Assistant Vice President - Programme Management Office, Strategic Investment Initiatives

Key Responsibilities

1. Programme Monitoring and Performance Reporting

• Manage and coordinate the monitoring, performance tracking, and reporting of strategic investment programmes, including GEAR-uP, Dana Pemacu, Dana Perintis, Dana Iklim⁺, and other strategic initiatives.
• Develop and maintain standardised performance measures, monitoring frameworks, reporting governance, and reporting cadence.
• Support the development and enhancement of reporting tools and dashboards to provide clear visibility of programme progress and outcomes.
• Coordinate inputs across internal teams and relevant stakeholders to ensure reporting is accurate, timely, and decision-useful.

2. Programme Execution and Issue Management

• Provide execution support across strategic investment initiatives by identifying key issues, risks, dependencies, and areas requiring management attention.
• Support structured issue resolution, escalation, and risk mitigation processes.
• Analyse programme information and translate findings into actionable insights and recommendations to support management decision-making.
• Identify cross-initiative synergies, improvement opportunities, and potential execution efficiencies to support achievement of programme objectives.

3. Development of Strategic Investment Initiatives

• Contribute to the assessment, development, and implementation of new strategic investment initiatives aligned with KWAP’s mandate and relevant national priorities.
• Support the development of proposals, implementation approaches, and assessment of key execution, governance, and risk considerations.
• Work collaboratively with relevant internal and external stakeholders to progress strategic initiatives from concept through implementation.

4. Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Communications

• Support the Vice President, PMO-SII, Chief Investment Officer, and Head of Investment Excellence Function in engagements with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate and prepare relevant programme updates, management materials, presentations, and strategic communications for stakeholder engagements.
• Facilitate effective coordination across internal functions, government-related stakeholders, and other strategic partners, where relevant.
• Ensure communications on programme progress, key issues, and outcomes are clear, consistent, and appropriately positioned.

5. Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Support governance and oversight requirements for strategic investment initiatives, including matters relating to risk management, integrity, compliance, and relevant internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with relevant governance functions to monitor requirements, risks, actions, and deliverables.
• Support the development and enhancement of appropriate governance processes and controls for strategic programmes and projects.
• Undertake other responsibilities required to support the effective delivery of Strategic Investment Initiatives and the broader Investment Excellence Function.

6. Team and Programme Leadership

• Provide guidance and coordination to team members and cross-functional project teams in delivering programme priorities and key deliverables.
• Plan and organise workstreams, resources, and timelines to ensure effective and timely execution.
• Demonstrate sound judgement, accountability, and effective stakeholder management in managing complex or sensitive programme matters.
• Support capability building and promote effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement within the team.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Investment Management, Business Management, Strategic Management, Project Management, or any related discipline.
• A Master’s degree and/or relevant professional certification would be an added advantage.
• Minimum eight (8) years of relevant working experience in programme management, project management, portfolio management, strategic initiatives, investment management, corporate strategy, or other related areas.
• Demonstrated experience in managing projects, workstreams and/or teams, including coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and driving deliverables to completion.
• Experience in managing complex strategic initiatives at enterprise, corporate, divisional, or functional level would be an advantage.
• Exposure to investment or private markets would be an added advantage.
• Experience engaging with senior internal and external stakeholders, and preparing management-level reports, presentations or recommendations would be advantageous.