Project Manager - Wealth Management

at  Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD is a market leader across the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye) region with a presence in 13 countries, serving over 20 million customers. The Emirates NBD Group has a total of 853 branches and 4,213 ATMs / SDMs. Emirates NBD is the leading financial services brand in the UAE with a Brand value of USD 3.89 billion. At the bank, we serve our customers and help them realise their financial objectives through a range of banking products and services including retail banking, corporate & institutional banking, Islamic banking, investment banking, private banking, asset management, global markets and treasury, and brokerage operations. We are a key participant in the global digital banking industry, with 97% of all financial transactions and requests conducted outside of our branches. We also operate Liv, the lifestyle digital bank by Emirates NBD. With close to half a million users, it continues to be the fastest-growing digital bank in the region.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 10-12 years of experience in the Wealth/Capital markets domain with atleast 5+ years experience in managing project deliverables / being an SME in this space.
• Sound understanding of Wealth management products and process, trade and product life cycles.
• Experience in implementation of trading platforms/portfolio management systems (preferable).
• Experience in working with multiple teams / stakeholders across business, IT and ability to work in an Agile model.
• Quick in analysis and solution driven.
• Strategic and tactical problem solving ability.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with effective stakeholder engagement.

• Business stakeholder engagement: Identifying all business stakeholders, collating the necessary business requirements & documenting business cases & requirements in collaboration with stakeholders.
• IT / Channels engagement: Working closely with the relevant Platform IT / channels teams and related squads to ensure that the projects are well understood and delivered.
• Governance & oversight: Ensuring projects timelines and criteria’s around Project exit, test cases, UAT approach and well established and signed-off. Ensure clear visibility to management on progress of the projects and escalate challenges promptly for resolution. The Job role also involves active participation in the UAT / Pre pilot to ensure necessary validations and sign-off are procured and all documentation is in order.
• Effective liaison: Responsible to act as an effective liaison between Business teams and tech solution owners / Channels to ensure smooth flow of communication and clarity in status of project across all relevant stakeholders.