As a Project/ Product Manager- Associate in Projects, you will gain an in-depth knowledge of all operational flows and contribute to a growing international business in a fast paced and innovative environment. Our success depends on a close collaboration with counterparts from all areas in the business.
Job Responsibilities
- Plans requirement gathering, manages and executes projects with engagement of various functional groups (Legal, Compliance, Technology, Operations, Business Management, Risk)
- Designs the operating model front to back including the control framework and understand the details of a process and products
- Demonstrates ownership with ability to operate in a flexible, dynamic environment where creative and strategic thinking along with quick decision making are also required in driving solution, initiatives, and projects
- Manages Senior Stakeholders across different Regions and Teams to align expectations, escalate issues and risks and provides updates on the project status
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with key partners across multiple regions
- Working with the business and key project stakeholders to define and document business operating models and requirements
- Partner with Technology to ensure requirements are implemented as per specification
- Performing data analysis and definition of target operating models and processes
- Co-ordination of testing across the functional groups
- Manage and execute tasks through to completion and effectively prioritize work
- Preparation of projects and meeting material, minutes and action items follow up
- Ensuring full audit trail of project deliverables is available for all undertaken tasks
- Challenge status-quo, identify and address any process, controls and Operating Model improvements
- Support the design and vision of the strategic technical architecture
- Ensure key risks and issues are escalated in a timely manner and through the appropriate formal governance
- Manage regular updates to management on project and project deliverables status
- Embrace new project methodologies (Design thinking) and technical solutions
- Identify and address any process, controls and Operating Model improvements
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 8+ years of experience with 3-5 years in project management role in banking domain
- Ability to design operating model front to back including the control framework and understand the details of a process
- Strategic thinking with the ability to implement very projects across multiple legal entities worldwide
- Must be highly disciplined, a self-starter and have the ability to execute on assignments independently and autonomously
- Supportive team player with excellent communication skills with the ability to work in collaboration building strong rapport with peers
- Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure to meet deadlines
- Excellent analytical, organizational and prioritization skills
- Ability to define vision for the product
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience as a Product Owner would be a plus
- Experience/ knowledge of products/ processes within asset/wealth management would be of particular benefit