Project Manager, Group Commercial Banking

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB); Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a skilled project manager to drive and execute strategic projects across various functions globally. The role demands strong leadership, analytical thinking, and proven project management skills, alongside delivering clear recommendations to management teams. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in banking or consulting, coupled with exemplary communication and relationship-building abilities.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in consulting, banking, or financial institutions.
• Strong project management capabilities and ability to influence stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead project executions and stakeholder alignment.
• Manage planning and execution of key project phases.
• Resolve project issues and support the management team.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication

Relationship skills

Strategic thinking

Tools

Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

The individual would be leading and ensuring successful delivery strategic projects under GWB PMO. The projects vary from transformative initiatives in the regions, productivity initiatives to risk and compliance initiatives.
The primary responsibility will be leading project executions, stakeholder alignment as well as to be a thought partner to the management team. These activities aim to drive strong organizational collaboration, executable strategy/ solutions between various functions in GWB and the Bank globally.

The individual will be responsible for the full Project Lifecycle core activities such as

• Management for planning and execution of key project phases: discovery, design and implementation
• Project issues identification, discussion and resolution at the project working groups and escalation to management, where appropriate
• Co-creating with product owners, in terms of formulating and driving outcomes of business analysis, operating model and problem solving for the respective projects & representing the team in certain discussions
• Ongoing project management and execution for key strategic initiatives by working closely with other GWB functions such as Coverage, Products along with Group HR, Compliance, Tech & Ops, Finance, Risk across all UOB markets
• Supporting GWB Heads and COO in building GWB strategy

Job Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in consulting, banking or other financial institutions with experiences in project management or banking process or consulting
• Strong and proven project management capabilities, with the ability to manage both our internal teams and coordinate with our client partners
• Ability to distill complex problems into clear, concise summaries, while formulating action plans to resolve these problems
• Effectively articulate any risks/ issues and implications that may arise from a project, and provide well-reasoned recommendations with actionable options
• Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to assess challenges, anticipate potential risks and prioritise issues and decisions based on value and impact
• A presence with excellent and persuasive oral and written communication skills
• Strong relationship skills: the ability to influence management and the ability to work across all levels of an organization
• Self-driven achiever with ability to work effectively
• Flexibility and proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues
• Excellent analytical skills both in terms of logic of reasoning and analysis of numerical and financial data
• Demonstrated value for diversity, excellence and integrity in all that is done
• Working knowledge of Excel (business analysis), MS PowerPoint (slide writing)