Job Purpose
- The job holder leads portfolio management by providing support in planning, coordination of financialobjectives and deliverables for the portfolio of both traditional projects/initiatives implemented through Waterfallmethodology and customer journey digitization initiatives implemented through Agile methodology.
- The job holder collaborates with cross-functional teams within the Transformation Office and other divisions inthe bank to ensure operational consistency across bank-wide initiatives in tracking and governing progress,managing resources and communicating with stakeholders.
Key Accountabilities (1)
A. Operations Support and Governance
- Design the operational process across the initiative lifecycle to ensure standartized approach across all type ofinitiatives/projects.
- Update operational processes on a regular basis and facilitate the set up of new initiatives and tribes inaccordance with required standards.
- Support the development of tools/templates and guide initiative teams on how to fill in and update initiativeprogress 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 thecontact point for building the Agile working environment for the Transformation Office.
- Consolidate and prepare progress reports for STEERCO, TECO, BOM, BOD leadership committees timelyand accurately.
Key Accountabilities (2)
B. Resource Management
- Collaborate with stakeholders in Business Units / Divisions to identify high level resource planningrequirements to ensure optimal resource utilization.
- Track and control resource usage efficiency to ensure sufficiency for all units in the Transformation Office andfor bank-wide initiatives within approved plan.
Key Accountabilities (3)
C. Portfolio Management
- Work with transformation initiative leads and teams to understand progress of their assigned portfolio andtrack 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).
- At least 8 years of project or program management experience in Waterfall or Agile methodologies
- Project or program management experience in a bank or technology organization including banking productdevelopment, performance management, IT project implementation
- Demonstrated experience working in a transformation office to drive a large organization-wide transformationprogram
- Strong experience in performance tracking and management including operating rhythm of performancereviews
- Strong knowledge and experience in blending traditional project management principles and practices with anAgile development approach in the right proportions to fit large, complex, mission-critical, enterprise-levelprojects
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Technology, Business, Banking and Finance or relevant discipline
- Project management certification in PMP, PgMP will be advantageous