IT Project Manager (Mid to Senior level, with Travel and Logistics experience)

At Umpisa Inc., our mission is to make the Philippines be known globally as a tech hub.

Umpisa Inc. is a progressive technology services company that partners with select industries, clients and people to work on pioneering and industry-changing solutions via digital transformation, modern software development and venture building.

We create a set of world-class and impactful products and solutions to help organizations and individuals live better lives. We offer demanding, challenging and rewarding careers in software development, product development, emerging technologies, and more for the right candidates.

Essential Skills

• Aligns with our values: Excellence, Integrity, Professionalism, People Success, Customer Success, Fun, Innovation and Diversity
• Strong communication skills
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Would like to work as part of a self-organizing Scrum team in a scaled agile framework
• Must be a self-starter and loves to collaborate with the team and client

Job Summary

The IT Business Unit Project Manager serves as the point person of the business unit he/she is assigned to for all IT-related concerns that need IT assistance in improving the business unit’s overall efficiency and productivity with IT solutions as enablers. The IT Business Unit Project Manager can also own a certain set of IT solutions that cater to one or more Business Units. In this case, the Business Unit Project Manager is the ultimate owner of the IT Solution Set owning and overseeing all activities for that solution which includes strategy definition, capability building, project planning and execution, metrics definition, and measurement. The IT Business Unit Project Manager is, moreover, responsible for collaborating with the Central IT team, business units’ operations, and in delivering the appropriate IT solutions that will foster the business unit’s overall operational excellence. It is important that the candidate has vast experience in Project Management. Familiarity with Project-Related Risk and Issue Management, Change Management, Requirement Analysis. To be successful in this role, one must possess effective communication skills, negotiation skills, problem-solving, analytical thinking, customer focus mindset, and great presentation skills. Must have domain expertise on one or more of B2B / B2C Systems & Solutions, E-commerce Solutions, and Digital Marketing.

• Graduate of BS Computer Science or BS Computer Engineering, or any related 4-year programming course.
• With 2-3 years’ experience in IT Project Management • Working knowledge of established/known Systems Development Life Cycle methodologies.
• Working knowledge of relational database management systems, Oracle, and/or MS SQL Server databases.
• General understanding of the project lifecycle, documentation, standards and methodologies.
• Able to transform agreed user requirements into a working system design that will be the basis in the development of the application system for the business units.
• Able to identify and assess the impact of incorporating additional features/functionality into existing application systems for sounder decision-making on the part of the project team.
• Working knowledge on application security and controls, including web-based related application controls and security.
• Able to identify the cause and effect of a given problem and provide solutions to resolve the concern.
• Hands-on experience with Project Management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Asana or Trello
• PMP/PRINCE2/Agile Certification is highly desired.
• Preferably with Travel and Logistics experience.

Skills and Competencies Requirements

• Project management
• Business Analysis
• SDLC

• HMO Coverage

• Paid Time Off
• Dayshift
• Training and Certification

NOTE: The list of qualifications is a guide. Best case if the candidate possesses ALL the required/desired criteria, but then again this is a GUIDE. If you think you can do the task and would be a great fit with us, send your professional profile to jointeam@umpisa.co. We accept applicants wherever you are in the Philippines.