Associate Project Manager

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 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 realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Project Manager

In this role, you will:

·       Produce a well-defined project plan, identifying the key milestones by assigning responsibilities & resources.

·       Create a detailed project plan capturing low level activities and assigning owners, tracking the progress closely.

·       Provides timely reports on project status. Identify risks/issues/dependencies as they arise throughout the project lifecycle and escalate them in the appropriate governance forums with proper mitigation plan.

·       Maintains project change control, ensuring any changes to baseline are managed through change request.

·       Collaborates and builds positive stakeholder relationships providing regular updates, obtains buy-in from all project stakeholders encompassing key project activities.

·       Promotes and takes accountability for project quality; identifies opportunities to improve delivery. 

·       Manages Change Adoption to ensure the change lands well and sticks, contributing to benefits realization.

·       Analyses management reports and derives insights from it to drive the right business decisions.

·       Drive project discussions autonomously towards logical conclusion.

·       Drives project governance / assurance activities (e.g. Non-Financial Risk assessment, Data control, product approvals etc.) with business, legal, regulatory compliance, financial crime risk teams etc.

·       Coordinate with internal and external third-party vendors for flawless execution of project.

·       Escalate the risks to project delivery, budget, resourcing gaps with mitigation plan in relevant governance forums

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

·       12+ years of experience in project management in the insurance and financial institutions.

·       In depth understanding of the project lifecycle.

·       Proficient in change adoption technique.

·       In depth knowledge and experience of project execution in agile framework with extensive hands-on experience in tools such as Clarity/ JIRA/ MS Project/ confluence etc.

·       Strong understanding of Retail banking & how change drives benefits for bank, customers and other stakeholders.

·       Relevant experience in Life & Health Insurance domain.

·       Relevant experience of working in complex retail insurance projects across countries or regions.

·       Ability to interact and influence senior stakeholders to drive decisions in achieving desired project outcome.

·       Problem solving ability with adherence to stringent timelines in fast paced environment.

·       Experience in project tracking (setting up project plan, managing risk and issue log, tollgates, reporting and governance)

·       Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

·       Proficient in financial and budget management.

·       Driving consistency & lead team/s by sharing best practices around how complex & multi market projects are defined, managed, and monitored.

What additional skills will be good to have?

·       PMP / Prince 2 / MSP/ PgMP/ Leading SAF

About Company

HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. Headquartered in London, it operates in over 60 countries across Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. Founded in 1865, HSBC offers a wide range of services including retail banking, commercial banking, investment banking, and wealth management. The bank focuses on connecting customers to global opportunities, especially in high-growth markets like Asia.