Executive Director Project Execution (Technology Transformations)

Job Description

Become an integral part of our transformation team! Each day will be unique - bring a positive attitude, entrepreneurial spirit and get ready to roll up your sleeves. This position is an essential part of our Payments Technology function and will have exposure to several aspects of running a banking office.

• performing teams in envisioning and creating complex technology solutions across the firm.

• about industry trends, firm-specific initiatives and relevant technology
• with a deep understanding for how to develop and implement programs that can be rolled out globally, and across multiple lines of business.

In this role you willrun strategic programs for the Middle-East Africa region and oversee Payments Investigation transformation program, a transformational program to shape the foundational structure that enables the region's Payments Technology to deliver world class platforms and services including establishing a strong technology presence in the region.

These programs and workstreams will be focused on executive communications, data driven organizational decision making, perfecting processes and tooling, steering senior level governance programs, and supporting diverse cultural initiatives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement strategic technology transformation programs for Payments Technology, aligning with business/organizational goals.
• Responsible for Middle-East Africa regional Payments technology transformation and global Payments Investigation platform transformation, inclusive of managing day to day operational strategies and optimizing existing team processes
• Oversee complex technology project and program execution, managing resources, budgets, and timelines while mitigating risks and addressing roadblocks
• Demonstrate critical thinking, creativity, communication skills, and project management experience to inspire impactful change across our organizational teams
• Prepare and deliver data-driven recommendations and supporting materials to support executive and key stakeholder decisions
• Collaborate with leadership and key stakeholders and cross functional teams to develop and implement initiatives to drive program/process optimization and organizational efficiency
• Driving synergies on current and new projects across all seniority levels and any lines of business or corporate function and if required external partners and regulators.
• Champion continuous improvement by steering agile practices, identifying process optimization opportunities, incorporating best practices, and staying abreast of emerging technologies
• Champion globally inclusive cultural initiatives focused on promoting Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

• Formaltraining or certification in technology, plus Project/Program Management and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience highly collaboration with technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items.
• Experience in a COO or Chief of Staff role
• Expert knowledge in all business processes across an entire line of business, as well expertise in other lines of business and technology disciplines.
• Track record for managing large and complicated technical programs requiring cross collaboration
• Experience in program/project/technology management, consulting, operations, or a combination of these
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate and work with senior leaders. With excellent analytical skills with experience taking complex and ambiguous information and refining it into meaningful content and clear action plans
• Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills (e.g., identifying trends, patterns, and root cause analysis using a diverse toolkit to address the root cause)
• Ability to establish and build strong relationships and partnerships across cross-functional teams
• Ability to influence, organize, collaborate and direct people across various seniorities, teams, and departments
• Commitment to diversity, ethical, accountable, and transparent leadership
• Desire to take on increasing management responsibility and target state ownership

• Work Experience in a global bank or financial institution with experience in data analysis and budget management
• Previous experience in Technology centric role requiring collaboration with global teams
• Nimble business mind, focused on developing creative solutions.
• Strong project-reporting skills, with focus on global and interdepartmental communications