German speaking Senior Business Project Manager (3070)

Beschreibung

For a six month project at our client, an international bank based in Zurich, we are looking for a

German speaking Senior Business Project Manager "Client Engagement Project" (3070)

In this role you will be responsible for leading a pilot project as part of a performance improvement program (high management attention) within the client's business area Private & Wealth Management. The pilot project consists of various phases, your overall accountabilities include the following tasks:

- Coordination of the project delivery to ensure that requirements are addressed
- Provide business analysis support and coordinate project delivery to ensure that the needs of demanding business stakeholders are covered
- Working independently, managing a small team, under the guidance of program management
- Working jointly with business organizations to implement an effective solutions
- Defining the scope of a projects, own and manage project goals, risks, issues and resources
- Delivering large projects and programs in line with plan and budget
- Ensuring that change is managed in a holistic fashion aligned to strategic priorities and business plans
- Developing Senior Management presentations and updates
-Managing stakeholders at all levels across the organization to ensure business requirements are clearly evaluated, defined, documented and met
- Utilizing strong interpersonal skills to provide direction, maximize resources, prioritize activities, balance conflicting demands and motivate others
- Identifying and tracking progress of project risks issues and dependencies, escalating them appropriately with suggested mitigating actions; managing risks, issues & dependencies to successful resolution
- Ensuring programs meet internal and external client requirements
- Maximizing the client experience and minimizing risk and cost of change


To fulfill these tasks you meet the following requirements:

- University degree or equivalent
- Excellent project management skills, with experience in the financial services environment
- Proven track record / project history with implementing new initiatives and/or change projects
- Excellent English and German skills
- Excellent analytical and conceptual skills with proven ability to analyze and evaluate quantitative and qualitative results
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills at different hierarchy levels
- Leadership skills and ability to support and lead people through change
- Structuring and story-lining skills
- Ability to create strong working relationships across the Bank at all levels, and provide comprehensive support to the business
- MS-Office knowledge (PowerPoint and Excel)
- Ability to understand, synthesize and act on complex ideas/information


If this sounds like the challenge you are looking for, please send us your application including your CV in MS-Word format (.docx or .doc) to