Project Manager

Main Responsibilities And Accountabilities

As a Project Manager within TPO, your core responsibilities include:

• Manage end to end transformations, from initial scoping and feasibility through delivery, and post mortem assessment.
• Identify, engage, and mobilize stakeholders across Management, Business, IT, Operation, Compliance, Legal, RISQ, and other relevant functions.
• Define the appropriate project methodology and governance model to ensure effective execution and optimized time to market.
• Formulate and document project objectives and requirements—functional, technical, and operational—in close partnership with key stakeholders.
• Balance client satisfaction, risk considerations, value creation, and speed to delivery when designing and evaluating solution options.
• Establish the project execution strategy (delivery approach, testing framework, migration plan, etc.), either directly or through designated stream leads.
• Take full ownership of the delivery, proactively managing uncertainties, dependencies, and risks that may impact outcomes.
• Ensure timely and on budget delivery of all workstreams, including those executed by contributors and partner teams.
• Collaborate with Global Teams, when relevant, to align Asia based initiatives with the global roadmap and strategic direction.
• Interface with subject matter experts in areas such as Security, Data, and Infrastructure to ensure adherence to SG Group standards.
• Provide clear, structured reporting to management on project progress, blockers, and decisions required to resolve issues or advance delivery.
• Continuously assess project health, refining ways of working as needed to enhance execution pace, stakeholder alignment, and issue resolution.
• Identify opportunities for process simplification, standardization, and automation, contributing to long term operational efficiency.
• Lead process improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma or similar methodologies where applicable.
• Monitor and track key performance indicators—including risk, cost, and timeline—throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee post rollout monitoring and stabilization to ensure sustainable adoption and controlled operations.
• Propose and drive change management actions to support user adoption and embed new processes or tools.
• Ensure proper documentation of business requirements, functional specifications, roadmaps, rational for key project decisions, SOPs, operational or system workflows and other essential materials.

Key Skills & Values Required:

Client Orientation

• Active listening and open mindset toward client needs
• Pro-activity and proposition-making mindset
• Ability to understand the big picture to prioritize the work of project stakeholders

Result Orientation

• Strong sense of ownership and commitment. A “can do” & “never give up” mindset is a must.
• Rigour in documenting tangible project goals and success criteria
• Ability to maintain execution momentum throughout project lifecycle

Change management

• Negotiation and Leadership skills to accompany teams impacted by the transformation
• Excellent oral and written communication

Project Management

• Demonstrable experience in managing projects through their full lifecycle
• Excellent planning and organization skills
• Actively strive to understand the “details” to anticipate and timely overcome execution risk
• Capacity to handle conflict and create consensus on structuring decisions
• Ability to adapt communication to different level of interlocutors from Operational Teams to C-Level

Functional skills

• Strong understanding of trade lifecycle for Cash Equity, Fixed Income, Exotic products, Listed & OTC Derivatives
• Front to Back process remediation / re-engineering (6-sigma based review)
• Sound knowledge of operational risk management and client services

Technical skills

• Outstanding skills in managing and analysing large dataset using Excel, SQL (PowerBI is a plus)
• Proficient in using Visio, MS Project, Quality Center, Jira
• Mastery of other MS Office suite applications (Word, PPT, etc.)

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in technology, finance, business administration or economics
• PMP or equivalent project management qualification is a plus
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification with project experience

Behavioral skills

• Responsibility - Performance: I strive for high performance
• Team spirit - Open mindset: I listen and share my views and expertise openly
• Client - Understanding and respect: I listen to clients and colleagues to understand and anticipate their needs
• Commitment - Care: I demonstrate consideration for others
• Team spirit - Synergies: I prioritize collaboration within and across teams
• Innovation - Thinking out of the box / Creativity: I propose new ideas and solutions

Our Culture: 

At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. Please visit our APAC career website: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/building-your-career-with/ for more information.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I):

Our mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents 
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

Check out our DE&I initiatives: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei/

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates.  If you require any reasonable accommodations of assistance during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our HR staff know.

Department Description

The Transformation, Project, and Organization team (TPO) acts as the delivery arm of GBTO (Global Banking Technology & Operations), overseeing strategic initiatives across business development, process optimization, and strengthening of risk and control frameworks.

The team comprises seasoned project managers, many PMP certified, with deep expertise in technology, operations, and investment banking products. It is organized around 3 “practices”, centre of expertise as follow:

• Capital Market Transformation
• Global Transaction & Payment Services Transformation
• Transversal Transformation