Program Manager

What’s the role?

We’re looking for a driven and experienced Program Manager to lead critical smart metering projects that deliver real impact for our clients and communities.

Based in Hong Kong, you'll head a skilled project team to deliver end-to-end solutions—from software integration to meter delivery and installation. Your expertise in project governance, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional coordination will be key to ensuring project success.


What we are looking for:

You will bring a minimum of 5 years’ experience in large-scale IT delivery and Solutions Integration. You will also have experience within energy or telecommunications project management.

If you have all or most of the above, and have people management skills, then I’d love to hear from you.


A few cool things that we’re proud of:

Although we need you to work for us, it is just as important that we work for you too.

In addition to a competitive salary, this is what sets us apart from the rest:

✨ Growth & Development: We invest in our people with extensive learning opportunities.
💰 Competitive salary: We recognize and value your contributions.
🌱 Sustainability Focus: Join a company committed to green solutions and responsible work practices.
🚆 Convenience: Our centrally located office is easily accessible by public transport.
🧘 Employee Well-being: Access wellness programs, counseling, and a supportive work culture.
🌏 Diversity & Inclusion: Be part of a team that celebrates and supports diversity through various initiatives.


In this role, you will:
✅ Manage the full project lifecycle for high-profile clients
✅ Oversee technical delivery, procurement, logistics, and partner management
✅ Build trusted relationships with strategic partners, contractors, and government agencies
✅ Ensure compliance, mitigate risks, and deliver clear, timely reporting 

We’re seeking someone with strong leadership, a strategic mindset, and a passion for delivering complex technical projects.


Your responsibilities will be:

Project Execution/Delivery

• Manage the delivery of projects to agreed customer contracts and statements of work, following Landis+Gyr’s delivery methodology and industry best practices.

• Execute project requirements and exercise PM best practice for the project, overseeing project activities including

  • Procurement Management – procurement supervision, contracts, contribution to selecting contractor/s, administering contract/s and contract/s closing activities.
  • Schedule Management – activity definition and sequencing, resource demand planning, duration estimating, schedule development and schedule control activities.
  • Integration Management – project plan development, project plan execution and integrated change control activities.
  • Scope Management – scope planning, scope definition and scope change control activities.
  • Cost Management – resource planning, cost estimating, budgeting and cost control activities.
  • Risk Management – risk management planning, risk identification, risk quantitative and qualitative analysis, response planning, monitoring and control activities.
  • Quality Management – quality planning, quality assurance and quality control activities; and
  • Communications Management – communications planning, information distribution, progress and performance reporting and stakeholder communications management activities.

• Update of the WBS consistent with relevant standards for all project work.
• Accountable to provide advanced high-level external stakeholder management, communications and ability to influence and negotiate from an enterprise-informed position.
• Implement effective risk management and issue management processes.
• Achieve contracted deliverables and meeting required SLAs/KPIs.
• Provide advanced financial, risk, contract and change management.
• Meeting project budget CapEx and OpEx.
• Provide a professional and credible company image in the marketplace in keeping with company policy.
• Liaise and cooperate with other departments within Landis+Gyr for maximum effectiveness of the business.

Project Reporting

• Ensure all project documentation and checklists are completed in accordance with Landis+Gyr’s project methodology.
• Prepare and present accurate progress reports to the Project Steering Committee.
• Identify & prioritise project risks and propose options to mitigate.
• Strictly apply L+G’s Change Request (CR) process to enable full transparency and accountability.
• Actively support continuous improvement by analysing problems, identifying areas for improvement, and proposing process changes that would avoid similar problems.

Master Project Plan

Adequately documents how project will be executed, monitored and controlled.

• Defines the managerial, technical and supporting processes and activities necessary for sound project development.
• Includes topics in Program Management above which are deemed necessary to effectively manage the project.
• Develop and maintain the Master Project Schedule.

Communications and Change Management Plan

• Update the communications plan for all project stakeholders including stakeholder contact list, distribution structure, description of information to be disseminated, schedule listing when information will be produced and method for updating the communications plan.
• Contribute to ensuring all stakeholders have been identified and their requirements and expectations have been documented and managed within the scope of the project.
• Update this Plan which describes the process for making changes to project scope, requirements or cost as necessary.
• Co-ordinating with relevant project team members and Development Contractor/s for review and approval of proposed changes to the project.
• Ensure efficient project integration guidelines for approved changes are followed.
• Review the existing change management logs and determine which items will be taken forward for further analysis.

Risk Management Plan and Risk Register and Quality Assurance

• Contribute to ensuring the Risk Management Plan identifies and prioritises potential risks to the successful completion of project phases and throughout the project update the Risk Register of all project risks.
• Update the QA Plan including the of the process for QA on project deliverables via the Deliverable Comments Matrix process and using the Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Master Status Report

• Participate in regular (weekly) project team meetings including Development contractor/s as appropriate, in which design / requirements reviews and discussions on project status, risks and issues occur.
• Record project status, risk and issue dispositions for the past period (week) and planned activities for the period upcoming (week) in the Status Report.
• Collaborate in ensuring the Status Report meets requirements e.g. sections describing project management activities and needed updates to the Integrated Master Schedule, Master Risk Management Plan and Requirements Traceability Matrix and a relevant section for lessons learned from the project and other pertinent status information.

People Management

• Manage the workforce to produce efficiently and perform job rotation where possible including talent management and succession planning.
• Facilitate effective change management and enhance employee awareness of Landis+Gyr’s challenges, opportunities and outcomes.
• Undertake Landis+Gyr people management system processes for direct reports including performance feedback and appraisal, annual objective setting, salary planning, training and development initiatives and talent management.
• Ensure all procedures are followed to meet quality and environmental standards.
• Maintain a safe working environment, ensure implementation and adherence to health and safety procedures.

Corporate Citizenship

• Manage Energy Better: Consciously drive for continuous improvement in reusing, recycling or reducing waste.
• Maintain awareness of identified and potential health and safety, quality and environmental aspects within the workplace and their impact, including the reporting of any accidents/incidents/near misses or hazards.
• Act responsibly to meet the objectives/requirements at the appropriate level as described in the Health, Safety and Integrated Management Systems.

Key Metrics

• Experience in building, maintaining and evolving large, multi-disciplinary, effective and efficient team or teams, delivering assigned performance metrics/outcomes
• Delivery of projects within required metrics – scope (quality), time and budget
• Meeting or exceeding required SLAs and KPIs for field deployment
• Reporting accurately and on time

Sound like you?

Apply now by following the link below and attaching your CV and a cover letter outlining why you believe you are our next Program Manager.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may commence prior to the close date. You are required to have eligibility to work in Hong Kong.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Amy Hopkins at amy.hopkins@landisgyr.com for more information.