Assistant Vice President, Digital Transformation (Project Manager)

Discover the GREAT in your career.

 

As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

 

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

 

If you are looking to grow in an exciting career filled with opportunities and potential, we are seeking a professional to join our team as Assistant Vice President, Digital Transformation.

 

 

The Role:

 

• To be responsible for overall project management in ensuring the quality, cost, risk and compliance and project scheduling requirements are met
• To develop project plan based on business case or agreed scope for approval by Project Sponsor / Project Steering Committee (PSC), supported by establishment of the overall success criteria for the project
• To maintain effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project
• To take a leading role in interfacing with users, IT, system implementation vendor, at all project stages
• To actively manage project risk in mitigating all identified risks.
• To manage the change control process
• To monitor and advise upon project finances
• Produce and/or maintain documentation needed for project approvals, project planning, tender, functional documents, formal project progress and other project related reports
• To manage the flow of project information between the team and various stakeholders, through regular meetings and written communications
• Any other work related tasks or duties deemed required and assigned by the superior or Head of Department
• Take accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks
• Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company
• Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices
• Other responsibilities entailed

The Person:

 

• Degree qualifications in project management or similar field
• Minimum 5 - 9 years of experience in managing digital projects
• Experience and knowledge of all of the main project management concepts, tools and techniques
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced and high pressure environment, to meet often tight deadlines, and to work pro-actively as part of a committed team
• Good communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Strong management and planning skills
• Analytical skills a must
• Creative and has strong leadership skills
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes

 

 

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

 

 

Location: HQ, Kuala Lumpur

Entity: Great Eastern Life Malaysia

Employment Type: Permanent

 

 

About Great Eastern

 

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

 

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

 

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

 

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.

 

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.