Chapter Lead

In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 18,000 employees* and a presence in 13 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships.
Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 68 markets with more than 193,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.
- excluding partnerships

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

**Position Purpose**:
Products division is looking for a Chapter Lead - PM to join the team in Singapore to work in the Product Division. He/ she will be reporting to the Division Manager

There are 3 Squads within the Product Division, who help to deliver major transformation and BAU projects for FX, Structured Products and Regulatory Reporting Business. Each Cross-Skills Squads focused on the delivery of the BAU and Projects and Assets within the Division.

**Responsibilities**

**Direct Responsibilities**
- Chapter Lead will be responsible for the Support, Learning and having regular Connect with all the Scrum Masters within the PM Chapter. Scrum Masters are responsible to drive the Squad deliveries whereas Chapter Lead will be responsible for Supporting PMs for the deliveries.
- Develop expertise and introduce WMIS/Industry Best Practices within the Chapter.
- Motivate, develop skills, Appraise PMs/Scrum Masters, as well as BAs on an ongoing basis.
- Act as a back-up for division head during his absence and manage the show when any of the Scrum Master decides to take on different roles
- Conduct Appraisals for all the Scrum Deliveries. for the FX TOM project and the deployment throughout the countries. He/She will also act partially as Business Analysis:

- Aligning goals and directions with Management and Scrum team
- Taking charge and ensuring project releases (timeline) are promptly updated and accurate in appropriate reporting tools
- Organize and conduct committees at different levels to initiate discussion and track actions for any follow up between stakeholders
- Identify and raise project risk and issue in a timely manner
- Help to remove potential impediments of the project and raise escalation appropriately
- Ensuring WMIS project governance are strictly met/passed (Project kick off, functional architecture committee, IT validation, production implementation process etc)
- Consolidating/preparing and representing steering committees (business sponsor update meeting)
- Prepare and ensure accurate reports to management (weekly reports and updates into reporting tools)
- Follow up with multiple technical and business teams/squads, Infrastructure and testing teams to deliver the project

**Technical & Behavioral Competencies**:
**Experience**:

- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required
- 4+ years of overall experience as Project Manager
- 7+ years in banking industry

**Mandatory skills**
- 4 years of Project Management (preferably Waterfall, some Agile also a plus)
- Knowledge and work experience in banking industry, preferably Wealth Management
- Good understanding of IT architecture
- Highly analytical mindset, capable of modeling complex systems
- Excellent communication skills, able to engage with end users and stakeholders at various levels
- Experience in implementing software packages
- Minimum 7 years of related working experience in banking and finance IT.

**Optional skills**
- Client risk management tool
- Understanding of structured products
- Understanding of Transaction Reporting Principles and Architecture
- Understanding technical aspects of Cloud, API, Developments

**Specific Quali