Job Summary
Lead and support the implementation of a new core banking system across 10+ APAC countries by managing project activities, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring timely delivery within scope, budget, and quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Operations team as PMO to implement a new core banking system across the APAC region covering 10+ countries.
- Develop and execute project plans supporting Business Analysts in defining business requirements and ensuring comprehensive system coverage.
- Manage project progress and issues, escalating risks and delays promptly to maintain project timelines.
- Support the Project Manager and client PMO in planning, tracking, and coordinating project activities for smooth execution.
- Create and maintain project documentation including plans, schedules, progress reports, dashboards, and status updates for internal and client stakeholders.
- Monitor deliverables and dependencies, ensuring risks and issues are tracked and mitigated effectively.
- Coordinate communication and issue resolution among workstream leads, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
- Assist in managing change requests, risk and issue logs, and documenting lessons learned.
- Uphold consulting professionalism, maintain confidentiality, and foster strong collaboration with client teams.
Preferred competencies and qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
- Minimum 3 years of consulting experience in the banking industry.
- Proven expertise in PMO roles for package system implementation projects.
- Demonstrated end-to-end project management skills including planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of system implementation projects with accountability for timeline, scope, budget, and quality.
- Strong risk, issue, and stakeholder management skills with ability to identify risks proactively, drive mitigation plans, manage cross-functional dependencies, and report to senior management and steering committees.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills to work effectively with geographically dispersed teams across overseas offices.
- Professional mindset with strong self-discipline, responsibility, and commitment to project success.
- Knowledge of banking business and operations such as Trade Finance, Lending/Loan, Payment/Collection and Cash Management, Treasury and Market, Deposit, and Accounting is a plus.
- Experience with Trade360, Oracle Flexcube, Murex, ACBS, Finastra GPP, or Oracle ERP implementations is a plus.
