Technical Project Manager

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Purpose

The Public Security – Travel & Transport (IPS T&T) department within the Public Security business unit is responsible for delivering large-scale systems integration and deployment projects for border management, transport, and public security customers worldwide.

In this context, we are looking for a Technical Project Manager based in Malaysia. Responsible for the cost, on-time delivery and quality of Travel & Transport domain projects within the Global context.

Key Missions

• Acts as the technical lead to support and assume full ownership and autonomy in managing projects, overseeing up to =< 10k hours of work, ensuring adherence to timelines, budget constraints, and quality standards, from project inception to completion and ramp up phase of the project.
• Take charge of identifying staffing needs for projects, ensuring adequate resources for successful project execution.
• Manage and follow technically the project and its schedule with the different stakeholders: customer, subcontractors and IDEMIA contributors.
• Acts as the scrum master to ensure that the project development follows the agile methodology
• Provide strong technical leadership and guidance to the technical team across the MYS and APAC region.
• Understands and analyzes customer requirements, data format specifications, interface specifications, etc and translate them into technical document.
• Technical and requirements authority for all technical, operational and customer related activities.
• Own and develop relationship with partners, customers and internal product team working with them to optimize our delivery.
• Help design, document and maintain system processes and specifications.
• Liaise with global product teams, technical experts and software factory, customers and external partners, to
• Design, development and testing of the developed/customize software
• Guide the resolution of intricate technical problems leveraging skillset throughout the organization.
• Participate in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement plans.
• Support presales activities in APAC by providing technical inputs and quotation, in accordance with IPS T&T best practices where core solutions and domain expertise are developed.
• Coach, motivate and mentor team members with the intent to build a credible and motivate team to serve our customer with pride, passion and professionalism.   
• Subject Matter Expert for all IPS Travel & Transport related domain, technologies and operations.
• Design, development and testing of the developed/customize software
• Guide the resolution of intricate technical problems leveraging skillset throughout the organization.

Profile & Other Information

We are looking for a technical project manager with a strong solid experience in software and systems integration in the domain of Public Security – Travel and Transport as well as in management of complex projects in an international context. The candidate shall also be a manager for his/her team and embark them in a common vision.  With a strong leadership, he/she will be able to work as a team with internal departments such as the IPS T&T regional team based in Singapore, the Solutions and Technical Authority team in France, and other Public Security business stakeholders. Autonomous, he/she has to anticipate and analyze the needs of our customers.

• More than 10 - 15 years of technical experiences and 5 years of team management experiences.
• Involved in many software development cycles and familiar in SDLC and/or agile project implementation.
• Exceptionally strong analytical and problem solving skill.
• Mature people management and team building. A people manager.
• Exceptionally strong customer management
• Team player with the ability to work cross-functionally and to work with all levels of staff
• Must have a positive attitude, team player, energetic and passionate with technology
• Ability to work independently, reliable, self-discipline, and able to adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to be innovative and drive continuous improvement
• Has at least a university degree in IT/Software Engineering.
• PMP certified (Project Management Professional) or equivalent project management certification is highly preferred. 
• Willing to travel; business trips include APAC region and to HQ in France.
• To be successful in this role he/she must be an independent, self-starter and have a positive attitude towards learning business, operation and technology.

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