Assistant Vice President- Project Manager

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Job Title: Assistant Vice President- Project Manager Department: Transversal Change Management About Business line/Function: Program Manager for various clients across several locations with 24 x5 coverage. The project includes Transactions input, Reconciliation, Fund valuation, Cash processing, Reporting & Transfer Agency with intraday deadlines. Accurate and delivery of project scope to the end client is the key objective of the team. Position Purpose: We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Program Manager to join our growing organization. In this position, you will handle all the projects with several department, administered by BNP Paribas. You must have a keen attention to detail and accountable for project delivery.. **Responsibilities** Direct Responsibilities - Program Definition & Planning - Develop the program charter, scope, objectives, and roadmap; align the program’s goals with the organization’s strategy and portfolio priorities. - Governance & Controls - Establish governance structures (steering committees, stage‑gate reviews); define KPIs, reporting cadence, and risk‑management processes for all constituent projects. - Stakeholder Management - Identify, engage, and communicate with senior stakeholders (executives, sponsors, business owners); negotiate priorities, resolve conflicts, and secure necessary resources. - Integrated Scheduling & Resource Coordination - Consolidate individual project plans into a master program schedule; balance resource demand across projects, resolve overallocation, and optimize capacity. - Risk, Issue & Dependency Management - Capture program‑level risks and issues, track inter‑project dependencies, and implement mitigation/contingency actions that protect the overall program objective. Contributing Responsibilities - Program Governance - Designs and chairs the program steering committee, defining decision‑making authority, escalation paths, and stage‑gate criteria, Develops the Program Management Plan (scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, communications, benefits). - Benefit Realization & Value Delivery - Establishes a benefits‑realization framework (KPIs, target‑state metrics, measurement cadence), Monitors benefit‑tracking dashboards and drives corrective actions when projected value drifts. - Financial Stewardship - Owns the program budget, consolidating project forecasts, tracking actual spend, and reporting variance to finance and senior leadership, Conducts cost‑benefit and ROI analyses for change requests and scope adjustments. - Risk & Issue Leadership - Maintains a program‑level risk register, proactively identifies inter‑project risks, and leads mitigation planning, escalates only those risks that exceed predefined thresholds; otherwise drives resolution within the program team. - Program Closure & Knowledge Transfer - Oversees formal program close‑out: final benefit verification, financial reconciliation, and archival of artefacts, Drives comprehensive lessons‑learned sessions and publishes a “Program Playbook” for future initiatives. Technical & Behavioral Competencies - Data‑Driven Decision‑Making - Uses metrics, KPIs, and analytics to drive course‑correction, resource re‑allocation, and benefit validation, KPI dashboards, Earned Value Management (EVM) reports, trend‑analysis visualizations. - Change Management & Transition Planning - Designs and executes a structured transition plan (training, SOPs, support hand‑off) that moves the solution into steady state with minimal disruption, Change‑Readiness assessments, transition checklist, training material, hyper‑care plan. - Strategic Vision & Business Acumen - Connects day‑to‑day execution to the organization’s long‑term goals; can “speak the language” of finance, sales, and operations. **Specific Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field. - PMP (Project Management Institute) or PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent recognized program‑management certification (e.g., PMI‑PgMP). **Technical Skills** Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities) - Program‑level planning – creation of Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), roadmap road‑mapping, and resource‑capacity planning. - Financial stewardship – budget creation, forecast vs. actual tracking, variance analysis, and benefits‑realization reporting. - Risk & Issue management – maintain a program‑wide risk register, assess impact, drive mitigation, and know when to escalate. - Governance – design and run steering‑committee reviews, stage‑gate gates, and compliance checkpoints. **Behavioral Skills** - Time & Energy Management - Prioritises own workload, delegates effectively, and models disciplined work habits for the team. - Ethical Integrity & Accountability - Acts transparently, owns outcomes (both successes and failures), and adheres to corporate values and compliance standards. - Customer‑Centric Mindset - Keeps the end‑user’s needs front‑and‑center, gathering feedback continuously and shaping the program to deliver real value. - Continuous‑Improvement Orientation - Actively seeks ways to improve processes, tools, and outcomes; encourages a learning culture. Education Level: Professional Certification - PMP (Project Management Institute) – globally recognized project‑management competence. - PgMP (Program Management Professional) – specific to program‑level work. - PRINCE2 Practitioner – widely used in Europe & government. - SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC) – for scaled‑Agile environments. Location: India - Chennai **About BNP Paribas Group** BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commerc