Technology Strategy & Transformation Director
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $171,000 - $230,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Work with stakeholders across business divisions to ensure alignment, agree on targets and ownership, monitor delivery, and assess outcomes for completeness and sustainability
- Manage end-to-end delivery for large-scale transformation programs or portfolio of transformation programs with a focus on regulatory remediation and regulatory defense programs
- Engage with stakeholders across multiple business units and functional areas to ensure alignment on delivery of a target operating model
- Lead high priority remediation and transformation programs that cover, among other components, organizational design, process improvement, and technology implementation
- Define program stakeholders, scope, timing, resource requirements and deliverables
- Implement standardized templates and communication channels to drive transparency and consistency across work-streams
- Monitor delivery throughout the life of the transformation effort and assess outcomes to ensure completeness and sustainability
- Promote coordination between program work-streams to ensure alignment and awareness of over-arching program objectives
- Conduct reviews to ensure projects are added to the project reporting system and continuously updated with relevant, accurate, and timely data suitable for a senior management audience
- Assist in developing project artifacts including project charters, business cases, governance materials, etc. to ensure effective governance and delivery of projects
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in a leadership role in Project Management, Change Management, or a closely related area at a financial institution or management consultancy
- Undergraduate degree required, MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred
- Previous or current responsibility for project or change governance in a large, diversified financial institution or consulting firm
- Skilled in engaging with senior management and building and maintaining relationships with delivery partners across functions
- Knowledge of commercial investment banking organizational structures, regulatory frameworks, product offerings, financial operations and planning, human capital strategy
- Expert ability to create robust project management and governance structures to support delivery of complex transformation efforts
- Highly developed sense of initiative-taking, accountability, and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple tasks and goals
- Excellent relationship management, collaboration and influencing skills
- Demonstrated experience with defining and implementing project/change management, governance, or reporting standards and procedures
Benefits
- Competitive portfolio of benefits to employees
- Annual discretionary incentive award
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementchange managementgovernance structuresorganizational designprocess improvementtechnology implementationproject chartersbusiness casesregulatory remediationregulatory defense
Soft skills
relationship managementcollaborationinfluencing skillsinitiative-takingaccountabilityfollow-throughprioritizationcommunicationstakeholder engagementtransparency
Certifications
MBAadvanced degree