Senior Project Manager

**Job Highlight**
Lead impactful projects, delivering diverse services and ensuring successful outcomes within agreed tolerances of time, cost, scope, quality, risk, and benefits.

**About the Region**
The Asia Pacific Regional Office, based in Bangkok, Thailand, provides strategic leadership and oversight for UNOPS operations across 17 countries, ensuring high performance, operational excellence, and alignment with organizational goals. Operations currently span Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Pacific Islands. Across these countries, we work closely with key stakeholders to strengthen partnerships and maximize impact through five main operating units: Afghanistan (AFCO), Myanmar (MMCO), South Asia Multi-Country Office (SAMCO), East Asia and Pacific Multi-Country Office (EAPMCO), and the Asia Regional Health Cluster (ARHC). Through these entities, we provide agile, client-focused service delivery across diverse sectors - including infrastructure, health, procurement, and project management - supporting the implementation of sustainable development solutions across the region.

**About the Country/Multi-Country Office**
UNOPS Myanmar is one of UNOPS’ leading offices in Asia, acting as the fund manager for some of the largest development programmes in the country. In addition, UNOPS is the Principal Recipient for the Global Fund in Myanmar and for the Global Fund’s regional artemisinin-resistance initiative towards the elimination of Malaria, which works to accelerate progress toward malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region. UNOPS provides procurement, infrastructure, and project management services to a wide range of organizations in the country, including international development partners, other UN agencies and INGOs. UNOPS plays a critical role in ensuring that the quality of services provided to its partners meets stringent requirements of speed, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

**Job Specific Context**
The UNOPS Myanmar 3PI (Partnership, Project Management, Procurement and Infrastructure) unit implements programmes and projects for bilateral donors on UNOPS global services lines, mainly infrastructure and procurement.

Our program and projects focus on fostering resilience and self-reliance among internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities. Building essential community infrastructure, including WASH facilities, shelters, monastic schools and health facilities in remote and hard-to-reach areas, with added value renewable energy solutions, giving access to electricity and addressing gender and protection issues to enhance resilience of the vulnerable populations. Additionally, the 3PI Team has procured essential items such as non-food items (NFIs), to remote hard-to-reach regions and areas in Myanmar to address critical humanitarian needs.

**Role Purpose**
Under the supervision of the Head of Programme, the Senior Project Manager (Implementation) is responsible for planning, organizing, leading the project from Initiation to Closure. The Senior Project Manager ensures effective delivery and oversight of projects, while implementing the services in scope and contributing towards achievement of partners’ goals and objectives. Acting on behalf of the Project Board or applicable governance body, the Senior Project Manager ensures that project outputs are delivered within agreed tolerances of time, cost, scope, quality, risk, and benefits. The Senior Project Manager serves as the focal point for coordination with donors, partners and beneficiaries, ensuring alignment with contractual commitments and UNOPS performance standards. The incumbent possesses and applies a deep understanding of Project planning, implementation, monitoring and control, while managing stakeholder expectations. and ensuring delivery is as per the terms of the Legal Agreement.

**Functions / Key Results Expected**
• Project Delivery and Performance

• Develop, complete and update the project implementation plan.

• Implement the approved plan (including establishment of milestones) within tolerances set by the Project Board or applicable governance body.

• Embed sustainability dimensions, including social and gender considerations, and environmental and economic aspects, into the  project life span.

• Manage the production of required outputs, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources while initiating corrective action where necessary.

• Ensure that quality of work packages and deliverables comply with the quality requirements defined in the implementation plan.

• Liaise with external suppliers or account managers to ensure quality and timely delivery of outputs.

• Manage acceptance and delivery of work packages.

• Monitor project progress, control project variances (if any), and manage changes.

• Identify, anticipate and advise senior management