Senior Manager Project Office

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Develop, support and manage key initiatives across the organization to achieve GCA’s top priorities

He/she will achieve this mission by:

Driving, guiding and consulting initiative owners in planning, execution and tracking of projects

Providing deep-dive support on select initiatives with value-added analysis and business insights to drive initiative progress towards strategic goals

Communicating with GCA management regarding initiative progress, risks, and recommended future actions

Highlighting and communicating during regular Steering cadence how initiatives support and drive the overall GCA Strategy Roadmap

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning

Coordinate and manage initiative development, planning and prioritization processes across functions

Engage with senior management to identify initiative owners and core team members

Drive, guide and consult initiative owners to set initiative objectives, develop detailed plans and define KPIs

Ensure project objectives are aligned with strategic direction of the organization

Project Management / Support / Communications

Engage with initiative owners and senior management to determine role and contribution for each initiative

Manage and guide the overall project life-cycle from start to finish

Proactively recommend and align on additional support to be provided

Work with initiative owners to build high quality and constructive project updates for management review

Act as liaison and communication bridge across the organization to build alignment on initiative direction and priorities, and to manage cross-initiative interdependences

Proactively share best practices and escalate any potential issues, risks and new opportunities identified

Systems and Processes

Provide active process management and value-added analysis – typically focused on initiatives that require:

New or custom process development

Ad-hoc data analysis and insight

Heavy cross-functional alignment and management

Prepare regular updates to senior management on overall initiative progress

Coordinate with Human Resources on initiative KPI and performance evaluation

People Management

Provide senior management with objective perspective on progress, priorities and directions while managing their expectations

Provide advice and feedback to initiative owners and core members to ensure high quality, timely execution

Act as communication bridge across the organization to build alignment on initiative direction and priorities, and proactively escalate any potential issues, risks and new opportunities identified

Training

Drive and guide initiative owners to further develop project management skills and discipline

KPIs:

Initiative achievement, contribution to initiative teams, and overall business impact

Overall project leadership, communications, goal-oriented, problem solving, strategic influence.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Strong process and project management skills – organized approach but also able to be flexible to meet changing needs;

Solid business sense and analytic/critical-thinking skills – able to solve problems using both conventional judgment and ad-hoc analysis;

Strategic thinking and problem solving

Team leadership – able to lead and influence project teams across different functions towards a common objective;

Strong multi-tasking ability to handle multiple projects across various topics at the same time;

Willingness to learn and adapt –to build business acumen and develop general management competency;

Initiative & entrepreneurial – take initiative and proactively seek opportunity for improvement;

People oriented – ability to work with, service, and navigate across a wide network throughout the organization;

Confident communicator and presenter, especially to senior management

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

University degree or above

MBA or other business-related qualification

6-8 years of general business experience

Experience with leading consumer brand

Experience in leading management consulting firm is a plus

Solid skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc.

Basic statistics and modelling knowledge

Strong communication skills – written and spoken English and Mandarin