Murex Project Manager - Market, CASA & Data

LUXOFT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Singapore is seeking a Project Manager to drive the consolidation of its Banking and Investment Banking arm. The role involves end-to-end governance and coordination of middle-office initiatives, ensuring alignment with regional risk priorities. Ideal candidates will have 20+ years of experience in Banking Projects with strong project management skills, ability to manage risks, and a proven track record of stakeholder engagement. This is an opportunity to play a vital role in enhancing operational efficiency and delivering innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• 20+ years in Banking Projects implementations required.
• 10+ years in Project Management & Program Management.
• Strong understanding of building data layer for reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end coordination and delivery of middle-office initiatives.
• Ensure alignment with risk priorities and stakeholder expectations.
• Manage cost usage and timeline adherence across projects.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Problem-solving

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Tools

Jira

Job description

Project details

Client is a leading global financial institution with a strong presence in Asia, Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. In the Asia-Pacific region, the Client operates key hubs in Singapore and Hong Kong, providing comprehensive financial services across corporate banking, markets, treasury, and risk management.

Client is committed to leveraging advanced technology platforms to deliver innovative solutions, enhance operational efficiency, and maintain robust risk governance. As part of this commitment, the Group invests in industry-leading systems such as Murex to support end-to-end trade processing, risk analytics, and regulatory compliance across multiple asset classes.

Client has embarked on a strategic initiative to consolidate its Banking and Investment Banking arm into one. Toward that end it is hiring a project manager to drive this consolidation exercise, leading to:

• Accelerated delivery of strategic platform programs, minimizing risk and downtime.
• Improved cross-team collaboration and decision-making across geographies and functions.
• Ensure Murex enhancements meet business, risk, and compliance requirements in a complex regulatory environment.
• Support of scalable, efficient operations that position the Client for future growth.

Responsibilities

Responsible for end-to-end coordination, governance, and delivery oversight of middle-office initiatives, ensuring alignment with regional risk priorities, quality standards, and stakeholder expectations.

• Project Plan & Framework
  • Ensure that the project framework, processes, and controls are followed and aligned with SEIBI program.
  • Validate the WBS from Markets, CASA, DATA and prepare the consolidated WBS at release level.
  • Ensure to obtain the updated WBS from Markets, CASA & DATA and update the consolidated WBS accordingly.
• Planning & Coordination
  • Harmonize inter-dependencies across Markets, CASA & DATA.
  • Regular meetings with APCF PM & Markets/CASA/DATA SI PM and stakeholders.
  • Provide heads-up to stakeholders on upcoming activities.
• Cost and Timeline management
  • Monitor cost usage (against AFA) across Markets, CASA & DATA.
  • Ensure there is no impact to release-level timelines and flag potential delays with mitigation plans.
• Stakeholder engagement & Status reporting
  • Engage release-level stakeholders for the release.
  • Consolidate individual project status reports and update the wider audience.
  • Prepare RAG status reports at release level.
  • Maintain a communication matrix for Release level.
• Governance meeting and Facilitation
  • Prepare slides for SEIBI PSC and send to SEIBI PMO team.
  • Attend SEIBI PMO meetings.
  • Organize ad-hoc meetings as needed.
  • Present release-level changes in CCB and obtain approval.
  • Ensure release-level items are approved in RDA where needed.
• Deliverables & Sign-off
  • Prepare slides for SEIBI PSC and send to SEIBI PMO team.
  • Attend SEIBI PMO meetings.
  • Organize ad-hoc meetings as needed.
  • Present release-level changes in CCB and obtain approval.
  • Ensure release-level items are approved in RDA where needed.
• Risk/Issue management
  • Assess the impact of Markets/CASA/DATA risk to the overall release.
  • Maintain Release-level Risk register (and coordinate with Project-level Risk register).
  • Assess if interstream dependencies arise due to individual project risks.
  • Manage cross-stream project risk such as operational and technical risk and report to the steering committee.

Requirements

• Overall 20+ years of experience in Banking Projects implementations
• At least 10+ years of experience in Project Management & Program Management
• Strong understanding of building the data layer for the reporting
• Subject Matter Expert in CASA and DATA
• Understand the tri-party dependencies and manage risks and issues effectively
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Project management tools exposure (Jira etc.) & Scrum certification