Voluntee

🗂 We’re Hiring: Strategic Projects & Manager
🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time
💼 Level: Mid-Level to Senior
We are seeking a strategic, analytical, and execution-focused Strategic Projects & PMO Manager to lead high-impact strategic, commercial, and operational initiatives from concept through implementation. This role will work closely with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners to drive business transformation, improve operational performance, establish project governance, and ensure strategic initiatives deliver measurable results. The role is aligned with current Malaysia-based Strategic Projects & PMO positions emphasizing strategic execution, Lean/Kaizen, process redesign, digital automation, governance, and cross-functional delivery. (Joblum)
🎯 Key Responsibilities
• Lead strategic projects from initial concept and business case development through execution, implementation, and handover to Operations.
• Translate strategic priorities into structured project plans, initiatives, milestones, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
• Manage high-impact commercial, operational, transformation, and growth-related projects across the organization.
• Lead initiatives involving new business models, digital automation, process redesign, operational improvement, and scalability.
• Establish project governance frameworks covering scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and performance.
• Develop and maintain project roadmaps, schedules, dashboards, action trackers, and management reports.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to align objectives, resolve dependencies, remove execution barriers, and maintain momentum.
• Work closely with senior leadership and project sponsors to define objectives, success criteria, KPIs, and expected business benefits.
• Monitor project performance against agreed timelines, costs, milestones, and business outcomes.
• Identify project risks, issues, bottlenecks, and resource constraints and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Apply Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement principles to improve project execution and operational efficiency.
• Analyze existing business processes to identify waste, inefficiencies, duplication, and opportunities for automation.
• Facilitate workshops and problem-solving sessions with stakeholders to develop practical improvement solutions.
• Evaluate new processes, technologies, business models, and operational initiatives for feasibility and potential business impact.
• Build business cases, financial analyses, implementation plans, and recommendations for strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate external consultants, vendors, technology partners, and other third parties when required.
• Establish standardized PMO processes, templates, reporting structures, governance practices, and project controls.
• Track benefits realization and ensure completed projects are successfully transitioned into sustainable business-as-usual operations.
• Identify, validate, document, and standardize successful processes and best practices for future rollouts.
• Prepare executive-level presentations covering project progress, business impact, risks, lessons learned, and scalability opportunities.
• Drive a culture of accountability, structured execution, continuous improvement, and measurable results.
✅ Requirements
• Proven experience in Strategic Projects, PMO, Project Management, Business Transformation, Operations Excellence, Management Consulting, or a related field.
• Approximately 5–10 years of experience in strategic projects, PMO, operations excellence, or business transformation is preferred. (Joblum)
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives from strategy and planning through execution and implementation.
• Strong understanding of project governance, portfolio management, project controls, and performance reporting.
• Experience with business process improvement, operational transformation, digital automation, or organizational change initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies is an advantage.
• Excellent analytical, financial, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior executives and operational teams.
• Ability to operate effectively in environments involving ambiguity, changing priorities, and complex business challenges.
• Strong experience developing project plans, business cases, KPIs, dashboards, and executive reports.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Jira, Asana, Monday.com, Smartsheet, or similar project-management and reporting tools is an advantage.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to connect strategic initiatives with profitability, scalability, productivity, and business growth.
• Experience managing external partners, vendors, consultants, or strategic stakeholders is preferred.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple strategic initiatives and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Management, Finance, Economics, Operations, or a related field is preferred. (Joblum)
• PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, Scrum, Agile, or other relevant project/operations certifications are an advantage.
🌟 What We Offer
• Opportunity to lead high-impact strategic and transformation projects with direct exposure to senior leadership.
• Exposure to business transformation, digital automation, process redesign, Lean operations, commercial strategy, and organizational scalability.
• Opportunity to influence business direction and turn strategic ideas into measurable operational results.
• Experience working across multiple functions, business units, and external partners.
• Career progression into Senior PMO Manager, Strategic Projects Director, Head of PMO, Transformation Director, Strategy & Operations Director, or Chief Operating Officer (COO) roles.
• A fast-paced, analytical, and results-driven working environment.
• Professional training, Lean/Six Sigma development, project-management certifications, mentorship, and leadership development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation, performance incentives, and comprehensive benefits package.

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