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L&D Governance Senior Officer

Last update 09.01.2025

About the job

Join our Group Learning & Development team (L&D) within the HUB Group HR in Lisbon, a cross-functional department responsible for defining, managing, and leading the Learning & Development strategy for the BNP Paribas Group. 

Thanks to its strategic positioning and expertise, this team develops cross-functional offers and academies to support the Group's major transformation projects and key skills identified by the Strategic Workforce Planning exercises. The scope of intervention covers both global and French levels, with a role of coordinating and leading the Learning & Development communities.

Your Main Activities Are

 As a PMO you will oversee project management for GL&D team and lead a robust global Learning & Development governance framework involving a worldwide L&D community and procurement teams. You will report directly to the head of the Group L&D team. You will supervise or lead Project Portfolio Management Office tasks, support GL&D Leadership team and Products Owners. You will lead Learning & Development project management in consolidating, reporting, and controlling key project portfolio information. You will be responsible for steering the team’s activity and budget. You will take a leading role in shaping the visual narrative of pitch decks.

As a L&D Governance Senior Officer you will implement Group Learning & Development governance, prepare, and held committees, key meetings, governance documents, operating procedures, and documentation. You will lead the organization of the strategic Learning Board at Group Level with Group L&D management and key stakeholders. You will lead the implementation of the Learning Offer governance and the Procurement Governance. You will coordinate the implementation of the L&D Governance at entities, territories, and business line level. For Group Function, directly animated by Group L&D. You will be directly expose to key stakeholders and decision-makers in the organization to ensure the implementation of the governance and collect any feedback that helps adapt it to increase global performance of the model. 

Main Responsibilities

Internal Governance

  • With Group L&D leadership Team, you will deploy internal L&D governance towards Group Functions and businesses.
  • You will monitor and reports on L&D initiatives.
  • You will define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to training activities, in coordination with the team managers.
  • You will perform group-wide analyses to identify gaps and propose appropriate plans.

Steering the activity

  • You will implement the team’s portfolio management tools.
  • You will identify issues and prepares for decision-making.
  • You will define and monitors activity management indicators.
  • You will prepare and facilitates the review committee of the Products Backlog
  • You will work with the Strategic Product Manager and the Product Owners of the different squads to ensure team consistency.

Budget management

  • You will prepare the budget of Group L&D team.
  • You will steer and monitors billing process, budget commitments.
  • You will prepare and presents frequent budgetary statements.
  • You will work with Finance for periodic exercises (provisioning, year-end budget landing).

Profile and Skills to Success

Behavioral

  • Impact / Ability to Influence
  • Adaptability
  • Critical Thinking
  • Ability to decide
  • Communication skills - oral & written
  • Organizational skills

Transversals 

  • Ability to understand explain and support change
  • Ability to inspire others & generate people’s commitment
  • Ability to adopt and promote the Agile mindset
  • Ability to anticipate business/strategic changes
  • Ability to develop and leverage networks

Business 

  • Data Knowledge
  • Budget Steering
  • BNP Paribas Organization knowledge

Languages 

  • English (Bright 3,5 – 4 or CECRL B2)
  • French (Bright 3,5 – 4 or CECRL B2)

#LI-Hybrid

Mobility is one of the core principles of BNP Paribas career and management strategy, which aims to meet our Employees’ needs for personal development along with ensuring that the company meets the overall business needs. For further details, we invite you to explore the mobility principles available on https://bwelcome.hr.bnpparibas/internalmobility. Before applying, please make sure you discuss it with your manager whose support is critical for a smooth mobility process.

Why joining BNP Paribas? 

Leading banking institution

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank, and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly 183.000 employees, including more than 146.000 in Europe.

Our presence in Portugal

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 8.700 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centers providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

International reach 

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its different entities, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions: 

  • Retail Banking, a division that brings together all of the Group’s retail activities and specialized business lines; 
  • Investment & Protection Services that include specialized businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services;
  • Corporate & Institutional Banking division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.

Diversity and Inclusion commitment 

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.

Commitment towards work/life balance

At BNP Paribas we care about our employees wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and rest. We believe our employees have rich personal lives outside of work, being fundamental to be disconnected from work to recharge both physically and mentally. Only through this balance we may all be at our best while working.

Remote Working Conditions

At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration. Within this framework, eligible employees can benefit from flexible remote working modalities adapted to our hybrid working environment. To guarantee a comfortable and efficient working set-up, eligible employees are provided with both the office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional equipment at reduced prices.

To find out more on why you should join BNP Paribas visit: https://bnpp.lk/why-BNP-Paribas-Portugal

* Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered. 
* In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.
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  • What if we told you that working in our Group isn’t quite what you might think? At BNP Paribas, we do a multitude of different jobs that are constantly evolving to meet the expectations of our clients and society as a whole. Whether through everyday tasks or major projects, doing one of our jobs means making a personal commitment to taking sustainable action.

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