Senior Manager

About the Opportunity

**Job Type**: Permanent

Title: Senior Project Manager

Department: ISS Change, APAC

Location: Singapore/Hong Kong

Reports To: (Director, ISS Change, APAC)

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our ISS Change, APAC team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

Department Description

ISS Change drives process improvement, automation and manages the change portfolio for the ISS function globally and within the APAC region. This function provides the professional programme, project and PMO capabilities to manage strategic change initiatives. Additionally it provides the portfolio management, enables prioritisation and governance and is the initial interface point for change led through other functions.

This function also owns and builds change capability within the ISS COO’s portfolio. Additionally, it works with technology to ensure consistent management of change across the business.

Purpose of the Role

This role is responsible for leading, shaping and successful implementation of change management initiatives impacting FIL’s global and APAC businesses. It will require strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders from IM, distribution through to operations and technology. You will have business stakeholders across our offices throughout APAC and other locations. Business travel would be required as-and-when-needed.

Key Responsibilities
- Ownership and project management of individual change projects. These may often be complex projects spanning multiple functions and departments and covering a broad range of business initiatives.
We expect the role to lead multiple projects within the scope of our APAC portfolio with guidance and oversight from senior project manager(s).
- Management of project artefacts in compliance of FIL”s project management practices and policies
- Work with stakeholders at all levels to identify, analyse and document project requirements and structure work accordingly. Manage stakeholders and decision-makers to ensure that we have smooth syndication and decision-making
- Work with FIL’s internal risk control functions (1st line, 2nd line and 3rd line) actively to ensure compliance of project execution and outcome (e.g. processes, organization, business design) to FIL’s risk practices and standards
- Work across asset class and functions / operational teams throughout the region to support the change management process
- Engagement with business representatives and Technology on systems implementation initiatives to facilitate scoping, prioritisation, benefits identification and tracking, and business readiness
- Representation of stakeholders views and requirements within broader project teams
- Liaison with project managers and other departments across FIL to coordinate activities and resolve issues on cross divisional projects
- Identify, communicate and manage risks and issues that may impact the successful delivery of projects
- Coordinate with global change teams as necessary on global initiatives
- Provision of timely, clear and accurate reporting for key stakeholders and interested parties

Essential skills and qualifications:

- Strong project management skills gained in a change management environment as demonstrated by ability to manage projects with senior stakeholders and influence decisions and outcomes
- Strong analysis, communication and problem-solving experience within an asset management environment as demonstrated through proactive identification of issues and definition of solutions or requirements. Proven experience of leading projects/ initiatives from initiation through to closure with benefits qualified/ quantified
- Ability to develop successful working relationships in support of individual initiatives across FIL’s global network
- Ability to identify project benefits, and associated risks/ issues
- Ability to challenge and question key stakeholders
- Ability to deal successfully with ambiguity and draw out the issues to be addressed
- Proactively drives their own workload and manages their own time
- Embrace sustainability as a key Fidelity theme in professional behaviour, and as a consideration in design and execution of initiatives/ projects
- Able to act as a business advocate with strong verbal and written communication skills
- Fluency and proficiency in English. Fluency and proficiency in Asian language(s) an advantage

Desirable skills and qualifications:

- An understanding of the investment and distribution processes and how they fit into the overall business
- Broad-based knowledge of asset management and investment management, with such in Asian markets desirable
- Understanding of the usages of different types of equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and derivative instruments in Asia
- Awareness of product structures servic