Deputy Executive Manager, Special Project

The Department

The Club has setup of a new Strategic Project for the integrated Conghua Racecourse (‘CRC’) business which involves consolidating various business and functional workstreams to enable a cohesive and sustainable strategy for the integrated CRC business model, and establish business requirements and timeline. 

The job holder will be a key member of the team in leading PMO activities assigned independently – including workstream support, process design, action/issue/risk tracking, status reporting, integrated timeline management, readiness assessment, etc. 

The Job

He/She will lead Project Management / Project Management Office tasks below as assigned by management:

1. Project planning/scheduling 

• Define project objective & scope
• Define major workstreams
• Establish project timeline of individual workstreams & define key project milestones & dependencies
• Establish integrated project schedule across workstreams & define the update cycle
• Maintain integrated timeline & ensure proper change control as the project proceeds

2. Establishment of project organisation & governance 

• Establish project organisation & define key roles & responsibilities
• Establish & enforce project control & governance framework/measures
• Establish regular project meetings & terms of reference

3. Design & implementation of business architecture 

• Review as-is/market benchmarks & design to-be business architectural blueprints, addressing the inter-relationship among the key components re people, system, data, process, etc.

4. Design & implementation of business & operating models 

• Review as-is/market benchmarks & design target business/operating models with reference to the architectural blueprints
• Establish integrated implementation roadmap
• Perform strategic studies on specific areas (e.g. build vs buy, insourcing vs outsourcing)
• Provide advice on process improvement/automation/AI application opportunities

5. Design of business solution (IT & non-IT) & delivery approach

• Facilitate the collection of business requirements
• Design integrated business solutions
• Define key deliverables – addressing both outputs & outcome
• Identify & evaluate solution options
• Establish business case for solution proposed
• Define business requirements and use cases, including Customer Experience Journey (CEJ) where appropriate
• Perform Change Impact Analyses (CIA)
• Develop Change Management Framework
• Design implementation approach, with the adoption of POC/pilot/agile approach where appropriate

6. Risk/issue/action identification & tracking

• Establish standard templates/tools & the corresponding mechanism for effective tracking of project risks/issues/actions
• Develop risk assessment/reporting framework
• Develop & maintain risk register
• Support assessment of Audit & Risk

7. Status monitoring & reporting

• Establish standard templates/tools & the corresponding mechanism for effective tracking of project status
• Perform regular review & reporting of project status at overall and workstream levels
• Identify key risks/issues & recommend mitigating measures
• Present regular status & risk summary to project steering & project owners/sponsors

8. Others

• Perform research & benchmarking on market best practices rebusiness & digital transformation
• Manage performance of external vendors/consultants
• Other activities as assigned by management

About You

You should have

• At least a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, IT or related disciplines. A Master degree is a plus
• At least 15 years’ of demonstrable experience as a hands-on business project / PMO lead running sizeable projects in service, hi-tech or financial industry
• Strong planning, organisational, analytical and communication skills
• Good understanding of the HKJC internal processes will be an advantage
• Good understanding of business operations in Mainland China
• Professional qualifications in project management (e.g. PMP) and / or process improvement (e.g. Six Sigma) preferred but not mandatory
• Experience in digital transformation involving design and implementation of Web / Mobile App / Cloud-based solutions desirable
• Good proficiency of written and spoken English and Cantonese. Working knowledge of Putonghua is an added advantage
• Well versed in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project
• Understanding of AI tools in project management will be an advantage
• Less experienced candidates maybe considered as Senior Manager or Manager

Terms of Employment

The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

How to Apply

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