Project manager

Job Description

*About BNP Paribas Group:BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199 000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.About BNP Paribas India Solutions:Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.About Business line/Function :For 150 years, BNP Paribas Wealth Management has been committed to protecting clients wealth, developing it, and eventually passing it on to their loved ones. We deliver tailor-made experience, with outstanding attention to detail and expertise from precise local knowledge to the global know-how that we access from the Group. Our goal is to create a new wealth management experience fit for a world where digital interactions have come to enhance human ones. Wealth Management Investment Solution Hub (WMIS Hub) provides a global IT solution for BNP Paribas Wealth Management where we develop, maintain and evolve IT applications which fits to the specific needs of BNP Paribas Wealth Management business users.Job Title:Project Manager on a Transformation ProjectDate:27/09/2021Department:ITLocation:ChennaiBusiness Line / Function:Wealth Management (WM)Reports to:(Direct)NaGrade: (if applicable)(Functional)Number of Direct Reports:0Directorship / Registration:NAPosition PurposeBNP Paribas WM is currently launching a major business/IT transformation program with the main objective to reduce its IT costs and converge processes/organization and IT Systems across WM locations. This transformation has gone through a step of blueprint/masterplan and is now moving to detailed preparation and implementation phase.The candidate will work for a sub-project of this larger program, as part of a small team dedicated to performance engineering and testing. The performance stakes of this project are significant, and a close project management and follow-up is required because of the number of application teams involved.ResponsibilitiesDirect Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project plans and coordinate with technical resources (especially with testing team & Development Tech lead & Infrastructure teams) during all project phases, from initial development through implementation.
• Manage projects with top-down oversight to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope, budget, and timeline.
• Monitor project progress continuously and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
• In charge of structuring and maintaining project management documentation as well reporting files/dashboard and KPIs.
• Perform risk management to identify risks and come up with a mitigation plan.
• Communicate proactively with all project team members to identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Report regularly to Program PMO with progress, risks, issues and mitigation plans.
• Ensure consistency between Performance study findings and planning circulated/discussed with asset stakeholders.
• Act as curator for mitigation identification should performance results not comply with WMIS or Program standards.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Collaborate with following roles
  • Performance Tests/Engineers: to plan the work of the central team and solve risks/issues
  • Test Leads: to review and define performance test plans
  • Program Stream leads: to coordinate the contribution of application teams
  • Program Management office: to report on the progress on performance topics, highlight planning and/or technical risks

Technical & Behavioral CompetenciesMandatory

• 10+ years of overall experience in IT
• 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
• Experience working in a collaborative environment with no direct reporting with the contributing teams, and promoting teamwork
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and the integration of testing within it

Plus

• High level knowledge on Performance testing such as Load, Stress and Endurance tests
• Software development, or testing experience
• Banking experience
• Knowledge of Agile methodology

Specific Qualifications (if required)

• Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience required

Skills ReferentialBehavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)Ability to collaborate / Teamwork Organizational skillsAbility to synthetize / simplifyCommunication skills - oral & writtenTransversal Skills:(Please select up to 5 skills)Ability to manage a project Ability to understand, explain and support change Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training Ability to develop and leverage networks Choose an item.Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent Experience LevelAt least 10 years Other/Specific Qualifications (if required), *NA

Keyskills :
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