Program & Portfolio Manager - M/F/D

The Program & Portfolio Management (PPM) plays a pivotal role in steering and optimizing the portfolio Investment to ensure alignment with strategic goals, maximize value delivery, and manage risks effectively. This role requires a strong ability to challenge, Program, Project, business cases, lead arbitrage processes, and represent GBTO ExCo in front of business lines, driving impactful decision-making and portfolio performance.

Our team is focused on delivering value and strategic impact by:

• Steering the portfolio to ensure effective allocation of resources and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Analyzing the performance of strategic programs, including delivery, value creation, capacity, and risk management.
• Coordinating the arbitrage process based on business and value case analysis, ensuring the best use of the allocated budget.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior management, challenging business cases, and driving decisions that maximize the value of every euro spent.

This position is part of an ambitious setup in Poland, complementing the Paris team, with a focus on high-value portfolio steering.

 Your future scope of responsibility will cover:

• Steering and optimizing your own project portfolio to maximize strategic impact and value delivery.
• Monitoring portfolio performance with a focus on value, delivery, capacity, and risk analysis.
• Leading the arbitrage process, ensuring decisions are grounded in robust business and value case analysis.
• Representing GBTO ExCo in front of business lines, acting as a strategic partner to challenge and refine business cases.
• Organizing and preparing Senior Committees, Business Reviews, and Portfolio Reviews to ensure transparency and alignment with strategic goals.
• Supporting the structuring of large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Driving continuous improvement of the PPM process, providing training and guidance to stakeholders.
• Acting as a custodian of the PPM framework (methods, processes, and tools) while ensuring its execution aligns with the operating model.

You will be best suited for this role if:

• You have 10+ years of experience with at least 5+ years in program management, portfolio steering, ideally in a Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) environment.
• You have a proven ability to analyse, challenge, and steer portfolios, proactively driving value creation and managing risks.
• You possess strong communication skills and the right posture to engage with top management and senior stakeholders.
• You have experience leading arbitrage processes, challenging business cases, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• You have a deep understanding of financial environments and can translate complex data into actionable insights.
• You hold a PMP or other relevant certification (preferred but not mandatory).
• You have advanced Excel skills for high-level data analysis, reporting, and process improvement.
• You are fluent in English (oral and written).

We offer:

• An opportunity to be on the first line of the strategic transformation with the management of the bank
• Work in a pleasant atmosphere, in a brand new central-Warsaw office
• Work as a part of an international team
• Opportunity to learn and further develop under a challenging context
• Access to learning platforms and language courses
• Competitive salary based on seniority and skills
• Benefit package including extensive health package with dental care
• Hybrid work opportunity, meal allowance, holiday fund and many more 
• Up to two days per year that can be dedicated to charity actions during the working hours
• Employment contract 

*Please be informed that we will be accepting only resumes in English.

At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating?

You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.