Avp, Transversal Projects

What is this position about?

The AVP, SEA COO Office - Transversal Project Management & Executive Support plays a key role in driving cross-functional (transversal) projects that impact multiple business units within Singapore and SEA. These projects include regulation/ law implementation, finance reporting, non-finance process and control improvement and change initiatives for Singapore and/ or SEA territories.

This position independently manages project planning, execution and delivery to ensure strategic objectives are met efficiently within timelines and budget. In addition, the AVP provides high-level management support to the COO, facilitating governance and effective decision making.

What would be your typical day at BNPP Paribas look like?

A typical day as a Transversal Projects & Management Support staff in SEA COO Office consist of both project management and executive support/ BAU elements:

- Project management: Plan project lifecycle and work on project documentation. Plan, lead meetings and engage stakeholders, write minutes and follow up on action plans. Provide project updates to manager and COO.
- Executive support/ BAU tasks: Request for contributions for reporting/ presentation decks, organize governance meetings, write minutes and follow up on action plans. Prepare updates and management dashboard and organization charts.

Primary Role Responsibilities

In this role, you will
- Assume full project life cycle ownership successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously.
- Able to work independently on topics related to assigned projects for relevant tasks, procedures, regulatory survey/submissions/certification or queries.
- Lead and manage a portfolio of complex initiatives end-to-end, coordinating with multiple stakeholders across business lines and/pr external vendors to ensure alignment and timely delivery within budget.
- Develop and manage detailed project plans and milestones to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives.
- Provide leadership and clarity to project team and motivating contributors to meet project milestones.
- Manage ongoing quality control, able to identify root causes and propose action plans for resolutions.
- Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment to management.
- Serve as a reliable partner to COO by providing management support as secretary to governance committees, prepare presentation slides, host meetings and write minutes.
- Consolidate updates from managers, produce management dashboard and update organization charts.
- Deliver appropriate and effective verbal and written executive level communication.
- Contribute to SEA COO Office BAU tasks.

What is required for you to succeed?
- Strong leadership, diplomatic, motivational and interpersonal skills include the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations.
- Experienced in influencing and gaining buy-in from executive sponsors, team members, stakeholders and peers.
- Strong experience in presenting to executive sponsors and demonstrated communication skills, both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff, at all levels of management.
- Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.
- Demonstrate strong professional integrity and work ethics with commitment to excellence and accountability to add value to the Bank.
- Exhibits high level of discipline and resiliency with ability to manage time effectively and multi-task.
- Quick adaptability with ability to onboard onto new projects or tasks within short timeframe and mínimal supervision. Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
- Capacity to work in a stressful environment.

Required education/certification/licenses
- Bachelor’s Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience.
- 7+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects.
- 7+ years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment.
- Strong knowledge of risk and control in banking environment.
- Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Excel, Visio, PowerPoint SharePoint and Power BI with experience presenting to stakeholders, senior management and/or regulators.
- Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs.
- Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.
- Must have previous project experience in implementing bank-wide regulatory/law requirements.
- Proficiency in English language includ