Project & Change Lead, AVP

Job Title: Project & Change Lead, AVP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• The RDA Operation Change team is a newly established team within the CB & IB Ops with the objective to establish Change & Transformation team plays a significant role in ensuring projects (change initiatives) meet objectives on time. The PMO Lead provides support services for projects, project managers, project offices or program offices and helps deliver project tasks and ensures appropriate application of the project management framework. These services are provided to assist the organization in achieving the intended outputs and outcomes of the relevant projects and programs.
• The team also aims to support RDA Operations functions in the business side activities during joint projects with IT.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop & maintain Portfolio/Program/Project Level Governance control procedures for managing portfolio wide initiatives such as Resource Utilization, Budgeting, Milestones & Benefits Tracking, Change Control, financials and portfolio development and maintenance.
• Produce Portfolio/Program/Project Level Reporting to ensure projects progress against key criteria such as cost, schedule, risks, issues, and benefits is accurately reflected. Identify trends and improvement opportunities, highlighting proposed action plans to senior management.
• Maintain project management methodologies to ensure a consistent approach to project delivery is taken across the portfolio using project management tools, processes, and practices.
• Complete quality assurance review checks to monitor the quality of project reporting and deliverables to drive improvements across the portfolio.
• Proactively highlight & escalate delivery risks and issues to senior management – providing an independent view of project and program health.
• Provide system administration for key applications within the project delivery tool set, assisting in tool development and team training.
• Support cross-functional project delivery process improvements within the portfolio.
• Support team status update forums attended by Project/Program Managers and Business Analysts

Your skills and experience

Domain Skills

• Overall 10+ years of experience in Financial Services Industry with minimum 5 years of experience working as a PMO in Banking Operations Domain, PMP Certification Preferred.
• Demonstrable experience in governing program/projects to successful conclusions
• Demonstrable experience in the refinement, deployment, and general usage of standard governance methods, Sound knowledge of Program/Project Management domain & methodologies
• Hands-On experience with Key Program/Project Management Office Functions (Milestones, RAID & Status Reporting, Change Control, Budgets/Financials, Benefits Tracking etc. Resourcing/Resource Utilization, Prepping for Governance/Steering Committee meetings etc.)
• Hands-On experience of Project Management tools preferably JIRA etc.
• Hands-On experience of enhancing & maintaining collaborative tools such as SharePoint Online Site, Confluence etc.
• Highly proficient in creating MI Reporting using Advance Excel Functions (Advance Formulas, Pivots, Slicers, Conditional Formatting etc.)
• Hand-On Experience in Data Analysis/Reporting via visualization tools preferably Tableau or Python
• Communications design experience with ability to create meaningful content responding to the needs of businesses and organizations.

Communication Skills

• Strong stakeholder management skills across various seniority levels
• Good verbal and written communication skills at all levels - onshore & remote
• Ability to visualise complex topics to converse with stakeholders.

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated experience (as ‘user’), understanding and appreciation of technology and IT delivery processes
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and MS PowerPoint is a must
• Experience in using JIRA

Soft Skills

• Ability to work independently and take ownership
• Flexibility to handle multiple parallel projects / engagements
• Ability and interest to adopt to new requirements and new project contexts (e.g. switching from a Party reference project to a Credit Risk requirement)

Educational Qualification

• Degree in software engineering or business management

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• About us and our teams
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