IT Project Management Officer for the CIO Office Team

About the job

IT Project Management Officer mission consists in contribute to the definition, design and implementation of a solution that meets a requirement expressed by a stakeholder, taking into account the resources allocated, the deadlines, budget, compliance rules and the Group's applicable best practices

Your Main Activities Are

Strategic PMO activities can be regrouped in 3 major parts:

Reporting activities: comprising the consolidation and analysis of data to be provided to stakeholders

- Contribution to WMIS Executive Committee: provide strategic projects information to WMIS ExCo members

• WMIS projects portfolio review with Wealth Management sites: provide sites sponsor visibility of upcoming releases for their sites

• CIO dashboard: To provide CIO visibility of IT activities and foster an organizational data-culture through top management awareness

• Contribution to Investment Committees: To provide visibility to Business sponsors of budget consumption per projects' category and tracking project commitments

• Reporting to Group: To provide monthly Performance Measurement System reporting to the Group

Data reliability: comprising the controls, alerts and tracking to ensure that data sources are up to date. This is a prerequisite for good reporting

• Portfolio Review: To control data quality through monthly teams reviews on data in Clarity

• Animation of local PMO community: To keep track of Clarity actions and share best practices through monthly meetings - with local PMOs

• Contribution to internal meetings: To Provide visibility to colleagues on portfolio status

• Support to WMIS management: Recurrent reviews of the data quality with Division Heads and local PMOs in dedicated bimonthly meetings to ensure high standard level of quality for projects data

Clarity support: supporting teams in the usage of the Project Management tool (Clarity) and aligning Clarity features to WMIS portfolio management needs

• Clarity support: Strategic PMO teams supports teams regarding the Project Portfolio tool (Clarity) and shares best practices for structuring the projects
• Clarity improvements: Plan and coordinate on functional and technical improvements of the WMIS Project Portfolio tool
• Clarity with respect to the PMO requirements
• Clarity training: Train WMIS staff to Clarity usage

Profile and Skills to Success

Previous experience on project management (Agile Methodologies experience is a plus)

Experience on the set-up of project portfolio management and portfolio reports

Experience with data management (BI)

Knowledge of: Excel, Project Management tools (Clarity) PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint

Skills with VBA-macro is an advantage

Strong, professional communication skills, able to approach senior managers using appropriate level of detail, terminology, and style

Figures oriented , leadership potential

Focus on details, errorless delivery, logical reasoning

Capacity to deliver high quality reporting in a short time frame (stress resistant)

Working language is English. Knowledge of French language is an advantage

Why joining BNP Paribas?

• Leading banking institution

BNP Paribas is the European Union's leading bank, and key player in international banking. It operates in 63 countries and has nearly employees, including more than in Europe.

• Our presence in Portugal

In Portugal since 1985, BNP Paribas today has more than 8.700 employees, distributed across the Group's 10 business entities established in the country. Its presence also extends to 11 excellence centres providing value-added services to various countries where the BNP Paribas Group also operates.

• International reach

Thanks to its international presence and regular and close collaboration among its different entities, BNP Paribas has the resources to support all clients with financing, investment, savings and protection solutions that help make their projects a success. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its three core operating divisions:

Retail Banking, a division that brings together all of the Group's retail activities and specialised business lines;

Investment & Protection Services that include specialised businesses offering a wide range of savings, investment and protection services;

Corporate & Institutional Banking division that offers tailored financial solutions for corporate and institutional clients.

• Diversity and Inclusion commitment

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.

• Commitment towards work/life balance

At BNP Paribas we care about our employees wellbeing and promote a culture of good integration between work and rest. We believe our employees have rich personal lives outside of work, being fundamental to be disconnected from work to recharge both physically and mentally. Only through this balance we may all be at our best while working.

• Remote Working Conditions

At BNP Paribas, we embrace a Smart Working framework based on trust, autonomy and collaboration. Within this framework, eligible employees can benefit from flexible remote working modalities adapted to our hybrid working environment. To guarantee a comfortable and efficient working set-up, eligible employees are provided with both the office and home equipment, are entitled to an equipment allowance and can benefit from exclusive partnerships to purchase additional equipment at reduced prices.

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• Please note that only applications submitted in English will be considered.
• In case you are selected for this role, further documentation will be requested to support your hiring process.