Fusion Project Manager

Why join us?

• The Fusion Programme is an HSBC Group-wide transformation initiative, aligned to other strategic initiatives such as the Finance, Procurement and IT Transformation programmes and the Structural Banking Reform Programme. Its objective is to provide the Bank with improved transparency, increased accountability, greater control, enhanced supplier management and better decision making regarding its costs and performance.
• The Programme is underpinned by the implementation (within Operating Banks and Service Companies) of a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform – Oracle Fusion. Implementation will enable the Bank to manage its costs and performance more effectively. In addition to Fusion becoming the cost ledger across the Bank, Fusion is being implemented as the primary ledger for the Service Companies.
• The Programme supports the Bank’s objectives of simplifying the organisation through standardisation of process and technology. It standardises and streamlines the Bank’s operations and reporting globally, providing the opportunity to replace legacy systems and automate manual processes across the end-to-end flow
• Project Managers plan, mobilize and direct projects of medium to high complexity and scale from definition to closure. They are typically responsible for the end to end delivery of a single project or work stream of a larger project or program, proactively balancing scope, schedule, budget, risks, outcomes and benefits. Projects can be standalone or form part of a program. They are responsible for deploying the Change Frameworks and Agile methodologies within their project.

What you’ll do:

Value Creation:

• Work with business customers/ stakeholders, delivery teams (both within Fusion and outside e.g. BAU IT and Business Support teams) and other impacted parties to ensure that in-scope issues are investigated, understood, a route to resolution identified and prioritized.
• Develop and maintain plans for resolution of each in-scope item – including identification of resources and management of them. In most cases, the plans for all items will need to run concurrently.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders on progress to plan, building confidence in delivery.

Operational Performance:

• Produce a well-defined project plan, identifying the key milestones and assigning responsibilities / resources in line with Global Transformation Project Management Framework.
• Provides timely reports on project status, risks and issues, evaluating project performance based on management information using standardized metrics and templates in Clarity.
• Maintains project change control, ensuring any changes to baseline are managed through change request and all impacts are considered

Capability and People Development:

• Identifies and shares the resource requirements of the project, to the Program Manager requesting the appropriate skill set and/or experience
• Defines high level responsibilities and objectives for members of their project team and ensure the individuals are being used in accordance with their skills and resource request

What you will need to succeed in the role:

• Good track record of managing projects, in a complex environment, ideally in a large organisation spanning many countries and jurisdictions with multiple delivery partners
• Experience working with Oracle Fusion P2P modules (or other Financial/ERP systems) highly desirable
• Experience conducting workshops
• Experience of building relationships with a variety of stakeholders including technology/ technical
• Experience in project tracking (setting up project plan, managing risk and issue log, reporting and governance)
• Experience in Change Adoption processes - Plan and implement change intervention to enable smooth transition and embed changes and transition to business as usual, from requirements gathering, communications till training final user
• Excellent influencing, negotiating and interpersonal skills to all levels
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Creative approach to problem solving and outcome-focused approach
• Ability to work effectively under pressure with competing and rapidly changing priorities
• A highly motivated and pro-active self-starter with a positive attitude

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Keeping calm under pressure is a must.
• Ability to communicate at all levels and across countries/regions/cultures is essential.
• Ability and willingness to get involved in the Analysis activities and documentation.
• Understanding of the project lifecycle
• Domain knowledge on any of the following: Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Risk, Compliance, Payments & understanding of the purpose, value, culture and fundamentals of Global Transformation
• Strong project management skills; MS Project
• Preferably a relevant project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2, PMP