Project Scoping
- Participate in the project as business analyst / product owner from the business perspective
- Gather and define user stories and create a backlog (including functional, non-functional, legal and operational requirements) for T24
- Partner with business leads to identify needs for Core Banking
- Focus on customer value and continuously drive product improvements and roadmap
- Facilitate timeline and budget estimates; facilitate in preparation of business case
- Set up project governance and project team
Project Delivery
- Support the overall Product Manager in Product Increment (PI) planning and review
- Ensure solutions are strategic whenever possible with an eye on future macro-developments
- Drive coordination of key initiatives to enable consistency in the product roadmap
- Establish project plan, identify key milestones, critical path and dependencies
- Examine project progress and maintain project plan
- Identify, track and resolve risks and issues that may arise during the lifecycle of the project; proactively propose mitigating actions
- Ensures that all deliverables are provided on-time and on-quality by institutionalizing appropriate quality checks
- Coordinate preparation and execution of User Acceptance Testing and User sign-off
- Issue regular & accurate project status reports and institute progress meetings to keep stakeholders informed
Change Management and Communications
- Drive transformation by running or supporting the implementation, communication and training
- Manage interactions and communication with stakeholders
- Work with Business Sponsor to ensure operational readiness of business after project go-live
- Design and execute training plan
- Communicate key changes and workarounds to clients and users
YOUR PROFILE
Professional and Technical
- Minimum 10 years of experience in private banking
- 8+ years’ experience with agile delivery approaches (e.g., Scrum, SAFe), ideally working experience as a product owner or similar role
- Experience in working with T24 or any core banking platform preferred
- Through an understanding of private banking value chain and good understanding of core processes such as advisory and investment management and the typical PB product landscape
- Strong expertise in digital products and services in Private Banking (e.g. Digital Advisory)
- Good understanding of business processes, process design, and process re-engineering
- Good understanding of business processes, process design, and process re-engineering
- Demonstrated capability for problem solving, decision making, sound judgement assertiveness
- Experience in finding operational synergies and performing impact analysis on business models, tools and processes
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and taking a hands-on approach
Personal and Social
- Strong conceptual skills
- Analytical and understands a broad range of technologies; keeps up to date with market and technology trends
- Ability to drive and demonstrate strong end-product orientation
- Big-picture thinking, problem-solving
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to manage large cross-functional project teams
- Proven ability to interact with functional management at all levels
