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Senior Project Manager
Societe Generale
New York, NY, United States
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Environment
At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.
The Project Manager manages projects and commits on delivering the end result expected by the sponsor. This individual organizes and manages her/his project as efficiently as possible to provide high quality of delivery with respect of budget allocated and timeline expected. This person ensures that his/her project contributes to (internal/external) customer service quality, organization efficiency and processes enhancements. He or She ensures effective and transparent governance and escalates issues and risks at the right level and at the right moment.
Mission
Core missions
• Responsible for projects in CLIC/KYC
• Organization
• Processes
• Strategic studies
• New activities / business
Responsibilites
• Planning and Defining Scope
• Activity Planning and Sequencing
• Developing Schedules
• Time Estimating
• Cost Estimating
• Developing a Budget
• Documentation and Monthly Reporting (PRIME)
• Creating Charts and Schedules
• Risk Analysis
• Managing Risks and Issues
• Monitoring and Reporting Progress
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Influencing
• Business Partnering
• Working with Vendors
• Scalability, Interoperability and Portability Analysis
• Controlling Quality
• Benefits Realization
• Prepare Workshops, Operating and Steering Committee materials
• Chair Workshops, Operating and Steering Committees
• Participate in the design of architecture changes in relation to IS strategy.
• Use Project Management best practices: identify project scope, define project plan and workload, follow up and report regularly to projects sponsors (steering committee), escalate issues.
• Strong analytical skills in order to assess, review processes by identifying strengths and weaknesses and suggest new work processes with a straight through processing approach (identify gains of productivity when possible).
• Prepare, edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution respecting accounting, risk, broker dealer guidelines and users requirements).
• Lead testing efforts, define test conditions, and develop accurate and complete test plans. Train users on new business applications, edit user's procedures.
• Share a common methodology within the team concerning project management by using a similar approach, template documents, time-tracking. Propose enhancements.
Ensure that issues are identified, tracked, reported
Profile
Competencies:
• A self-starter who is comfortable working in a very dynamic environment, with rapidly changing priorities.
• Rigorous, dynamic, detail oriented, fast learner and able to work in a high pressure environment
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Team player with collaborative attitude
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, commitments and projects
• Proactive leader, self-motivated and results-oriented
• Working knowledge of trading platforms
• Advanced skills interfacing with business partners (front office, middle office, back office, finance and risk) to comprehend and document business requirements and their priority as well as develop technical or user process solutions
• Knowledge on capital market and investment banking activities
• Knowledge of trade lifecycle
• Experience coordinating and facilitating project execution and delivery commitment with other teams under different operational time zones
Desired/Plus:
• Project Management Certification
• ITIL advanced/expert certifications
Evolution
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
Required/must have:
• Minimum of 5 years with IT business analysis and/or project management experience in Investment Banking
• 5+ years of experience directly interfacing with business clients (front office, middle office and back office) to comprehend and develop technical or user process solutions.
• Experience working with global teams – support, infrastructure, development.