Project Manager

Job Purpose• The job holder leads portfolio management by providing support in planning, coordination of financial objectives and deliverables for the portfolio of both traditional projects/initiatives implemented through Waterfall methodology and customer journey digitization initiatives implemented through Agile methodology.• The job holder collaborates with cross-functional teams within the Transformation Office and other divisions in the bank to ensure operational consistency across bank-wide initiatives in tracking and governing progress, managing resources and communicating with stakeholders.________________________________________Key Accountabilities A. Operations Support and GovernanceDesign the operational process across the initiative lifecycle to ensure standardized approach across all type of initiatives/projects.• Update operational processes on a regular basis and facilitate the set up of new initiatives and tribes in accordance with required standards.• Support the development of tools/templates and guide initiative teams on how to fill in and update initiative progress on the tools/templates created.• Apply and maintain tools/templates used to track and report across the portfolio of transformation initiatives (Foundational and Agile), define monitoring tools/templates and customize as needed.• Provide logistics support for Head of iPMO and the team, CEO workshops, governance meetings, and be the contact point for building the Agile working environment for the Transformation Office.• Consolidate and prepare progress reports for STEERCO, TECO, BOM, BOD leadership committees timely and accurately.B. Resource ManagementCollaborate with stakeholders in Business Units / Divisions to identify high level resource planning requirements to ensure optimal resource utilization.• Track and control resource usage efficiency to ensure sufficiency for all units in the Transformation Office and for bank-wide initiatives within approved plan.C. Portfolio Management• Work with transformation initiative leads and teams to understand progress of their assigned portfolio and track the accuracy of inputs for tools.• Work with initiative leads to change initiative status and solve problems as required, report key challenges, track progress, recognize financial values and manage use of monitoring tools.• Proactively guide initiative teams, Business Units and Divisions for effective cross-functional collaboration.• Control quality and compliance of initiatives with required standards.• Escalate issues or risks of potential impact on performance via portfolio reporting to Sponsors / STEERCO / TECO committees to facilitate the decision making process.• Support the iPMO Lead in developing Early Warning System (EWS).