Banking Modernization Program Planning and Delivery Lead

Full Time
Weehawken, NJ 07086
Posted
Job description
United States - New Jersey
Product Management and Development
Global Wealth Management

Job Reference #

274656BR

City

Weehawken

Job Type

Full Time

Your role

Are you skilled in leading and operating in a dynamic environment at the center of a large multiyear Agile banking modernization program? Are you able to work hand in hand with both business owner and product owner to drive a concept to reality? Do you have the proven ability to coordinate across technology and control functions to ensure timely delivery of materials. Do you have a track record of finding solutions to complex problems? Are you well organized and able to manage multiple deliveries?

We’re looking for a Program manager to:
  • Act as an Execution lead closely partnering with business and CPLs – conveying business priorities to relevant Crews (building the associated products) to ensure common understanding of needs, priorities, and dependencies across product teams to ensure a cohesive, valuable product for the business
  • Work with Product Management, Product Owners, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment between strategy/roadmap and execution
  • Manage Project managers and scrum masters to ensure consistent approach and drive efficiency execution
  • Participate fully in walkthroughs and process audits as required
  • Work with team technical writers and other stakeholders, ensure appropriate technical documentation is produced and maintained at all points in the process
  • Facilitate release planning readiness and drives closure of key RAIDs - be the driving force behind creating an execution level roadmap for each team that will deliver that release scope to a reasonable timeline
  • Monitor the delivery of products independently using Agile methodology, and facilitating discussion between business and Crews on timelines and prioritization with an understanding of complex facilitation and dependency management techniques (cross team, cross department)
  • Lead the preparation and facilitation of Cross program events (e.g. weekly Cross Crew Sync, quarterly Big Room Planning). Identifying concerns with each team's roadmap and issues/risks with cross Overdrive dependencies and then resolving them
  • Understand domain architecture and upstream/downstream dependencies
  • Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments
  • Provide status reports of various projects to management
  • Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders
  • Manage projects in all respects viz. Cost, resources & timelines
  • Cooperate with key stakeholders and ability to work across organizational boundaries

Your team

You’ll be working in the Overdrive Transformation Office. You will be part of a team comprised of internal and vendor resources within the Global Wealth Management – Bank USA function driving the program management of a key banking modernization project. You will report into the head of the program transformation office.

Your expertise

  • 10+ years large/complex program software delivery/program management covering all aspect of SDLC
  • Strong Agile project management of large implementation of platforms, ideally with a US financial services remit
  • 10+ years’ experience in managing complex software programs and services as a program manager, release train engineer (RTE) or similar technical role in a software development environment
  • Outstanding collaboration skills, prior experience working in a matrix and geographically distributed organization
  • Highly organized and execution focused, accountable and driven
  • Proven track record of delivery high quality products on-time
  • Leadership track record overseeing both direct reports and influence across a matrix organization
  • Technical knowledge with a desired emphasis on current industry trends including cloud-based development and Agile development techniques

About us

UBS is the world’s largest and only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

How we hire

This role requires an assessment on application. Learn more about how we hire: www.ubs.com/global/en/careers/experienced-professionals.html

Join us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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