Deputy Project Manager (CCTV, VSS)

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning and Delivery

• Assist the Project Manager in managing the end-to-end implementation of video surveillance and analytics projects.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, milestones, resource plans, and deliverables.
• Track project progress and ensure timely completion of project activities.
• Coordinate site surveys, design reviews, installation works, testing, commissioning, and system acceptance.
• Monitor project scope, budget, and timeline performance, and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
• Organize, coordinate, and facilitate weekly project meetings, technical working group meetings, and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Take accurate and comprehensive meeting minutes, documenting key discussions, decisions made, action items, risks, issues, and follow-up actions.
• Track and monitor closure of action items arising from meetings and ensure timely follow-up with responsible parties.
• Prepare and distribute meeting agendas, minutes, and status reports to project stakeholders within agreed timelines.
• Maintain project governance records, including decision logs, action registers, risk registers, issue logs, and project correspondence.
• Provide regular project progress updates and management reports to support ecision-making and project oversight.

Stakeholder Management

• Engage internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives and requirements.
• Coordinate meetings, workshops, design reviews, and progress updates.
• Manage communications among engineering teams, operations teams, consultants, contractors, and vendors.
• Prepare management reports, project dashboards, and presentation materials.

Technical Coordination

• Work with technical teams on:
• CCTV and IP camera deployments
• Video Management Systems (VMS)
• Edge and centralized video analytics solutions
• AI-based analytics such as object detection, incident detection, intrusion detection, crowd monitoring, traffic analytics, and behavioral analytics
• Network connectivity and infrastructure integration
• Storage, servers and cybersecurity requirements
• Review technical specifications, system architecture, and deployment plans.
• Coordinate factory acceptance tests (FAT), site acceptance tests (SAT), On-Site Acceptance tests (OSAT) and performance validation activities.

Vendor and Contract Management

• Support procurement, tender evaluation, and contract administration activities.
• Monitor contractor and vendor performance against contractual obligations.
• Review project deliverables, invoices, variation orders, and claims.
• Ensure compliance with project specifications, standards, and service levelagreements.

Risk, Quality and Compliance Management

• Identify project risks, issues, and dependencies and implement mitigation measures.
• Ensure compliance with organizational governance requirements, technical standards, safety regulations, and cybersecurity policies.
• Maintain project documentation, risk registers, issue logs, and change management records.
• Support audit, security assessment, and regulatory compliance activities.

Testing, Commissioning and Operations Readiness

• Coordinate system integration, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Ensure solutions meet operational, functional, and performance requirements.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT) and operational handover.
• Support training, documentation development, and post-deployment transition to operations teams.

Requirements

Education

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, Telecommunications, or a related discipline.

Experience

• At least 5–8 years of experience in project management, systems implementation, CT infrastructure, smart city, transportation, security, orsurveillance-related projects.
• Experience in deploying large-scale CCTV and video surveillance systems.
• Experience managing system integrators, contractors, and technology vendors.
• Experience in public sector, transportation, critical infrastructure, security, or smart city projects is advantageous.

Technical Knowledge

Knowledge and experience in one or more of the following:

• IP-based video surveillance systems eg. Axis, Hikvision, Avigilon and etc
• Video Management Systems (VMS) eg. Milestones, Genetec and etc
• Video analytics and AI-powered surveillance solutions
• Network infrastructure and communications systems
• Edge computing platforms
• Cybersecurity principles and practices
• Systems integration and testing methodologies
• Data management and storage solutions

Project Management Skills

• Strong project planning, scheduling, and coordination skills.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies such as PMBOK, PRINCE2,Agile, or equivalent.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.

Soft Skills

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong leadership and team coordination abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and multidisciplinary environment.
• Strong written and presentation skills.

Preferred Certifications

• PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Relevant CCTV, networking or cybersecurity