Great Eastern Hiring! Full Time Manager - Strategy in WP Kuala Lumpur - Ricebowl

Define objectives, action plan, and metrics for strategic projects, set ownership and timelines while responsible for executing projects from ideation/ conceptual phase to closure, by maintaining a high standard of performance through facilitating collaboration across stakeholders.

The Job

·         Project Management role to support and add value to projects assigned by defining project plans, resolve discrepancies arising from differences in opinions from various stakeholders, apply good judgement to deal with uncertainties and actively track the progress of projects.

·         Engage stakeholders from all levels to drive delivery of key milestones and resolve challenges / issues along the way.

·         Provide PMO and secretariat support and follow up on action plans for various strategic management initiatives.

·         Responsible for supporting the development of the company strategies and business plans with respective stakeholders.

·         Brainstorm and actively participate in the co-creation of long-term ideas and support the eventual implementation.

·         Resolve and take ownership of occasional ad-hoc/ administrative/ operational matters to a high standard.

·         Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.

·         Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.

·         Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.

• Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
• Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
• Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.

·         Undergraduate or postgraduate degree from any field of studies including Business/Commerce, Engineering, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Finance or Economics.

·         Able to cope in a fast-paced environment, resilient in the face of challenges, committed to achieve a common alignment with stakeholders, and willing to go the extra mile/ put in additional effort to achieve desired results.

·         A minimum of 5-8 years working experience, preferably experience in business consulting, project/ programme management, operational management, corporate finance and/or post-merger integration.

·         Core Behavioural Competencies including integrity, relationship-building, passion for excellence, customer service orientation, proactiveness, collaboration, analytical thinking, emotional intelligence & organization awareness.

·         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.

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.