Manager, Regional Project Management Office, Group Wholesale Banking

Location: Central Region (City Area)

Remote Type: Onsite

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Company: 1011 United Overseas Bank Ltd

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

The Wholesale Bank function operates a dynamic business model that provides financial services and solutions to help our clients achieve their strategic business objectives. Our mission is to become the premier-provider of banking services and solutions for Asia-based commercial banking companies (small medium enterprises), large corporations, financial institutions as well as multinational corporations. Our coverage teams work in full alignment with specialised teams across Transaction Banking, Investment Banking, Global Markets and Group Retail to deliver seamless solutions to our clients.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented project manager to be part of the GWB Regional Project Management Office. The projects vary from transformative initiatives in the regions, productivity initiatives to risk and compliance initiatives.

Primary responsibility will be driving project activities from planning to executions. These activities aim to drive strong organizational collaboration, executable strategy/ solutions between various functions in GWB and the Bank globally. You will work closely with senior project managers, cross functional teams and stakeholders to ensure project goals are met.

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

• Support planning and execution, monitoring/ tracking of progress across the key project phases: pre-project discovery, design and implementation
• Project issues identification, discussion and resolution at the project working groups and escalation to management, where appropriate
• Prepare project documentations and presentations

• Co-create with product owners, in terms of formulating and driving outcomes of business analysis, requirements, operating model and problem solving for the respective projects & representing the team in certain discussions
• Ensure adherence to PMO standards, timelines and budgets; prepare status reports for stakeholders
• 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

Job Qualifications

We are looking for an individual with project management or banking process experience or consulting experience. The candidate is also expected to have sufficient financial services knowledge with at least 3-5 years of experience with a reputable firm or transformation division or project management office of leading financial institutions.

Background requirement

• 3-5 years of experience in consulting, banking or other financial institutions with experiences in project management or banking process
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work across functions
• Ability to distill complex problems into clear, concise summaries, while formulating action plans to resolve these problems
• Strong relationship skills: Ability to build rapport and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across all levels of an organization
• Self-driven achiever with ability to work effectively
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities
• Excellent analytical skills both in terms of logic of reasoning and analysis of numerical and financial data
• Effective communication skills – both written and verbal
• Working knowledge of Excel (business analysis), MS PowerPoint (slide writing)

Additional Requirements

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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