Project Manager (Banking and Financial Services)

• Identify project goals, needs, and scope

• Facilitate the business case creation and contracting activities

• Responsible for planning, monitoring, and documenting tasks throughout a project

• Ensure that all tasks, deliverables, and project materials are delivered promptly

• Manage all resources necessary for project execution

• Manage and track project budget

• Foster effective communication with stakeholders concerning project status

• Responsible for foreseeing and strategically eliminating blockers and potential risks

• Document each step of the process using various project management tools

• Prioritize change requests, execute impact assessment, able to make decisions to accept or reject changes, and communicate clearly the decision to different stakeholders

• Ensure proper project handover to operations

• Ensure that stakeholders and team members stay motivated throughout a project’s lifecycle, ensuring top-quality results and on-time completion of project deliverables

Qualifications:

• Between 5 and 15 years of experience as full-time project manager (directly managing the team) in financial services

• Very conversant with different project management frameworks (e.g., Scrum, PMP, Kanban) and preferably certified

• Demonstrated experience in managing minimally 2 large projects (> 1year, > 30 people, > USD 5mill)

• Good practical knowledge of developing WBS, Risk management, Issue management, Dependency management

• Excellent written/ verbal communication skills

• Project Management exposure must showcase experience in the following PM areas:

o Stakeholder management

o Planning and Scheduling

o Issues and Risk Management

o Scope / Requirements Management

o Financial Management / Building a Business Case o Vendor Management

• Strong business acumen

• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Has keen attention to details