Senior IT Project Manager - Cash Management

Position Purpose

We are seeking an experienced Transformation Project Manager to lead Global Banking Payments and Cash Management IT digital transformation journey. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the development and implementation of digitalization strategies, overseeing the execution of projects, and ensuring that our organization specifically within the Payments and Cash Management business remains competitive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Develop and Implement Digitalization Strategies: Collaborate with senior leadership to define and implement digital transformation strategies that align with the organization's overall vision and goals. 
• Project Management: Lead cross-functional project teams to design, develop, and deploy digital solutions, ensuring timely and within-budget delivery. Owner to planning and developing IT Delivery Roadmap for projects and to monitor the execution from end-to-end perspective. 
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, employees, customers, and vendors, to ensure that digitalization initiatives meet their needs and expectations. 
• Change Management: Develop and implement change management plans to ensure a smooth transition to new digital processes and systems. Optimizing IT Project Delivery resource capacity as well as aligning deployment / implementation windows managed by Application Production Support team. 
• Budgets & Forecasts: Support and assist the Domain Head and/or Programme Manager on budget matters 
• Digital Literacy: Promote digital literacy across the organization, providing training and support to employees to ensure they have the necessary skills to effectively utilize digital tools and systems. 
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with digitalization initiatives, ensuring that the organization's data and systems are secure and compliant with regulatory requirements. 
• Metrics and Monitoring: Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of digitalization initiatives and identify areas for improvement. 

Contributing Responsibilities

• Vendor management and drive RFPs for new solution if required.
• Uphold and ensure the Project and Program deliverance adhere to Corporate Governances and
• processes.
• Expected to work cordially with fellow Project Managers within Cash Management IT as well as
• other Domain PMs to align key departmental objectives. When necessary, he/she will escalate
• and manage escalations to ensure attention and support are given to mitigate program/project
• dependencies, risks and issues.
• Participate and contribute to studies, methodologies adopted by the department, also to understand
• and apply seamlessly these standards
• Contribute to all necessary meeting organizations and preparation

Requirements

Technical 

• Familiar with common cash management, payment market infrastructure, systems and
• products and industry standards at least in APAC
• Strong understanding of digital technologies, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and
• data analytics
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, attention to details, strong work ethics, team
• spirit, and exceptional customer serving attitude. Operational experience will be an added
• advantage
• Experience in working with offshore on different time zones, and ability to work in a fast paced,
• dynamic and multi-cultural environment
• Practice of SDLC and/or Agile Scrum
• Technical / programming background will be an added advantage

Behavioral 

• Result-oriented with strong analytical problem-solving skills
• Innovation and experimentation: To be able to think outside the box, identify opportunities for
• innovation, and experiment with new digital solutions and technologies to drive business growth
• and stay ahead of the competition
• Meticulous and to go into details, take ownership and hold task-owners accountable to fulfil
• obligations in line with the project plans.
• Leadership quality to lead and drive projects, able to work independently and to manage conflicts.
• Able to manage stress and pressure and achieve project team cohesion especially during difficult
• periods in delivery.

Experience in / Proven track record of

• Minimum 12 years of experience in project management, preferably in a digital transformation
• context
• Managing large scale Cash Management & Payments - IT or transformation project
• Successfully leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects

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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