Description
Required experience
- Significant track record in large-scale strategic portfolio management (100m plus)
- Strong experience in business transformation implementation - Track record in delivery management of large projects (10Mio plus), with a strong business transformation nature
- Strong consulting and/or finance background, has worked in various industries and has international experience on how change is designed and delivered (sensitive to cultural differences)
- 5+ years of experience in global, complex Matrix organizations
- Experience in financial services desirable - good knowledge of complex Financial Services environments
- Experience in operations or IT strongly desirable
- Skilled in process analysis, mapping and design. An understanding of technical designs processes to support the delivery of IT solutions desirable.
- Ideally has implemented change in a global context acquiring international experience on how change is designed and delivered across countries and geographies (sensitive to cultural differences)
- Track record of operating at multiple levels and domains within an organisation.
- Degree/MBA qualified is desirable
- Very strong Excel and Powerpoint skills
- Excellent written & spoken English essential. Multiple languages preferred.
- Significant experience with programme interventions, in re-shaping large portfolios of change according to (new) strategic objectives
Competencies
- Analytical (quantitative/qualitative) skills
- Business acumen and problem solving: ability to understand business/customer needs and design solutions accordingly
- Experience across multiple delivery methodologies, including Agile
- Strong stakeholder management across a wide range of different stakeholders from business customers through IT. Ability to engage and influence at all levels of stakeholder, both internally and externally
- Customer focus and proven business acumen
- Facilitation and influencing skills
- Excellent communication skills - ability to present quantitative and qualitative formal/informal findings in a clearly defined and persuasive manner
- Delivery/result oriented, ability to function effectively individually as well as in a team
- Ability to deal well with ambiguity and new content in a very broad range of situations
- Focus and result oriented, ability to function effectively individually as well as in a group
- Emotional resilience and confidence: adapts easily to new environments; remains calm, and continues to perform under pressure; talks openly and honestly; gives and acts on constructive feedback
- Advocate of change, with a broad set of influencing techniques and facilitation skills
- Very strong Excel and PowerPoint skills