AVP, Drive Project Manager

AVP, Drive Project Manager

Business Overview:

DRIVE Brazil is a change management team for the bank´s business lines. Drive builds its core expertise in managing transversal and transformation projects across Global Markets/Treasury & Global Banking Business lines.  We are looking to on-board project managers with strong functional & business knowledge, as well as regulatory and compliance expertise. 

Knowledge of financial instruments, technology & operations aspects for the business lines listed below is highly desirable:  

*Physical presence in BNPP’s office(s) is an essential function of this position. This role will be hybrid, consisting of an in office and remote working component.

Responsibilities:

Project Management:

• Create and lead appropriate project governance
• Manage and lead assigned projects to completion with delivery of agreed objectives
• Ensure that all projects follow Group Policies and Procedure – including proper Project Governance and reporting to senior management & stakeholders
• Identify and stabilize the scope of business topics to be addressed / resolved
• Identify and obtain the buy-in from the Primary Project Stakeholders and Sponsor
• Secure resources and prioritization / funding of those resources
• Leverage expertise and problem-solving skills to propose solutions during each phase of the project
• Drive the delivery effort by maintaining project lists, organizing follow up meetings, creating and distributing meeting minutes
• Identify risk and dependencies that could jeopardize project execution
• Ensure clear communication of goals, budget, risks, efforts involved, as well as on the progress of the project
• Work closely with all functions - Front office, Operations, Finance, IT, Compliance, Legal, Risk etc. to ensure successful delivery of project objectives.
• Manage situations of conflict and constraints to ensure the success of the project.

 Business Analysis:

• Elicit business requirements using interviews & subject matter expertise
• Document requirements, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, task and workflow analysis
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, & decompose high-level information into details
• Abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the true underlying needs
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to deliver the following artifacts as needed: (1) Business Requirements Documents, (2) Test & Use Cases
• Challenge business users on their assumptions & how they expect to successfully implement requirements

 Contribute to the building of maximum efficiency within the Firm:

• Analyze the current procedures and make change proposals to improve productivity, efficiency and risk control
• Work closely with the Operations and IT managers to properly measure the impact of new systems/processes on the staff's workload and determine the new staffing requirements where applicable.

 Contribute to the successful implementation of new systems:

• Work with various users to clearly identify business requirements – from Front Office to Finance. 
• Collaborate with IT to ensure that the system functionalities meet the user requirements.
• Propose procedural changes to take advantage of the new system functionalities.
• Facilitate the planning between IT and users to ensure all phases of the project are on track and that the appropriate level of testing is carried out.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university with focus on Finance, Economics, Business Administration or other relevant field of study.
• Relevant financial industry experience.
• Expertise in Front Office and Operations (functional or in a project capacity), with knowledge of Global Banking activities
  • A keen focus on ‘Process and Risk’ awareness is a KEY CRITERIA for this position.
• Deep knowledge of & experience executing all project management concepts.
  • Project planning, documentation experience, & stakeholder management is essential
• Excellent level of knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Business Analyst experience is valuable
• The candidate:
  • Must have an in-depth understanding of project life cycle and what each phase implies.
  • Must have excellent communication and reporting skills – Both written and oral.
  • Must be able to professionally and efficiently manage situations of conflict and work with collaborators to arrive at a solution.
  • Needs to demonstrate the ability to adapt and learn new processes quickly.
  • Needs to show ability to multi-task and shift gears for various topics and perimeter during the project life cycle (i.e. Knowledge of FO Products and processes, Operations, IT, Finance etc.).
  • Must be able to demonstrate the ability to delve into complicated situations (issues, people, processes etc.), sort out the information and propose the solution/next steps.