Senior Project Manager

Why join us?

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in most countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realize their ambitions.

We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to join our team as a Senior Change Manager.

Principal Responsibilities:

• The vision statement for Global Chief Operating Office (GCOO) Transformation Services is “To be the Group’s primary change partner, support the implementation of the Group Strategy and make change a source of sustainable competitive advantage for HSBC”. GCOO change teams are at the center of the bank, working between Lines of Businesses and Functions on the highest profile programme from Strategy & design to delivery and change adoption.
• Senior Change Managers manage change end-to-end through programs / projects which are established to deliver a specific outcome, on time and on budget. Projects may be stand alone or part of a Programme.

What you’ll do:

Innovation and Idea Management:

• Propose innovative ideas, test and refine with colleagues and stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to bring new and efficient ways of working in the project
• Bring innovative ideas to the business solutions / engagements by keeping updated on industry trends.

Commerciality:

• Shape project direction & approach by having good comprehension of the HSBC’s strategies & priorities.
• Thinking commercially to identify opportunities to develop business from new/existing internal customers
• Consider impact and dependencies of the group priorities for the project and its deliverables.
• Identify and quantify investment case opportunities.
• Challenge business decisions based on domain knowledge and prior experience.

Project Governance & Planning:

• Articulate and design business models, operating models and business case.
• Manage the whole project / program independently by leading the change initiative and taking strategic decisions.
• Manage senior stakeholder and sponsor relationships, via effective written and verbal communications, with customized approach tailored to different audience.
• Design, establish and maintain project governance, including clear sponsorship, tollgates and steering committee, in accordance to Change Framework.
• Manage efficient utilization of resources and project costs, within allocated budget
• Independently and proactively overcome obstacles to success, deal with uncertainty and changing circumstances, such as interdependencies, opportunities or risks.
• Track & manage project progress comprehensively including scope, budget, timeline, risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions and benefits / outcome realization.
• Proactively provide comprehensive updates, taking ownership of any assigned plan for the entire team.

Design (consulting) and Business Analysis:

• Design problem solving approaches and frameworks (incl. target operating models, process and system transformation).
• Analyze current state, design the future state, validate assumptions with stakeholders to align with business requirements.
• Elicit requirements, refine and obtain sign off from stakeholders, including managing potentially conflicting requirements.
• Apply financial modelling (e.g. business case projections, project financial health assessment).
• Lead design refinement to ensure compliance with requirements, design & execute testing to ensure comprehensive coverage of requirements, design and business scenarios. Maintain requirements traceability.
• Plan & execute deployment activities including ensuring completion of business readiness, deployment pre-requisites, post-deployment health check and sign offs.
• Perform effective gap analysis to the required level of granularity based on different stakeholder needs / views. Develop and execute action plan to close the gaps assessed.

Delivery at Pace:

• Build and maintain a reputation for reliable, efficient and effective delivery of business solutions.
• Manage own & team’s time via workload prioritization to achieve project/program objectives in the most efficient manner.
• Monitor & manage any off-track activities and bottlenecks, and highlighting/escalating as required, and providing solution options with cost benefit analysis.
• Accelerate delivery of projects by identifying & executing simplification opportunities.
• Ensure sustainable delivery at pace by maintaining team’s morale, energy and monitoring work velocity.

What you will need to succeed in the role:

• At least 8 years of experience working in change environments across strategy, design (consulting),initiation and delivery
• Industry experience in large complex organizations, implementing major organisational change and business transformation projects for banking industry.
• Demonstrable experience of independent stakeholder management at a senior level, especially impactful communication, influencing and running project governance.
• Demonstrated ability to independently build, maintain and navigate the organization using formal / informal networking skills.
• In depth experience of working in a banking environment for operations, system transformation, Organization Design (incl. potentially M&A) projects;
• Experienced in supporting the definition of a business problem, and solutions based on data.
• Excellent problem solving & analysis skills including extensive PowerPoint and Excel know-how
• Experienced in leading & executing end to end project lifecycle from initiation till closure at pace and with clear examples that project outcomes were achieved. Proficiency in knowledge of consulting and Change Frameworks, Agile methodologies, Waterfall methodologies and best practices.
• Strong understanding of banking / HSBC and how change drives benefits for HSBC, its customers and other stakeholders.
• Extensive project management & business analysis skills and experience of managing large and complex projects.
• Strong people manager and broad experience in managing large teams of different work streams.
• All-rounder expert in Implementation, change management and benefits realization.
• Cantonese/Mandarin language skills is highly beneficial.
• Plus point if certified in one or more of the following; Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), Project Management Professional (PMP), Prince2, Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or any relevant qualifications.