Project Management Cross-Function Director

About SMBC

SMBC Group is a universal banking platform operating across EMEA, providing corporate finance products and services, investment banking, advisory services and capital market solutions.

Role Summary

Project Director – Change Management team, responsible for managing and overseeing Financial Crime programmes and projects across the EMEA organisation.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and drive the completion of all project artefacts, including charter, regulatory requirements, roadmap, budget, testing, deliverables implementation and handover to business as usual.
• Lead, influence and motivate diverse project teams across multiple departments to ensure timely delivery of required benefits with minimal impact on bank customers.
• Manage risks and issues and deliver mitigation plans to the C‑level Project Sponsor and relevant committees (SteerCo).
• Ensure appropriate governance, transparency, compliance and alignment with best market practice and regulatory scrutiny.

Qualifications

• Strong track record of successful delivery within banking and financial services.
• Experience managing complex, multi‑year projects in challenging environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of banking and markets activities and the surrounding regulatory framework.
• Effective team‑builder with willingness to engage in tasks to achieve objectives.

Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working.
• Competitive paid leave days.
• Benefits to support physical well‑being, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance.
• Policies to support mental well‑being, including behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services.
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression.
• Ambitious remuneration package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

SMBC is committed to supporting social change and welcomes applications from all backgrounds, particularly those under‑represented in financial services. Reasonable adjustments will be offered to applicants with disability or long‑term condition upon request.