Projects and Change Manager

**Your team**:

- The Pictet group is one of the world’s leading independent wealth and asset managers. Founded in 1805 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Group is represented in 30 offices in financial centres worldwide, currently employing over 4600 people. Pictet has been present in Singapore for more than 25 years where it employs over 200 people.**Your role**:

- The incumbent will be a key member of the COO team, driving projects and initiatives, addressing issues and providing business management support to the COO office and assist with Run the Bank (RTB) activities as required.- Provide project and change management capability in Asia and support regional (SG & HK) implementation of IT change requests and projects in Asia.
- Support branch activities including outsourcing monitoring, governance forums like Operating Committee, regulatory and audit reviews & actions etc.
- Work closely with cross-functional team members to clarify each project objectives, formulate the business case and defining the business requirements as applicable.
- Work closely with the process owner and Group IT to formulate and review solution options.
- Support and facilitate timely communication between the key business and technical participants in the project.
- Coordinate and provide testing support to all relevant stakeholders.
- Maintain a centralized database of the list of projects impacting Asia (across both Business and COO Functions) with detailed project timeline as well as the list of issues, risk and mitigation plans of each project.
- Monitor each project’s progress against the defined schedule, identify and escalate any potential issues or risks.
- Providing timely status reports to the relevant stakeholders, Committees and Senior Management.
- Track and assist with the closure of actions arising from various committees, Audits and Risk reviews for the COO Functions.
- Resolve general, cross functional and organizational issues that may arise from time to time in close coordination & collaboration with the COO and the other Functional Heads, Senior Management.
- Lead and/or support new product, process or service initiatives in a project co-ordination / management capacity in close collaboration with the applicable functions / depts.
- Assist the teams in their process re-engineering efforts and contribute towards overall efficiency improvements.
- Support the Annual BCM/DRP process by managing and coordinating the review of the Business Impact Analysis for the location, close co-ordination with IT to align systems support and general co-ordination as required.
- Assist with the investigation, follow up actions, reporting to authorities and closure of any Data Breach incidents, assist with PDPA implementation and governance as required.
- Perform data collection, analysis for various needs - data analysis, MIS, Internal and External Audit requests etc.
- Establish close ties with corresponding teams in Geneva to ensure smooth co-ordination of activities across different Functional areas.

**Your profile**:
**Profile**
- Working knowledge of Avalog would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of outsourcing, Data Protection and PDPA would be an advantage.
- General knowledge of various Regulatory reports applicable to MAS and HKMA.
- Strong influencing and collaborative skills.
- Independent, driven self-starter, solution & result oriented, able to facilitate discussions and collaboration across diverse teams in different locations.
- Team player, able and willing to share and continuously contribute to the team’s success.
- Hands-on attitude, able to juggle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to communicate across organizational levels.
- Proactive in tackling operational tasks/matters.

**Experience**
- At least 10 years’ experience in a similar position preferably in the Private Banking industry.
- Degree qualified in Business or relevant fields.
- Good understanding of Wealth Management business and related regulations under MAS & HKMA.
- Proven project management skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build strong relationship of trust with stakeholders from various levels.
- Strong track record of execution and results delivery within agreed deadlines.
- Self-starter with good organization skills and stakeholder management capabilities.

**Note**:

- We will not accept any CVs via agencies**Diversity & Inclusion**:
**_ Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace._