Special Initiatives Manager

Singapore
- Management and Business Support
- Group Functions

**Job Reference #**
- 257781BR

**City**
- Singapore

**Job Type**
- Full Time

**Your role**
- Do you thrive on working on multiple projects simultaneously and have the ability to see the big picture? Are you detail-oriented and data driven in your decisions? Can you influence large teams and senior leaders, drive consensus and distill priorities to achieve a strategic objective? Are you a prudent risk-taker with excellent management skills who can articulate succinctly and collaborate with multiple stakeholders including regulators, auditors, and business stakeholders?
- The Chief Digital and Information Office (CDIO) in APAC is looking for such a person - a highly motivated individual to design, drive, and own initiatives, strengthen business partnerships, and coordinate regionally and globally to help UBS achieve its strategic objectives in the region.
- Key responsibilities will involve:
- portfolio management: depending on the topic, facilitate or drive a portfolio of regional initiatives on a range of topics across governance, operating model, collaboration with product groups, risk and resilience, culture, workforce, finance, vendor management, and technology. The expectation is that the incumbent is hands-on and can act independently as a deputy to the CDIO Operating Manager.
- build consensus using data and personal influence among different stakeholders who may have competing priorities.
- governance: the incumbent will represent CDIO interests in different business, regional governance forums and should be confident in articulating the progress and challenges on different topics basis data.
- data driven reporting and decision making: provide a crisp, transparent view of CDIO APAC's state of play.
- leverage a robust data framework to identify underlying trends, flag issues and risks, drive prioritization and closure of various projects and initiatives.

**Your Career Comeback**

**Your team**
- Chief Digital and Information Office brings together Technology, Shared Operations, Group Corporate Services, Third Party Risk Management and Business Continuity Management. In APAC, we are a ~2,500 strong diverse workforce present in 12 locations.
- The Regional Management team is responsible for enabling the strategy for CDIO in the region, in close collaboration with global, regional and business stakeholders. This role will manage a small team drawn from UBS staff and other partners.

**Your expertise**
- You have:
- management consulting experience or have held positions in Change/COO/Chief of Staff functions
- excellent analytical skills combined with strong written and verbal communication
- a good understanding of technology, risk, and culture would be a big advantage

You are:
- a supporter of diversity with good networking and collaborating skills who can bring people together to get things done
- flexible, pragmatic, and self-motivated with an ability to stay focused and with a ‘can do’ attitude
- not afraid to articulate your stand on issues and engage in discussions basis data without becoming dogmatic
- #LI-SG

**About us**
- UBS is the world’s largest and only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.
- With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

**Join us**
- At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.
- From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

**Disclaimer / Policy Statements**
- UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.