VP – Project Management, Investment Bank recruitment
As a Project Management you will work closely with the businesses and all of the functional groups to ensure new business initiatives are rolled out in a timely and controlled manner. The role is to scope, plan and execute projects and programmes for the business..
Main responsibilities:
- Accountable for the planning and successful delivery of projects assigned by the portfolio managers.
- Mobilise and initiate projects; identify and engage key stakeholders, secure resource commitments and shape project.
- Responsible for ensuring clear project / programme status reporting and issue/risk tracking in place
- Translate business objectives and project scope into an executable plan; drive the creation of detailed project plans covering all functional deliverables
- Establish and facilitate appropriate governance frameworks to secure effective project steering from key decision makers and effective execution from working groups / project team members.
- Direction management of the project team; allocation of tasks, monitoring progress, ongoing control/coordination of delivery.
Risk Issue management - identify and manage project risks and issues. - Partner with stakeholders across functions to drive project engagement and to resolve areas of conflict.
- Ensure projects under management adhere to the project management methodology.
- Ensuring transparent and accurate relevant status reporting and communications to project participants, stakeholders, and regional/global PMOs.
- Monitoring control; use of resources and funds against the original budget; implement robust change control mechanisms; provide regular and accurate progress reports to stakeholders.
- Providing coaching and mentoring to junior colleagues, transferring skills and expertise as required to ensure delivery against targets and continuing professional and personal development.
- Supporting Portfolio / Programme Managers by providing clear and timely project status reporting and risk/issue escalation on projects within their areas.
- To appropriately probe and question requirements, drawing on SMEs as required to ensure alignment of requirements to overall project objectives and good business practice.
Essential Experience:
- Demonstrate experience of running front-to-back business change projects (e.g. new branch openings, new products to market, control and efficiency initiatives).
- Extensive experience of running large projects in an investment banking context.
- Proven track record in working with direct and virtual project teams to drive execution and delivery.
- Experience of influencing senior stakeholder and successfully managing conflict situations.
You will have10+ years project management experience with in depth knowledge of at least one global markets asset class (e.g. Rates, Currencies, Commodities, Equities). Preferably you will be certified in a formal project management methodology (i.e. Prince2, PMI, etc). You will have experience in running regional projects across Asia Pacific and exposure to the regulatory environments in Asia Pacific countries.
Singapore Employment Agency Licence No: 07C2942
