Global APAC Transition Lead
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Global APAC Transition Lead
This role will require a proactive leader with exceptional project management skills to ensure smooth transitions, minimize disruptions and maximize efficiency in operational processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in change management, excellent communication skills and a passion for driving success through effective transitions.
The Program Lead successfully executes and delivers programs and projects to enable new business and key [BA1.1] strategic initiatives. Supports process development, program improvement and quality initiatives for existing accounts.
Job Description
About the Role
~2 min read- Project Leadership: Drive the successful execution of multiple transition and transformation projects, ensuring all contractual obligations are fulfilled for Global Occupier Services accounts.
- Strategic Implementation: Develop and execute key strategic initiatives that align with the objectives of the Transition and Transformation Platform.
- Protocol Development: Design, develop, and manage a comprehensive suite of transition and transformation protocols, processes, and outcomes to ensure successful project delivery.
- Customer Experience Enhancement: Identify opportunities to improve the customer experience throughout the transition process.
- Budget Management: Track and manage the transition budget as established in the Proforma, ensuring financial accountability.
- Contract Review Support: Assist in contract review and abstract preparation to support project execution.
- Transition Initiative Leadership: Lead transition initiatives by executing project plans and driving progress towards milestones.
- Meeting Facilitation: Organize and lead transition-related meetings, including internal and client governance sessions, to ensure clear communication and alignment.
- Risk Management: Manage interdependencies across service lines, identify potential risks and barriers, and develop effective mitigation strategies.
- Go-Live Support: Guide the team through the transition to business-as-usual operations, ensuring a smooth handover to the account team.
- Success Criteria Documentation: Establish and document key success criteria targets and thresholds for the transition program.
- Program Viability Assurance: Ensure the program remains aligned with business objectives and within established success criteria.
- Quality Delivery: Consistently produce high-quality, accurate, and valuable outputs that meet leadership expectations.
- Performance Measurement: Measure and monitor the effectiveness of Transition and Transformation services, providing insightful reports and data visualizations to the leadership team to foster continuous improvement.
- Stakeholder Communication: Maintain strong communication and collaboration with client leadership throughout the transition process.
- Team Management: Lead and support small teams of direct and indirect reports in the delivery of transition and transformation activities.
- Deadline Management: Prioritize and manage personal and team outputs to meet established deadlines and delivery schedules.
- Change Management Execution: Ensure organizational change management activities are effectively implemented to meet customer objectives.
- Additional Duties: Perform other related duties as required or requested.
- BA/BSc degree (MBA / advanced degree in business or other applicable,
- General understanding of key Occupier service lines, especially facility management, project management and integrated portfolio management.
- 5+ years in project / program management experience with an emphasis on setting SMART goals and objectives and then managing people, process and resources in order to deliver on-time, on-budget and to the required standard / quality etc.
- Accomplished people leader, manager and developer – can demonstrate people and stakeholder management experience as both leader and team member,
- Strong communication and presentation skills – communicates actively and effectively both orally and in writing,
- Advanced customer service and management capabilities – able to demonstrate relationship and stakeholder management capability to an advanced level,
- Self-starting, self-managing, self-teaching with an outcome orientated disposition – able to work unsupervised according to assigned goals and objectives within the given governance and support framework,
- Technically proficient in all commonly used business software and applications.
- PROSCI certified desired but not required.
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