Who we are
Crรฉdit Agricole Corporate and Investment Banking (CA-CIB) is the CIB arm of Crรฉdit Agricole Group, worldโs 11th largest bank by total assets.
Our Singapore center is one of the 3 main IT Hubs for CA-CIB's worldwidebusiness. We work daily with international branches located in 33 countries by:
- Envisioning and preparing the Bankโs futures information systems
- Partnering and supporting core banking flagships and transverse areas in their large scale development projects.
- Providing premium In-house Banking applications,
This unique positioning empowers us to bring our core banking business a sustainable competitive advantage on the market.
We seek innovative and agile people sharing our mindset to support ambitious and forthcoming technological challenges.
Position
In a challenging and multicultural environment, we seek a senior project management manager to manage the Project management (PM) team and to drive the complex programs/projects, part of the control tower section.
Mission: by mobilizing and managing project teams and contributors, you will conduct projects from inception to completion, to reach the project goals in terms of quality, planning and budget.
Within an international environment, you will have to liaise with all kind of stakeholders and align your resources to the target set together with the business in order to meet the bank objectives.
Main responsibilities
ยง Manage the list of CIB IT projects, collaborating with leadership across the departments and prioritize projects based on the business need.
ยง Direct the work of Project managers and provides managerial oversight for multiple projects
ยง Act as point of escalation for the Project management team.
ยง Create and develop a governance structure for efficient stakeholder management
ยง Promote the project management service
ยง Develops organizational project management capabilities through training, coaching, and individual meetings/discussions
ยง Develop strategy for control and governance structures to ensure desired outcomes across the projects
ยง Monitor and analyse project metrics and to propose improvements and cost savings for future projects
ยง Ensure successful delivery of all projects against cost, time, scope, quality and security measures
ยง Operate autonomously and handle large scale APAC/EMEA regional IT projects by understanding local regulations.
ยง Clarify the needs of the client and translate them into rigorous requirement lists
ยง Identify standard and project specific deliverables, key assumptions, follow and mitigate risks and issues
ยง Anticipate early in the project any compliance / regulatory requirement and start informing stakeholders of such risk and measure their impact
ยง Define, measure and report project KPI with right level of information
ยง Identify right resource within teams and constitute / coordinate project team members
ยง Report or escalate any important risk and issues to Sponsor and local management for appropriate action
ยง Create, review or adapt when necessary existing processes to make them more relevant, efficient and optimal
ยง Communicate to Sponsor any change with right level of information and manage to get his approval
ยง Follow, report budget actual/forecast to project stakeholders and local management
ยง Set relevant control in place to ensure that what has been delivered meets requirements validated
ยง Manage and document the project hand over with production teams
ยง Continuously improve project management toolkits and methodologies
Qualifications and Profile
This position requires a minimum of 8 years of relevant experiences, ideally in a CIB banking environment.
ยง Leadership
ยง Excellent team management skills
ยง Strong ability to understand the big picture
ยง Ability to drill down complex issues to simple comprehensible terms
ยง Demonstrated skill to work across functions, regions and cultures
ยง Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skillset
ยง Strong communication with wide variety of individuals at all executive levels
ยง Ability to Influence and motivate
Functional
ยง Expertise in project cycle management and methodology
ยง Ability to anticipate and manage risks
ยง Hands on knowledge and understanding of Infrastructure main components
ยง Strong project management experience with ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
ยง PMP or other certification would be a plus
Technical
ยง Experience in dealing with detailed IT Architecture in banking industry.
ยง Practical knowledge in Network, Security, Data Center, Windows, Linux, Aix, VMware, Citrix, SAN, Kubernetes and Middleware components.
ยง Exposure working with DevOps & Cloud technologies.
ยง Familiarity in handling Cyber Security and regulatory projects.
ยง Strong experience in working with tools like MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio.
ยง Understanding of software development will be a plus
Other Professional Skills and Mindset
ยง High organizational skills including time management
ยง Excellent verbal and written communication across all levels of the organization
ยง Team player mindset
ยง Able to cope with multiple technologies, environment and teams, with high pressure
ยง Good influencing, negotiation, conflict resolution and data analysis skills