Project Manager – APAC Legal Entity Rationalization (LER)
nttlimited · Petaling Jaya, Malaysia ·
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Title: Project Manager – APAC Legal Entity Rationalization (LER)
Purpose
Lead the end-to-end delivery of the APAC Legal Entity Rationalization (LER) program across multiple countries, driving alignment, decision-making, and execution through influence rather than direct authority. The role is expected to provide leadership across cross-functional teams and ensure successful delivery of a strategically important transformation program.
Key Responsibilities
Drive end-to-end execution of the APAC LER program across the region.
Drive alignment and decision-making across Finance, Legal, Tax, IT, HR, Operations and country leadership teams to ensure timely delivery of program objectives.
Maintain the integrated program plan, milestones, risks, dependencies, and action logs.
Coordinate and host country-level and regional LER governance meetings.
Track progress across all workstreams and ensure follow-up of agreed actions.
Act as the central coordination point between country teams, APAC functions, external advisors, and Group stakeholders.
Influence and coordinate 50+ cross-functional stakeholders across APAC without direct reporting authority, ensuring accountability and execution across all workstreams.
Support issue resolution and escalation management across countries and functions.
Challenge assumptions, identify execution gaps, and proactively drive resolution of complex cross-functional issues.
Coordinate benefits tracking and reporting inputs from Finance, Tax, Legal, and Operations teams.
Manage program documentation, reporting packs, dashboards, and management updates.
Coordinate external advisor engagement and support budget/vendor administration processes.
Support transition planning, business transfers, entity integrations, liquidations, and related activities as required.
Prepare and facilitate Steering Committee and executive governance meetings, providing clear recommendations, decision points, and escalation where appropriate.
Preferred Experience
8–15 years of experience in project/program management, transformation, M&A integration, corporate restructuring, or related fields. Legal exposure and corporate governance awareness
Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional transformation programs involving multiple countries and executive stakeholders.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and drive execution without direct authority.
Strong influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive outcomes without formal line management responsibility.
Experience working with senior executives and governance forums.
Legal entity rationalization, post-merger integration, corporate governance, finance, legal, or consulting experience is advantageous.
Comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels, with a willingness to be hands-on in planning, reporting, issue tracking, and day-to-day execution.
Key Interfaces
Country Project Managers and Functional Teams
Program Sponsor
APAC Functional Leads (Legal, Tax, IT, HR, Operations)
External Advisors
Group CAO / LER Team
Success Measures
Delivery of agreed program milestones.
Alignment and commitment across country and functional stakeholders despite the absence of direct reporting relationships.
Timely executive decision-making through effective governance and stakeholder engagement.
Accurate and transparent reporting.
Effective stakeholder coordination across countries and functions.
Successful transition of entities through integration, transfer, or liquidation activities.
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