Senior Consultant / IT PMO（Japanese-Speaker）
Singapore Business-level Japanese (JLPT N1–N2)
Business-level Japanese (JLPT N1–N2) required (Communication with Japanese stakeholders on project governance and status reporting.)
Japanese consulting firm · Singapore
Salary: SGD 8,000 – 11,000 / month
Support the Project Manager on infrastructure upgrade projects in a bank IT environment, working through a Japanese consulting firm in Singapore. The firm provides business transformation, IT strategy and digital solutions across Southeast Asia. You will support the Project Manager in planning, tracking and coordinating project activities; develop and maintain project plans, schedules, progress reports, dashboards and other PM documentation; and monitor timelines, deliverables and dependencies so that delays and risks are identified and escalated promptly. You will help prepare and consolidate weekly and monthly status reports for internal and client stakeholders, and track project budgets, resource allocation and timesheets in line with the client's governance requirements. You will support governance activities such as steering committee meetings, project reviews and audit readiness, make sure the client's PM framework, compliance standards and documentation templates are followed, and coordinate with workstream leads, vendors and cross-functional teams to resolve issues. You will maintain the project documentation repository with proper version control, help with change requests, risk and issue tracking and lessons-learned documentation, and uphold consulting professionalism and confidentiality while building strong collaboration with client teams. Consulting experience is an advantage but not mandatory. Working conditions are as follows. Hours: 9:00am to 6:00pm Location: two sites in Singapore, changing as the project progresses Visa: a work pass can be applied for if necessary; candidates based outside Singapore can apply
Responsibilities
- Support the Project Manager in planning, tracking and coordinating project activities
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, progress reports, dashboards and PM documentation
- Monitor timelines, deliverables and dependencies, escalating delays and risks promptly
- Help prepare and consolidate weekly and monthly status reports for internal and client stakeholders
- Track project budgets, resource allocation and timesheets in line with client governance requirements
- Support governance activities such as steering committee meetings, project reviews and audit readiness
- Ensure the client's PM framework, compliance standards and documentation templates are followed
- Coordinate with workstream leads, vendors and cross-functional teams to resolve issues
- Maintain the project documentation repository with proper version control
- Help with change request management, risk and issue tracking, and lessons-learned documentation
- Uphold consulting professionalism and confidentiality, and build strong collaboration with client teams
Requirements
- Business-level Japanese, to communicate with Japanese stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- 5+ years of project management in a bank IT environment
- Proven experience managing end-to-end infrastructure upgrade projects
- Strong Waterfall project management experience
- Solid stakeholder and team management skills
- Consulting experience (advantage)