ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER, ASIA PACIFIC

Job Summary

• The Assistant Project Manager is supporting the Greater Asia Pacific Region.
• Independently, or under direction of SSC leadership or Global Project Manager, the postholder delivers high-priority IT projects across the region for Global and Multinational customers, which often require high levels of functional and process integration.
• Primary point of contact from contractual award through transition to steady state demonstrating total project ownership throughout the life of the project in Greater Asia Pacific region.
• May manage multiple projects simultaneously that are Greater Asia Pacific region in scope requiring numerous resources and significant integration of multiple functional groups.
• Responsible for the development of an effective and efficient implementation strategy and able to communicate that strategy to Ricoh and customer project team members and stakeholders.
• Work skillfully and professionally through challenging situations which may lead to change control requirements or issue escalations, while consistently adhering to PMO processes and policies

Lead the project team in requirements and execution of monitoring and reporting cost, schedule, and performance of all project deliverables.

Job Description

• Adhere to the policies, standards, and best practices set by the Global PM Practice and standard Ricoh project management methodology.

• Reviews global project proposal(s), global contract(s) and global Statement(s) of Work to determine scope, time frame, budget, procedures for accomplishing project, resource requirements, and assigning of available resources to various phases of project.
• Establishes work breakdown structure and resourcing for each phase of project and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel from Ricoh or 3rd parties.
• Work with project teams to create project plans, assign responsibilities, and build the collateral required to run the project. 
• Directs and coordinates activities of local project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Managing teams remotely from Greater Asia Pacific countries.
• Prepare and maintain required project schedules, reporting, and documentation including status reports, dashboards, executive summaries, MS Project Online, etc.

• Coordinates project activities of internal resources, as well as government or other regulatory agencies, 3rd party contractors, suppliers, service providers and customer resources.
• May engage in presale activities to ensure achievable expectations are established for all project deliverables and may assist with or develop corresponding estimate for PM support.
• Perform other duties as assigned by SSC Leadership/PMO Management.

Education

• Degree preferred, or equivalent experience in a related field
• Min of five years Project Management experience, regional scope preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Prince 2 Practitioner certification is preferred

Skills

• Ability to manage remote teams, maintaining productive relationships with peers, management, and cross-functional departments.
• Ability to create, maintain and publish comprehensive performance reports for assigned projects.
• Ability to effectively present information to customers, project team members and stakeholders.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

• Must possess advanced skills using MS Office Suite, including Project, Excel and Power Point .

• Fluent English essential.