Manager, Regional Project Management Office, Group Wholesale Banking

UOB • Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

The Wholesale Bank function operates a dynamic business model that provides financial services and solutions to help our clients achieve their strategic business objectives. Our mission is to become the premier-provider of banking services and solutions for Asia-based commercial banking companies (small medium enterprises), large corporations, financial institutions as well as multinational corporations. Our coverage teams work in full alignment with specialised teams across Transaction Banking, Investment Banking, Global Markets and Group Retail to deliver seamless solutions to our clients.
About the Role We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented project manager to be part of the GWB Regional Project Management Office. The projects vary from transformative initiatives in the regions, productivity initiatives to risk and compliance initiatives. Primary responsibility will be driving project activities from planning to executions. These activities aim to drive strong organizational collaboration, executable strategy/ solutions between various functions in GWB and the Bank globally. You will work closely with senior project managers, cross functional teams and stakeholders to ensure project goals are met. The individual will be responsible for the full Project Lifecycle core activities such as Support planning and execution, monitoring/ tracking of progress across the key project phases: pre-project discovery, design and implementation Project issues identification, discussion and resolution at the project working groups and escalation to management, where appropriate Prepare project documentations and presentations Co-create with product owners, in terms of formulating and driving outcomes of business analysis, requirements, operating model and problem solving for the respective projects & representing the team in certain discussions Ensure adherence to PMO standards, timelines and budgets; prepare status reports for stakeholders Ongoing project management and execution for key strategic initiatives by working closely with other GWB functions such as Coverage, Products along with Group HR, Compliance, Tech & Ops, Finance, Risk across all UOB markets

Requirements

• We are looking for an individual with project management or banking process experience or consulting experience.
• The candidate is also expected to have sufficient financial services knowledge with at least 3-5 years of experience with a reputable firm or transformation division or project management office of leading financial institutions.
• 3-5 years of experience in consulting, banking or other financial institutions with experiences in project management or banking process
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work across functions
• Ability to distill complex problems into clear, concise summaries, while formulating action plans to resolve these problems
• Strong relationship skills: Ability to build rapport and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across all levels of an organization
• Self-driven achiever with ability to work effectively
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities
• Excellent analytical skills both in terms of logic of reasoning and analysis of numerical and financial data
• Effective communication skills – both written and verbal
• Working knowledge of Excel (business analysis), MS PowerPoint (slide writing)

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution, monitoring/ tracking of progress across the key project phases: pre-project discovery, design and implementation
• Project issues identification, discussion and resolution at the project working groups and escalation to management, where appropriate
• Prepare project documentations and presentations
• Co-create with product owners, in terms of formulating and driving outcomes of business analysis, requirements, operating model and problem solving for the respective projects & representing the team in certain discussions
• Ensure adherence to PMO standards, timelines and budgets; prepare status reports for stakeholders
• Ongoing project management and execution for key strategic initiatives by working closely with other GWB functions such as Coverage, Products along with Group HR, Compliance, Tech & Ops, Finance, Risk across all UOB markets

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed