Monitor project execution and portfolio performance metrics whilst providing regular reporting to management and stakeholders.
• Optimise resource allocation and resolve capacity constraints and contention issues across multiple projects.
• Identify and manage cross-portfolio risks, dependencies, and compliance requirements.
• Establish and maintain IT Portfolio Management governance framework and standards.
Strategic Planning
• Plan and facilitate the annual ICT work plan sessions, ensuring alignment and emerging industry trends.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define, review, and implement key strategic initiatives.
• Monitor and report OKR statistics and benefits realisation.
Executive Support & Stakeholder Engagement
• Provide project and product insights and recommendations to support executive decision-making.
• Organise and lead change management activities to drive competency development for ICT professionals.
• Promote and improve agile working practices at HDB through continuous learning and benchmarking against industry standards.
Continuous Improvement & Compliance
• Review and implement new portfolio management processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance portfolio analytics and reporting capabilities.
• Ensure portfolio resource allocation and benefits utilisation comply with strategic direction, and industry standards.
• Propose initiatives to improve existing portfolio processes, change request management, and prioritisation frameworks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Product, Project, or Portfolio Management.
- Proven experience in strategic planning, execution, and benefits realisation.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Exceptional attention to detail with demonstrated ability to maintain meticulous oversight of project portfolio information whilst maintaining a neutral perspective.
- Experience with Change Management procedures to ensure smooth adoption amongst both business and technical users.
- Experience in process optimisation, resource planning, and improving ICT portfolio management approaches.
- Familiarity with public sector IT governance frameworks (e.g., IM8), WOG directives (e.g., Digital Government Blueprint), and organisational work planning processes are preferred.
- Recognised professional certifications (e.g., PMP, CSM, CSPO, Scaled Agile, AWS certification) are advantageous.
Shortlisted candidates will be offered a 1 Year Agency Contract employment
