Project Overview: The Chorus project is a strategic initiative for Ocean Network Express, a leading global container shipping carrier. This multi-year program involves the complex transition of our core monolithic system into a modern microservices architecture.

Position Summary: The PMO assistant manager plays a pivotal role in enabling the successful execution of the Chorus project. This individual will support the PMO in fostering an agile culture, ensuring strategic alignment, facilitating cross-team collaboration, and providing critical insights into program health. They will act as a key enabler for our diverse agile teams, helping them to deliver high-quality software and achieve business objectives within a large-scale, distributed environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program Coordination & Facilitation:
  • Coordination of large-scale agile events, such as service design workshop, product design workshop, quarterly planning meetings, cross-team synchronization meetings, and stakeholder reviews.
  • Facilitate communication and collaboration between agile teams, business stakeholders, and leadership across different geographical locations (Korea, Singapore, Vietnam).
• Agile Governance & Process Support:
  • Refinement of agile processes, standards, and best practices across the Chorus program.
  • Tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for program health, progress, and value delivery.
• Tooling & Data Management:
  • Administration and optimal utilization of agile project management tools to ensure consistent data quality and reporting capabilities.
  • Extract, analyze, and present data related to team performance, feature progress, and program velocity.
• Risk & Issue Management:
  • Identifying, tracking, and monitoring program-level risks and issues, collaborating with teams to define mitigation strategies.
• Knowledge Management & Continuous Improvement:
  • Help organize and disseminate best practices, lessons learned, and relevant documentation across the program.
• Stakeholder Communication:
  • Prepare and refine communication materials for various audiences, including executive summaries, program updates, and team-level communications.
• Financial Oversight:
  • Budget Tracking & Forecasting: tracking overall program spending, forecasting future resource needs, and ensuring alignment with the allocated budget.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in project coordination, project management, or a PMO role within a software development environment.
• Experience in transformation project from enterprise level monolithic software to Micro Service Architecture using DDD (Domain Driven Design) in shipping and logistics industry
• Experience in transformation from enterprise level waterfall project into large scale Agile project in shipping and logistics industry
• Experience in transformation from on-premise enterprise infrastructure into cloud environment including DR (Disaster Recovery) system implementation
• Demonstrated understanding and practical experience with agile methodologies is essential. Experience with scaled agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS) is a significant plus.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) concepts, especially in a large-scale enterprise context.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, analyze, and present data effectively.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and facilitation skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams across different cultures and time zones.
• Experience in the shipping industry is required.