About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
About Businessline/Function :
WMIS Products and Execution Division is in-charge of the implementation and maintenance of WM Core Trading applications, life cycle management applications, core banking applications and regulatory reporting applications such as Calypso, Contineo, Connexio (For Structure Products Trading & LCM), Marginman, K+ ( Fx Trading and Lifecycle), TRT, TNT (For Regulatory reporting), and XMS, Predator (For execution).
Job Title:
LCM Project Manager
Date:
29-Apr-2025
Department:
Products & Execution division
Location:
Chennai
Business Line / Function:
P&S Domain
Reports to:
(Direct)
Direct/Functional:
Grade:
(if applicable)
(Functional)
Number of Direct Reports:
Directorship / Registration:
Position Purpose
Structured products and OTC derivatives (excluding FX) represent an important activity of the business contributing to a great part of the Bank’s transactional revenues. Current systems such as Calypso or Predator used in a complex system architecture have led the desks to handle additional unexpected workload and face a higher operational risk
This prevents the desk from having a clean product database, and monitor lifecycle events on products. Event monitoring, valuation control and animation of the secondary market are key functions for advising clients.
Contineo has been mandated to deliver a customized Lifecycle Management Module (LCM) adjusted to BNPP WM needs
Contineo is a vendor based SAAS application hosted in client managed cloud. Connexio is the middle-ware that connects between Contineo and the BNPP network downstream systems. Connexio plays a crucial role in sending and receiving feeds and data from Contineo to BNPP systems such as BVE, OLY, Papyrus, XMS, TAT, REFO etc. Connexio is fully developed and maintained by BNPP.
LCM project includes managing of both Contineo and Connexio along with the life cycle flow to BNPP core banking applications for both Asia and IM.
Responsibilities
The Project Manager is the privileged contact for sponsors, Product Owner and user representatives during Project phases and is responsible for all project tasks such as:
• Leading the Project throughout all project phases, from initial preparation to migration completion and post-go-LIVE stabilization
• Managing Project scope, budget, roadmap, reporting, in full compliance with the organization’s project management lifecycle and governance
• Business requirements consolidation and formal validation
• Ensuring good relationship with WM Compliance sponsors, Product owner and stakeholders across the organization
• Preparing testing strategy consolidation and formal validation with the help of the Business analyst
• Organizing and chairing dedicated meetings or committees such STEERING Committees, UAT presentation, UAT sign Off, as required.
• Reporting to Divisions Head and Product Owner on Project Progresses and roadmap.
• Centralizing and Consolidating Project information for periodic WMIs meetings, Investment Committees
• Leading Product Backlog reviews and demands for prioritization of Change Requests to Product Owner
• Identifying and reporting on project risks, attention points, issues, escalations to WMIS Compliance division Head
• Manage all the decision making and analysis process allowing designing, validating the solution, and getting the necessary approvals in terms of architecture, IT risk and IT Security.
• Manage escalations during day-to-day business from stakeholders and propose amicable solutions.
• Driving LCM squad to reach deadlines and insuring tasks replanning to adapt to potential issues or delays.
• Lead, with the support of technical teams, the definition of the solution and the implementation roadmap.
• Set-up and maintain Projects capacity plan on a monthly Basis.
• Set-up and update projects in Clarity tool
• Ensure all project deliverables implemented respect WMIS standards and are fully aligned and mutualized between sites and regions. Specific solution should only be considered to address regulatory specific requirements.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
• A proven track record of collaborating and delivering in matrix organization by driving consensus and constructively challenging environment.
• Organized and experience in prioritizing the project tasks.
• Experience in Change management activities.
• Self-starter with positive mind set to work in any challenging situations.
• An excellent communicator with good Steering committee presentation skills.
• Capacity to negotiate, engage with each member of the squad and with contributors outside of WMIs compliance division.
• Takes accountability in project issues, discuss with concerned team members, and manage the issues.
• Strong proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio.
• Familiar with release management, production, and support (JIRA, Service Now, PPM tools etc.)
• Possess ability to manage various interested parties such as stakeholder, subject matter expert, third party vendor, contractor, and business user.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, managers, subject matter experts and technical teams.
Specific Qualifications (if required)
• Strong Functional experience in Compliance Financial Security topics and KYC topics
• Strong knowledge of Lifecycle functions (Front to back)
• Knowledge on Structured Products would be added advantage.
• Experiences in project with Agile & Waterfall methodologies.
• Strong proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio.
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Communication skills - oral & written
Critical thinking
Ability to share / pass on knowledge
Ability to deliver / Results driven
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
Ability to understand, explain and support change
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Ability to develop others & improve their skills
Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution
Ability to manage a project
Education Level:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 5 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
• Good synthesis skills and problem-solving skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong quality mindset
• Knowledge of project process methodology (esp. CMMI)
• Experience in Agile Methodology
