Aspire is the leading all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in APAC. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business owners, empowering startups and MSME to realise their full potential.
Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised over USD 300M+ across equity and debt from world-class investors. In 2023, we successfully closed an oversubscribed USD 100 million Series C equity round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Ventures with participation of Tencent, Paypal Ventures, LGT Capital Partners, Picus Capital and MassMutual Ventures. To power our solutions, we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and helped more than 50,000 businesses using our suite of products.
For 2 consecutive years in 2022 & 2023, Aspire has been awarded Best Employer of the Year and Startup of the year by Asia FinTech Awards, and also LinkedIn’s Top Startup in Singapore. In 2023, we also made it to CB Insights’ Top 100 Global Fintech List.
You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team! Aspire serves as an environment for you to innovate and drive change with our team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers with international and diverse backgrounds.
Are you a top talent who is passionate about entrepreneurship? Join our rapidly growing team to make an impact in the fintech space!
About the role:
As we enter our next phase, we are focused on building a next-generation product that can sustain high growth and endure for years to come. To help us on this journey, we're seeking a highly skilled Project Manager with diverse backgrounds who can drive and help us accelerate this journey. You will be building a leading fintech product across South-East Asia on an international & diverse team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and manage end-to-end project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.
- Track project progress, identify potential risks and issues and manage impediments, scope changes, escalations, problem resolution,
- Implement effective project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and communicate effectively, informing them of project progress and risks.
- Drive meaningful relationships to ensure alignment and transparency at every project stage and ensure that all parties provide the requisite participation and accountability.
- Ensure that business requirements and KPIs are being implemented according to defined scope, requirements, and best practices.
- Work with the Engineering team and Product Owner to come up with backlogs and release time.s
- Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups
- Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration to resolve conflicts
- Create and publish team and project-level delivery and quality metrics/reports
- Ensure adherence to quality standards and best practices.
- Conduct regular quality reviews and audits.
- Drive a team striving for quality and excellence in all aspects of project delivery.
- Guide teams to higher scrum maturity and agile framework
- Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it
Minimum qualifications:
- Working experience with start-ups or good tech companies with 8+ years of experience
- Proven experience in project management, ideally in a technology environment.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban).
- Strong working experience with Jira with administrative skills in setup and configure
- Experienced and proficient in process documentation and software development life cycle
- Strong entrepreneurial spirit, highly collaborative, manages change fluidly and influences and identifies opportunities.
- Strong organizing, planning, and administration skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Preferred qualifications:
- Positive attitude, Proactiveness, Grittiness, Ownership, Adaptability, Strong Work Ethics
- FinTech Domain Experience
What we offer
- Uncapped flexible annual leave.
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- Training subsidy for your professional growth.
- Wellness benefit.
- Team bonding budget to foster collaboration and sense of belonging.
- Flexibility to work from anywhere (for up to 90 days per annum).
- Culture is Key: We always strive to cultivate a special culture that brings special talents together - You can learn more about our culture on our careers site and LinkedIn Life page.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Aspire is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws.
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