Lead Project Manager

Crédit Agricole CIB; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Crédit Agricole CIB in Singapore seeks a senior lead project manager to lead the PM team and drive complex programs within the control tower framework. You will mobilize project teams, manage initiatives from inception to completion, and align resources across regions to satisfy business objectives.

You will liaise with stakeholders, set governance, monitor KPIs, and ensure delivery within budget, time, scope and security constraints in a multicultural setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership and team-management experience across large programs.
• Ability to translate complex needs into actionable project plans and KPIs.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across regions and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Oversee list of IT projects across departments; prioritize by business need.
• Direct and supervise project managers; provide governance and escalation.
• Establish governance structures for stakeholder management and cost control.
• Define and monitor project KPI; report to Sponsor and local management.
• Ensure delivery against cost, time, scope, quality and security measures.
• Coordinate regional APAC/EMEA projects with compliance awareness.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Big picture thinking

Issue simplification

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Executive communication

Influence and motivation

Education

PMP Certification

Job description

Position

In a challenging and multicultural environment, we seek a senior lead project manager to manage the Project management (PM) team and to drive the complex programs/projects, part of the control tower section.

Job Description

Position

In a challenging and multicultural environment, we seek a senior lead project manager to manage the Project management (PM) team and to drive the complex programs/projects, part of the control tower section.
Mission: by mobilizing and managing project teams and contributors, you will conduct projects from inception to completion, to reach the project goals in terms of quality, planning and budget.
Within an international environment, you will have to liaise with all kind of stakeholders and align your resources to the target set together with the business in order to meet the bank objectives.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage the list of CIB IT projects, collaborating with leadership across the departments and prioritize projects based on the business need.
• Direct the work of Project managers and provides managerial oversight for multiple projects
• Act as point of escalation for the Project management team.
• Create and develop a governance structure for efficient stakeholder management
• Promote the project management service
• Develops organizational project management capabilities through training, coaching, and individual meetings/discussions
• Develop strategy for control and governance structures to ensure desired outcomes across the projects
• Monitor and analyse project metrics and to propose improvements and cost savings for future projects
• Ensure successful delivery of all projects against cost, time, scope, quality and security measures
• Operate autonomously and handle large scale APAC/EMEA regional IT projects by understanding local regulations.
• Clarify the needs of the client and translate them into rigorous requirement lists
• Identify standard and project specific deliverables, key assumptions, follow and mitigate risks and issues
• Anticipate early in the project any compliance / regulatory requirement and start informing stakeholders of such risk and measure their impact
• Define, measure and report project KPI with right level of information
• Identify right resource within teams and constitute / coordinate project team members
• Report or elevate any important risk and issues to Sponsor and local management for appropriate action
• Create, review or adapt when necessary existing processes to make them more relevant, efficient and optimal
• Communicate to Sponsor any change with right level of information and manage to get his approval
• Follow, report budget actual/forecast to project stakeholders and local management
• Set relevant control in place to ensure that what has been delivered meets requirements validated
• Manage and document the project hand over with production teams
• Continuously improve project management toolkits

Complément

Qualifications And Profile

• Leadership
• Excellent team management skills
• Strong ability to understand the big picture
• Ability to drill down complex issues to simple comprehensible terms
• Demonstrated skill to work across functions, regions and cultures
• Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skillset
• Strong communication with wide variety of individuals at all executive levels
• Ability to Influence and motivate

Functional

• Expertise in project cycle management and methodology
• Ability to anticipate and manage risks
• Hands on knowledge and understanding of Infrastructure main components
• Strong project management experience with ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
• PMP or other certification would be a plus

Application criteria

Company Crédit Agricole CIB
About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB)
Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment bank of the Crédit Agricole group, the 10th largest banking group in the world *.
We support major companies and financial institutions in their development and the financing of their projects.
As pioneers in responsible finance, social and environmental commitments are at the heart of our activities.
Joining our teams means working in a multicultural environment, both dynamic and stimulating, where you will contribute to developing a sustainable economy.
We support employees throughout their journey: you will develop your skills and access various mobility opportunities among the diversity of our businesses in more than 30 international locations.
Our culture is built on collaboration, innovation and openness, where everyone is valued and empowered.
By working every day in the interest of society, Crédit Agricole CIB aligns with the Group values committed to diversity and inclusion and placing people at the heart of all its transformations.
All our jobs are open to people with disabilities. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.