Project Manager-consultant

**Overview**

Our Project Managers-Consultants are responsible for leading cross-functional project teams to achieve client and company business objectives. This position will involve managing multiple new or existing client software implementation projects and providing effective communication across all stakeholders to maintain transparency and enable the prioritisation of decision-making throughout a projects’ life cycle.

You will be responsible for effectively overseeing each project to ensure a high standard of quality and customer service. Throughout the life cycle of the project, you will liaise with key stakeholders to ensure they are informed and engaged during the implementation process, whilst company values are maintained - Key role objectives are to drive each project to completion on time, on scope and on budget.

**Duties include**:

- Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
- Acting as the solution architect on projects, while having the ability to develop a deep understanding of client business models and align to Veson’s software products using best practices
- Facilitating business process analysis and business requirements gathering and documentation
- Identify and track critical path/activities, risks, contingencies and alternatives and offer suggestions to get projects back on track when necessary
- Proactively address customer concerns and meet or exceed customer needs
- Resolving, tracing and escalating critical issues to minimize project risk factors
- Establish and maintain relationships with clients, vendors and third parties
- Provide regular project updates to team and management on work performed, plans, budget and status
- Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules
- Measure project performance using appropriate systems (i.e. Mavenlink, Salesforce etc.), tools and techniques
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
- Regularly communicate with management, both verbally and in writing, on the status of initiatives in a professional and understandable manner

**Required Skills**:

- 3 years working experience as a Project Manager with Consulting/Business Analysis skills required to support the successful delivery of end-to-end complex enterprise software implementation, integration and client training across multiple projects.
- Fluent English and Mandarin (Verbal and Written) with Japanese beneficial, but not essential (Other languages a plus)
- A formal project management qualification in either Prince2, PMP or a similar recognised level
- Analytical approach with a focus on attention to detail, with solutioning capabilities for the most complex client workflows
- Proven planning and organisational skills
- Outstanding consulting, presentation, coaching and facilitation skills
- Ability to communicate with customers at all levels
- Proven ability to proactively address customer concerns and meet or exceed customer needs
- Experience with business process analysis and business requirements gathering and documentation
- Desire to work in fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting
- Willingness to travel across the APAC region (Currently remote/home/part-office based, but will be to c50% travel when we return to BAU/as per Covid guidance)
- Degree qualified or above - Ideally within IT/Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Business or a similar Engineering field
**Desirable Skills (not essential)**
- Experience of working with complex commercial SaaS/ERP software solutions for global corporate B2B market sectors and providing ‘Best fit’ product delivery
- Knowledge and experience of either maritime shipping, trading, risk management and physical trading in the commodity market
- Financial technologies and accounting sector experience would be beneficial
- Insight on the energy, oil, and gas industries
Exposure to programming languages and technologies such as C#, JavaScript, scripting languages, DAX/Power BI and XML
**About Veson Nautical**

We are a team of multi-cultural, multi-disciplined professionals that are dedicated to making our clients successful and charting a new, innovative course for the commercial marine industry. Veson Nautical employs a staff of extremely capable creators and innovators all focused on meeting the goals of our clients. We invest extensively in employee development and experience to maintain focus and enthusiasm. The Veson Nautical team is made up of a dynamic blend of engineers, artists, sailors, teachers, brokers, bankers, traders, consultants, and customer service experts.

**Veson Nautical offers**
- Competitive compensation
- Four weeks’ vacation to start, plus 12 holidays
- Generous health, dental, life, and disability insurance
- Transportation subsidy
- Free Tuesday and Friday lunches
- Monthly birthday treats
- Friendly, informal work environment
- Offices in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District