VP - Head of Organization and Project Management Markets Asia

Environment

SG CIB is the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Société Générale Group. Present in over 50 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia. SG CIB provides corporate, financial institutions, investors and public sector clients with value-added integrated financial solutions.

Primary Objectives

• Scope: to ensure the quality, the timeliness and the cost of MARK / ASI initiatives on both NPC and project sides

Main Responsibilities

• Managing MARK ASI list of NPC and business priorities
• Managing MARK ASI project roadmap and portfolio
• Leading various types of missions for MARK Business from business push to transversal initiatives
• Team management and COO Community animation

Mission

Major Accountabilities / Principal Responsibilities

Supervision of project portfolio for Global Markets in Asia

• Participate in MARK / ASI roadmap definition by gathering and challenging expectations, working on cost and business rationale in synchronization with MARK / DIR, MARK BL and GBS partners
• Follow up closely on each project budget usage and deliverables in accordance with the initial roadmap (while being directly sponsor of some of such projects)
• Proactively anticipate risk of under/over consumption and act accordingly with MARK / ASI / DIR strategy (facilitate the project management team, arbitration and budget reallocation)

Project management and execution of organization assignments for the benefit of Asia dealing room

• For each project to be directly managed (as PM):

- Quickly understand the topic and the issues at stake. Lead the study to deliver the scoping documentation

- Set up a proper governance to drive the project with an appropriate level of implication: to be able to keep an overview on all streams of the project while being able to quickly dig into details when necessary

Anticipate blocking points and roadblocks to ensure planning and budget are respected. Propose arbitration to the sponsor when required.

- Lead workshops with various types of actors, lead operational committees and keep track (and chase) for all required actions and deliverables by all parties
- Anticipate blocking points and roadblocks to ensure planning and budget are respected. Propose arbitration to the sponsor when required.

• Each project must be properly documented (scoping document, actions tracker, meeting minutes, Steering Committee materials etc.) to secure the knowledge transfer and audit trail
• Regular reporting on the project's progress status to be made to MARK Management

Follow-up and animation of New Product Committee (NPC) process within Global Markets

• From the prioritization stage to the validation phase, the Asia list of NPC must be driven in accordance with GBIS policy and with the best interest of MARK / ASI and our clients in mind:

- Get MARK/DIR and MARK / TRD / DIR approval for each NPC request before they are kicked off (Rationale and value of the candidate must be challenged first)

- Propose a list of candidates for kick off that favors the best value creation for MARK, promotes a fair mix between business line
- Ensure that the overall delivery of NPCs are done in accordance with our client's expectations, are reasonable in terms of structure / complexity for our partners and have a reasonable lead time
- Foster the good progress of the NPCs by facilitating the study phase when possible and proposing appropriate measures if required during the course of the NPC (escalation and/or arbitration)

• Regular reporting to MARK management on the NPCs production based on several KPIs such has lead time, PnL, Hit ratio etc

Direct management of a business analyst and training / mentoring of junior colleagues on project management

• To manage a business analyst on both the project management and the NPC front:

- Specific list of projects and deliverables to be defined and monitored

- Project management skills improvement plan to be defined and followed up

- Coaching session on specific topics

- Training to be defined

- Mid-year / yearly evaluation

• Coaching session to the COO community on the project management methodology or other specific topics (NPC best practices etc.)
• Animation of the COO community by organizing knowledge sharing session and presentation from other departments of the Bank during COO bi-monthly meetings and COO-GBS Meetings

Profile

Key Skill Areas & Knowledge Required

• Analytical skills, organization capabilities, strong knowledge of financial market products and processes

Qualifications

• BA or Masters degree; English language