Project Director

About ST Engineering

ST Engineering is a global technology, defence, and engineering group with offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S., serving customers in more than 100 countries. The Group uses technology and innovation to solve real-world problems and improve lives through its diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence, and public security segments. Headquartered in Singapore, ST Engineering ranks among the largest companies listed on the Singapore Exchange.

Our history spans more than 50 years, and our strategy is underpinned by our core values - Integrity, Value Creation, Courage, Commitment and Compassion. These 5 core values guide every aspect of our business and are embedded in our ST Engineering culture - from the people we hire, to working with each other, to our partners and customers.

About our Line of Business - Mission Software & Services

Our Mission Software & Services business provides leading-edge mission critical command, control, and communications (C3) systems with secured IT infrastructure and managed services. We support our client's innovation journey through design thinking, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support with our full suite of cloud computing solutions. We provide intelligent, actionable insights and sustainable solutions to our valued partners in diverse industries including defence, government, and commercial sectors.

Together, We Can Make A Significant Impact

As a Project Director, you will lead delivery for all projects. This entails implementing organization strategies through the effective direction and management of resources, while being accountable for the business strategies, functional or operational areas, processes or programs.

You can expect an autonomous but fast-paced work environment where you are recognized for your results and ability to drive things forward. Every day brings many opportunities to learn and grow and rewards with a global impact we create.

Be Part of Our Success

Project Management and Delivery

• Ensure smooth delivery/execution of projects
• Manage customer escalations
• Prevent projects from remaining in a RED state for more than 2 weeks by developing strategies to turn red accounts to amber/green

Financial Performance

• Achieve revenue, margin, and booking targets
• Create plans to build, manage, and burn backlog
• Accurately forecast monthly and quarterly project-level revenue and margins

Customer Relationship Management

• Drive strategies to upsell continuous developement services to existing customers
• Assist sales in new deals by presenting continuous developement value propositions
• Ensure customer satisfaction during the project period
• Serve as the senior face for customers in the region
• Actively participate in Project SteerCo meetings

Resource Planning and Management

• Ensure the availability of resources/capacity and skills/expertise for projects
• Collaborate with the Head (Software) to hire or redirect additional resources when necessary

Operational Compliance

• Adhere to operational processes such as timesheets, expenses, and project reporting
• Ensure teams fully understand organizational, regional, and product-level goals and strategies

Deal and Contract Management

• Ensure proper deal estimations considering functional requirements, project risks, and resource needs
• Safeguard contracts during the sales process, statement of work, and change requests

Leadership and Collaboration

• Provide leadership to local teams
• Act as an interface between local teams, continuous development management, and other local functions such as Admin, HR, IT, etc.
• Work effectively with the Head (Software) to drive strategies, initiatives, and operational metrics/KPIs

Communication and Strategy

• Communicate goals and strategies to continuous development teams

Qualities We Value

• A seasoned leader with a minimum of 12 years project delivery or product implementation experience and at least 5 of those leading project teams
• Knowledgeable in contracts such as statement of work, master service agreement, etc.
• Skilled in different styles of delivery and selecting the best fit for the team, project and client
• Effective communication, presentation and negotiation skills

Our Commitment That Goes Beyond the Norm

• An environment where you will be working on cutting-edge technologies and architectures.
• Safe space where diverse perspectives are valued, and everyone's unique contributions are celebrated.
• Meaningful work and projects that make a difference in people's lives.
• A fun, passionate and collaborative workplace.
• Competitive remuneration and comprehensive benefits.