IT Project Manager
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services including banking leasing securities credit cards and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFGs shares trade on the Tokyo Nagoya and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas SMBC Group has a presence in the US Canada Ireland Mexico Brazil Chile Colombia and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate institutional and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organizations extensive global network. The Groups operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc. SMBC Capital Markets Inc. SMBC MANUBANK JRI America Inc. SMBC Leasing and Finance Inc. Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co. Ltd.
This is a hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
Role Description
We are seeking a highly skilled IT Project Manager with strong understanding of business processes along with solid analytical and problem-solving skills to lead the implementation of a Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) platform. The IT Project Manager will partner with a cross-functional team to: develop functional requirements use cases and acceptance criteria to ensure successful delivery of complex enterprise solutions. The ideal candidate will manage project timelines budgets and stakeholder communications while also gathering requirements analyzing processes and supporting process mapping.
This role reports to the Director of GRC Technology.
Role Objectives: Delivery
- Lead end-to-end project lifecycle management including defining scope and deliverables while ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets.
- Build strong partnerships with stakeholders to refine scope and timelines; promote coordination across workstreams to align with overarching objectives.
- Develop and maintain project plans schedules and resource allocations.
- Manage risks issues and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings and provide regular status updates.
- Ensure compliance with organizational PMO standards and methodologies.
- Gather document and validate business and technical requirements.
- Collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders to documents solution design.
- Analyze existing processes and recommend improvements aligned with best practices.
- Support data mapping integration and migration activities.
- Coordinate and assist with user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Act as a liaison between business stakeholders technical teams and vendors.
- Facilitate transition to operation for platform support during implementation and post-go live.
- Monitor program delivery assess outcomes and adjust plans or timelines as needed to ensure sustainability and completeness.
Qualifications and Skills
Required Skills:
- Strong project management skills with experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Solid understanding of IT systems integrations and data management.
- Excellent business analysis skills: requirements gathering process mapping and documentation.
- Proficient in tools such as MS Project JIRA Confluence and MS Office Suite.
- Exceptional communication stakeholder management and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Outstanding time management skills should be able to multitask and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business or related field.
- 5 years of experience in IT project management roles preferably in financial services industry.
- 3 years of experience performing technical business analysis.
- Experience with GRC platform implementations is highly preferred.
- PMP PRINCE2 or Agile certification (Scrum Master) is a plus.
- Scrum Master experience is a plus
- Strong understanding of governance risk and compliance frameworks.
- Nice to have: Technical proficiency in GRC platforms (e.g. SAI360 RSA Archer ServiceNow GRC or similar).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in large enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance standards (e.g. SOX GDPR).
- Ability to manage vendor relationships and third-party integrations.
- Advanced data analysis and reporting skills.
Additional Requirements
SMBCs employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home as well as from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal state and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process please let us know at
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- IT Experience
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- IT Project Management
- Agile
- PMBOK
- Visio
- Waterfall
- Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Project Management Lifecycle
- SDLC
