Technical Project Manager (Credit Risk Data)

Project Description:

• The successful candidate will be part of the Risk Portfolio Change function, reporting into the Portfolio Lead of Risk and its corresponding delegate on a regular basis.

• Among other Project Management tasks, the candidate will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of RAID logs, Business Justification documents, and Status reporting activities.

• When required, the candidate must be able to facilitate technical analysis and translate facts and figures to allow for streamlined decision making by non subject matter experts.

• Experience in Risk and Controls is a must to ensure quick understanding of content and anticipating risks or issues.

• The candidate will need to have extensive experience in Investment Banking, with strong Risk Management experience. Strong communication and interpersonal skills is a must, and candidate must have a well organised structured approach to managing medium to large projects and work with senior stakeholders, subject matter experts and consultants.

• The right candidate will work closely, from front to back, with Functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) leads or Account Executives (AEs) in support of delivering against planned initiatives, the definition and running of fact finding and decision making meetings, Working Groups, and Steering Committees to achieve tangible outcomes required to deliver against business objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Co-ordination across projects/ work streams and across wider project to ensure synergies are identified and optimised

• Partner with key stakeholders across the 1st and 2nd LoD to ensure compliance with relevant firm policies and framework, understand external regulatory expectations and industry standards, where appropriate

• Work with Consultants, 1st 2nd and 3rd lines of defense in the creation and successful implementation of a revised Risk and Control function and associated frameworks.

• Oversee analysis/ output and form clear recommendations and proposals that are based on sound business rationale ensuring consensus and collaboration with functional partners required to opine or sign off

• Run and manage steering committees, working groups (cross functional) and ensure accountability of actions against planned timelines.

• Be a trusted partner functional stakeholders and Planning department ensuring updates, issues and consensus is effectively managed and delivered.

• Manage implementation deliveries ensuring transparency of Risks, issues and dependencies that are fully aligned to functional / business owners.

• Develop detailed project plans incorporating inputs from all project participants, and report on status of deliverables.

• Manage the project costs against budget and report status update on the project budget.

Mandatory Skills Description:

• Experience in Business Management/ COO, Risk and or other control function

• Technical Project Manager with over 8+ years investment banking experience

• Front to back understanding of IB Operating model with good Risk Management / product knowledge.

• Proven track record of Programme Development and delivery of Risk Management change projects experience of developing framework models or their implementation.

• Governance across the three Lines of Defence and experience of defining frameworks / implementation and handover to BAU

• Transformation delivery and change management – overall strategic and or transformation led change and delivery experience

• Strong understanding of the 1st Line of Defense framework

• Strong understanding of the project lifecycle

• Experience in development of strategies; implementation of strategic or transformation programs / projects

• Experienced interaction of delivering front to back solutions with demonstrable knowledge/interactions with functional divisions e.g. Finance, Ops, Risk, Legal, Compliance

• Direct experience in managing multiple functional stakeholder (senior level) and consultants to derive clear and tangible outcomes

• Experience of delivering data driven projects to successful realisation of business benefits.