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IT Project Manager - Supply Chain Financing (AVP)

Last update 09.01.2025

Position Purpose

The position is required to provide on-site Project management as part of Supply Chain Financing IT team. The project manager manage project related to IT platform (Connexis Supply Chain) to support business growth, to improve service to clients, and to improve bank operational efficiency.

The position is required to participate and contribute in all phases of planning, requirement, design, testing and implementation of global scope projects planned in Connexis Supply Chain Roadmap.

Direct Responsibilities

  • Deliver IT projects/releases within the agreed budget and schedule without compromising quality.
  • Oversee and drive projects from initiation to post implementation support following waterfall/Agile/Hybrid.
  • Working with remote vendor development team on daily basis to track deliverables.
  • Bring the project teams together and collaborate closely to deliver the project/release.
  • Stakeholder management and to conduct working/steering committees.
  • Communication and status reporting to stakeholders and senior management.
  • Manage change requests to scope and timelines.
  • Release rollout planning and coordination of teams involved to complete activity within maintenance window.
  • Enforce the Bank’s project management policies and procedures.
  • Working with the tools such as: 
    1. MS-Project and MS-Office
    2. SharePoint 
    3. JIRA
    4. Clarity (or similar tool)
      1. Baselining Projects
      2. Project Cards
      3. Tracking of Actuals
      4. Risk/Issues Monitoring & reporting

Contributing Responsibilities

  • Contributes towards the end-to-end techno-functional solutioning 
  • Contributes towards controlling defect leakage and quality improvement initiatives

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

  • Project Planning & Tracking.
  • Risk & Issue Management.
  • Stakeholder & Escalation Management.
  • Methodical & Process oriented.
  • Strong inter-personal and Issue Management skills.
  • High-level knowledge and working experience in Unix based OS (Linux/AIX/Solaris)
  • High-level knowledge and working experience in any RDBMS based Database (Oracle/MSSQL/DB2)
  • Good understanding and knowledge of key web technologies at high level 
  • Knowledge of technical projects management involving high number of stakeholders and remote teams. 
  • Familiar with standard formats such as CSV, XML, SWIFT, EDIFACT, ISO20022 & data transformations. Knowledge in Payments (domestic/international) domain is a definite plus.
  • Good understanding and knowledge of key security subjects (SSL/TLS, PKI, Certificates)
  • Working experience in managing of any Webservice/API projects is a definite plus
  • Certification on Agile is a definite plus
  • Good team player with great commitment and attitude.
  • Good communication and coordination skill among multiple teams that are cross-cultural and cross-country. 
  • Able to work independently as well as in a team to resolve issues and/or identify solutions in a timely manner. 
  • Good analytical skills and attention to details.

Specific qualifications

  • At least 12 years of experience with last 6-8 years as IT Project manager.
  • Strong and extensive IT Project Management experience preferably in Corporate Banking domain.
  • Experience in Supply Chain Financing/Trade Financing eBanking applications, Accounting and Payments related projects is a definite plus. 

About BNP PARIBAS

As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance. 

We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.

• BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community

• BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization

• Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness

• BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds

BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.

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