Project Manager - Private Banking

Job Responsibility


1.

End-to-end accountability and Business Engagement

Serve as single point of contact for all of business and operation needs and a liaison between the technology development, business and operation groups

Prioritize requests and define Program Roadmap with business and operations

Take overall responsibility for preparing the organization to deliver the program in line within agreed governance, budget, scope, milestones, quality and process adherence parameters

Managing project progress ensuring project meets milestones, conducting regular project committee meetings with stakeholders, communicate project statuses effectively

2.

Stakeholder Management: Manage all stakeholders required for program (e.g., Business, Technology, Operations, Compliance, etc.) to ensure the end to end delivery of the program

3.

Requirement Management and High Level Solution• Collaborate with Business or Operations Program Manager to create Investment Proposal and Project Plan documents, including high-level requirements and business requirement document (BRD)

Prepare a high level solution as part of investment proposal to illustrate the feasibility of achieving the business needs including diagrams outlining the nature of the solution

If the solution is technically complex or proposes new technology, consult the architecture and technology team for advice or technology roadmap direction

The high level solution should be consistent with the technology roadmap.

Define and implement a post go live support model

4.

Project Execution

Participate in overall project governance with key stakeholders

Develop and manage detailed project schedule and work plan

Leading and facilitating project review sessions (e.g. architecture, functional, tech solution design review)

Review and sign-off key deliverables (e.g., BRD, Test Plan, FSD, Test Reports…)

Overall accountable for providing T&O resources to execute program

Jointly accountable for program plan, budget/project finance, risks and stakeholder management with Business Program Manager

Oversee and track all project risk, issues and dependencies, coordinate with stakeholder to derive mitigation plan to keep project timeline intact

Job Requirements Experience

Minimum 8+ years of relevant banking experience 

Master’s / Bachelor’s degree in engineering/ business/ finance or equivalent

Understanding of technology and operational processes across functions / departments in the bank/market.

Retail banking, particularly Wealth or Private Banking experience 

Experience in scoping and evaluation – defining overall considerations, including scalability, maintainability, cost, operations and technology principal risk to provide a recommendation

Experience in T24; and success in implementing T24 upgrade is a plus

Technical skills

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Strategic forward thinking approach to challenges with outstanding influencing, negotiating and persuasion skills

Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and process design skills that can translate analysis into actions that meet business objectives

Passionate, diligent individual with ability to thrive in ambiguity

Resourceful team player