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SBS Transit

IT Application Team Lead / Project Manager

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-28 Sengkang, North-East Region Full-time Hybrid ICT

Company shared salary

NA

Market rate

S$9,000–S$12,000/mo (S$108,000–S$144,000/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

Responsibilities

  • ● Lead a portfolio of applications and projects, ensuring effective project delivery, application lifecycle management, operational support and continuous improvement.
  • ● Lead project teams and work closely with business stakeholders, Applications, Infrastructure, Data, Cybersecurity teams and vendors to translate business needs into practical solutions, manage delivery dependencies and risks, and ensure solutions are implemented successfully and sustainably.
  • ● Deliver assigned IT projects and application initiatives successfully within agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality.
  • ● Lead and develop the application team, ensuring clear ownership, accountability and effective allocation of work.
  • ● Ensure applications under the team's responsibility remain reliable, supportable, secure and fit for business needs.
  • ● Strengthen project governance, delivery discipline, risk management and implementation follow-through.
  • ● Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders and act as a trusted technology advisor.
  • ● Drive application modernisation, process improvement and adoption of appropriate new technologies.
  • ● Lead end-to-end delivery of application projects from initiation, requirements and planning through implementation, deployment and post-implementation support.
  • ● Establish project scope, plans, schedules, budgets, resources, deliverables and success measures.
  • ● Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, changes and decisions, and drive timely resolution of delivery bottlenecks.
  • ● Coordinate activities across internal teams, business stakeholders and vendors to ensure effective implementation.
  • ● Ensure appropriate project governance, documentation, testing, operational readiness, security assessment, deployment and handover are completed.
  • ● Take ownership of delivery outcomes and intervene proactively where projects are at risk.
  • ● Lead, guide and support team members in project delivery, application support and continuous improvement.
  • ● Assign projects and responsibilities based on organisational priorities, workload and team capabilities.
  • ● Establish clear ownership and accountability for applications and project deliverables.
  • ● Coach and develop team members and encourage adoption of modern technologies, engineering practices and delivery methodologies.
  • ● Work with the team to resolve application, project and operational issues requiring cross-functional coordination.
  • ● Promote collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team.
  • ● Engage business stakeholders to understand their objectives, operational challenges and requirements.
  • ● Translate business needs into practical, scalable and sustainable technology solutions.
  • ● Act as a trusted technology partner and provide appropriate advice on solution options, feasibility, risks, costs and implementation approaches.
  • ● Challenge requirements constructively where opportunities exist to simplify processes, improve user journeys or achieve better business outcomes.
  • ● Maintain strong stakeholder relationships throughout project delivery and application lifecycle.
  • ● Manage applications under the team's portfolio throughout their lifecycle, including enhancements, upgrades, technology refresh, modernisation and retirement.
  • ● Identify opportunities to simplify, consolidate, re-engineer or replace legacy applications.
  • ● Support application modernisation through appropriate use of cloud, APIs, integration platforms, DevOps, CI/CD, automation and modern development practices.
  • ● Ensure solutions are designed with appropriate consideration for scalability, maintainability, security, supportability and cost.
  • ● Work closely with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Data

Requirements

  • ● Requires a hands-on and delivery-focused individual who can balance project management, team leadership, stakeholder engagement and technology understanding, while driving modernisation and adoption of better engineering and delivery practices.