Director of Project Management - SOCIETE GENERALE

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Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking a project manager for their Global Markets Division. The role involves overseeing transformation and business development projects, ensuring timely completion, and managing budgets. Candidates should possess strong project management skills, be fluent in English and French, and have a proactive approach to work.

Qualifications

• Strong project management and presentation skills.
• Fluent in English and French.

Responsibilities

• Leading and supporting transformation and regulatory projects.
• Coordinating projects within the division.
• Monitoring project budgets and timelines.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

Delivery Skills

Proactivity

Job description

Job Description

Responsibilities

MARK/BTO is one of MARK's pillars, combining transversal and business line dedicated functions.

Its main responsibilities include steering the business development of MARK activities, driving their transformation, and overseeing operational chains, financials, and risks.

The role involves leading and supporting transformation, business development, optimization, and regulatory projects for the Global Markets Division, which the position reports to.

Projects may impact Trading, Sales, or Engineering teams and typically involve front office sponsorship, covering team organization, new process implementation, opportunity studies, program direction, and information systems change aligned with global strategy.

The candidate will maintain constant communication with the Front office, support functions, and control functions such as GBSU, RISQ, DFIN, CPLE, SEGL, DGLE.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Leading and supporting transformation, business development, optimization, and regulatory projects.
2. Coordinating these projects within the division.
3. Proposing solutions for these initiatives.
4. Monitoring project budgets.
5. Ensuring project timelines are respected.
6. Raising alerts or risks related to project execution.

Profile required

1. Strong project management and presentation skills, with the ability to understand client needs, scope missions, organize actions, meet deadlines, and manage budgets.
2. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
3. Working knowledge of financial products and the Sales & Trading environment.
4. Autonomy in managing missions, knowing when to seek approval.
5. Good organizational skills to manage multiple projects, prioritize, synthesize, and analyze.
6. Delivery skills to ensure timely completion and pragmatic solutions.
7. Eagerness to learn new applications, tools, and processes.
8. Proactive approach, ownership, and initiative.
9. Clear reporting skills to management and stakeholders.
10. Fluent in English and French.

Why join us

We are committed to diversity and equal opportunity employment. All qualified applicants are considered regardless of background, expression, genetics, or veteran status.

Business insight

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