SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. The Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients.
Role Description
The QA Project Manager defines, develops, budgets, implements, documents, and manages the bank's strategic, important and/or cross-functional enterprise-wide technology projects. The role focuses on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors and stakeholders. The QA Project Manager spends significant time on project management tasks, coordination, managing schedules, risks, and issues.
Role Objectives
* Leads planning, execution and/or implementation of projects through all phases, tasks and timelines.
* Facilitates the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, funding and resource requirements.
* Completes projects or assigned tasks in accordance with defined project management methodology.
* Manages Project Budget & Resource allocation and utilization.
* Monitors project progress and provides regular status updates to management.
* Manages vendors, negotiates/defines initial contracts, resolves issues, and provides ongoing communication; tracks deliverables.
* Participates in requirements gathering/elicitation, design and/or testing phases.
* Resolves or assists in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas; implements changes where applicable.
* Submits Change Requests and System Maintenance Logs as part of the change management process.
* Ensures project closure activities are completed, including completion of all tasks, final updates to Schedule, closure of all risks/issues and archival of all documentation.
* Assists with all QA Departments initiatives.
* Mentors Junior Project Managers.
* Conducts Process Quality Reviews.
Qualifications and Skills
* Formal project management expertise and knowledge of project management methodology/SDLC/PLC processes in IT financial services environments.
* Experience in managing complex IT processes and projects across multiple business and technical areas.
* Demonstrated working knowledge of end-to-end IT processes.
* Ability to influence people outside the immediate span of control, negotiate and resolve conflicts, and work with business users, IT partners and vendors.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to articulate concepts and ideas to diverse audiences.
* Able to work well autonomously and be a complete self-starter.
* Experience working with technology vendors to implement application, infrastructure or security product solutions.
* 5 to 7 years of specialized experience in Financial Services.
Additional Requirements
D&I Commitment: Responsible for fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion, holding leaders accountable for creating an inclusive environment through awareness and practice of equity in recruiting, developing, and promoting diverse talent.
SMBC’s employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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