Project Director - Capital Markets
The Project Director will report directly to the Managing Director and you will be responsible business initiatives, regulatory change, innovation. The incumbent will be an active member of the Project executive team. Beyond local projects, the candidate will contribute to global initiatives impacting the regions to ensure there is proper transparency into local risk and operating committees as well as regional boards.
10 + YRS managing and Leading Capital Market Projects required. In previous roles have you led integrations of systems for capital markets, or infrastructure projects for capital markets, have you been involved for Regulatory Change / Readiness Projects ? All this experience will lend very well to this role.
Job responsibilities.
- Production of a delivery operating model, inclusive of an end-to-end product roadmap, to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and scalability for locally owned projects
- Facilitates project execution through Agile, and Waterfall delivery approaches as appropriate.
- Accountable for key delivery decisions and aligning technology and business objectives into a shared delivery vision
- Supports the Executive Sponsor and Business Owner in structuring and securing approval for business case and funding
- Accountable for challenging program estimates and supporting the team in removing any roadblocks during the estimation process, in alignment with the Estimation Framework
- Establishes program governance structures for effective delivery orchestration, meeting the groups's governance control objectives
- Responsible for executing local projects across all domains to meet the stated success criteria and product value realization, with explicit consideration to business process, change impacts and the transition from delivery to business as usual
- Accountable for establishing and executing processes and practices that support the appropriate project-level delivery framework
- Establishes and manages resource plan, issues, risks and financial plans
- Coordinates with the respective enterprise control partners
- Builds and leads a large diverse business team to effectively deliver productivity, quality and innovation
Qualifications/Skills/Experience:
- 10+ Years of equivalent work experience
- Exceptional Capital Markets experience and experience delivering large, complex initiatives in the space
- Experience leading regulatory projects and managing intricate infrastructure programs that involve multiple stakeholders in but not limited to risk, technology, compliance, and finance
- Strong people management skills with the proven ability to align teams to a central vision
- Demonstrated experience leading diverse, high performing teams
- Strong working knowledge with project management tools, such as, Confluence, JIRA, Clarity and Tableau
- Strong collaborator who engages colleagues, business partners, and external stakeholders
- Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
- Demonstrated experience leading large scale projects, preferably in capital markets
- Ability to stay composed and resilient under pressure
- Excellent analytical skills in assessing risk, issues and challenging the status quo
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple deadlines and priorities
- Strong knowledge of the European regulatory environment (MIFID II, EMIR, GDPR)
- Indisputable knowledge of project delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile)
- Passion to succeed and results oriented
- Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects as and when required
Specific Education Requirements:
- University degree or equivalent
- PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM or CSP designation an asset
All interested candidates should send CVs to Susan Nix -
