AVP, Program Manager(Loans & Capital Markets Systems)

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION Singapore Branch; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution in Singapore is seeking a skilled project manager to oversee Agency Loan system implementations. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant experience, solid expertise in syndicated loans, and strong skills in stakeholder management and communication. This role involves collaborating with senior leadership to align projects with strategic goals and engaging with product owners to identify and address business needs efficiently.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years working experience in relevant fields.
• Experience in Investment or Corporate Banking Domains preferred.
• Professional certification such as ITIL/ITSM, PMP is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage implementation of Agency Loan system projects.
• Support decision processes through creation of project documents.
• Prioritize and coordinate project approvals.

Skills

Syndicated loans expertise

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Banking business process re-engineering

Cloud regulations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Finance

Tools

Project Management Professional (PMP)

ITIL/ITSM

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Work with Senior Program lead to manage implementation of Agency Loan system projects, ensuring delivery within time, budget, and specifications, managing the end-to-end execution of projects, till project closure.
• Support the management decision process through the creation of project charters, scope documents, risk assessments, budgets and IT Value (ROI, IRR) discussions.
• Prioritize and coordinate to get approvals for projects and drive project initiation.
• Estimate the impact of new or modified services in terms of cost, capacity, contingency, infrastructure, and resources.
• Conduct feasibility studies and confirm resulting business unit decisions.
• Consult with senior leadership to ensure strategic alignment of projects with multiple business units’ strategy and objectives.
• Collaborate with Product Owners or Transformation teams to understand business goals, needs or pain points and initiate necessary projects to address these.
• Perform technology solutioning, collaborate with business analysts to co-create business requirements to define scope of projects; collaborate with Engineering and Architecture teams to outline IT solution.
• Perform project planning - identify resources required, establish project schedule, and estimate budget required; support Product Owner or Project Sponsor in formalizing and presenting Project Charter to senior management for approval.
• Support L1 and L2 teams to manage production applications owned by team.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology; Finance & Banking or commerce with min 5 years working experience.
• Good experience or subject matter expertise / knowledge in syndicated loans, loan origination, loans related products and operations.
• Good technical knowledge with experience in banking business process re-engineering and solution design.
• Experience in Investment or Corporate Banking Domains and regional (Asia Pacific) preferred.
• Good experience with Asia Pacific banking regulations and rules including cloud guidelines, third party risk management and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Good experience or understanding of solution architecture, design patterns and best practices in business-technology solutioning.
• Good experience in stakeholder management, strong cross-functional collaboration skills, relationship building skills and ability to achieve results with these stakeholders in a collaborative manner.
• Excellent communication skills and strong ability to steer / influence positive outcome effectively.
• Good experience managing external partners and vendors; able to lead cross-workstream(s) and off-shore vendor delivery team(s).
• Professional certification, such as ITIL/ITSM, PMP would be an advantage.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Work location: One@ChangiCity