Manager Asset Management

Job Title

Project Manager – Group Asset Management PMO Office

Role Purpose

The Project Manager will establish and operate a centralized Program Management Office (PMO) to govern, coordinate, and control the delivery of the organization’s 2030 Strategy Programs within the Asset & Wealth Management / Private Banking domain.

The role provides end-to-end program oversight, ensuring strategic initiatives are translated into clearly defined workstreams and delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with regulatory, operational, and investment management objectives.

A key responsibility includes the selection, onboarding, and management of external consultants, including specialist firms engaged in Business Requirements definition, Target Operating Model (TOM) design, and transformation delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Program & PMO Governance

• Establish and operate a fit-for-purpose PMO framework covering governance, reporting, planning, risk, issue, dependency, and financial management.
• Define and enforce program standards, templates, controls, and delivery cadence for a multi-year strategic transformation.
• Maintain an integrated master program plan across all 2030 strategy initiatives and workstreams.
• Ensure alignment between strategic objectives, regulatory requirements, and execution priorities.

Consultant & Vendor Management

• Support procurement, selection, and onboarding of external consultants and specialist vendors.
• Define scopes of work, deliverables, milestones, and success criteria for consulting engagements.
• Act as the central coordination point to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance with program standards.
• Monitor consultant performance against agreed deliverables, timelines, budgets, and outcomes.

Business Requirements & Delivery Oversight

• Oversee the development of comprehensive and prioritized Business Requirements aligned to strategic objectives.
• Coordinate inputs from business, operations, compliance, risk, technology, and investment teams.
• Identify and manage dependencies between requirements, operating model changes, and implementation phases.

Stakeholder & Executive Reporting

• Produce concise, decision-ready reporting for senior management and governance forums.
• Facilitate program steering committees, design authorities, and executive checkpoints.
• Act as a trusted interface between executive sponsors, business leaders, consultants, and delivery teams.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager within the banking sector.
• Strong experience delivering full project lifecycle implementations.
• Proven delivery experience in Asset & Wealth Management / Private Banking programs.
• Strong knowledge of Waterfall and Agile project delivery methodologies.
• Solid experience in process mapping and process re-engineering within Asset & Wealth Management.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct customer journey analysis.
• Proven Change Management delivery experience, from business case creation through UAT coordination, test planning, and execution.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Operational or transformation experience within the asset management industry.
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging across seniority levels.