VP - Project Manager, Planning & Execution APAC (Markets)

Barclays; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a VP - Project Manager, Planning & Execution APAC (Markets) in Hong Kong to lead cross-functional initiatives within the Investment Bank, focusing on Markets-related projects from initiation through execution to closure.

The role demands delivery excellence, front-to-back process understanding, and the ability to engage senior stakeholders while managing risks, budgets and timelines in a high-pressure environment.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex change projects in an Investment Bank.
• Equities and Prime business knowledge with front-to-back processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for senior audiences.
• Self-starter able to engage stakeholders and multi-task under pressure.
• Experience defining new processes and controls.
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage change projects to deliver on time, within scope and budget.
• Develop and manage project plans with scope, timelines and resources.
• Communicate progress with senior management and external partners.
• Lead project teams ensuring proper resourcing and skills.
• Manage project budgets and report on progress.
• Identify, assess and mitigate risks and dependencies.
• Facilitate change management activities including training and communication.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Equities knowledge

Front-to-back understanding

Communication

Stakeholder management

Change and transformation

Agile and Waterfall

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a VP - Project Manager, Planning & Execution APAC (Markets). You will lead cross-functional initiatives within the Investment Bank, with emphasis on Markets-related projects. You will also independently drive delivery from initiation through execution to closure.

To be successful for the role, candidates should possess the following skills or experience:

• Prior experience delivering complex business change projects in an Investment Bank involving front to back, cross functional teams.
• Equities and Prime business and product knowledge, with a good understanding of front to back processes involved.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with ability to distil information into key messages and present succinctly and confidently to a senior audience.
• Self-starter with ability to identify and engage stakeholders, prioritize activities to deliver to tight deadlines and multi-task across a diverse book of work in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience in defining and establishing new processes and controls that may come with business change.
• Experience utilizing varied project methodologies (e.g. Waterfall and Agile).

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures.

Accountabilities

• Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
• Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.