Non-IT Program Director

For our client in Zurich we are looking for a

Program Director

Your responsibilities:
- As a lead member of Program Assurance team, you are part of Banks execution governance and will support value delivery of the Top Initiatives
- As part of the wider Portfolio management group to ensure transparency and consistency
- Execute the program assurance framework in conjunction with enhanced set of bank standards
- Promote the refreshed Program Assurance capability to senior change executives throughout the organization
- Conduct standardized program assurance assessments on key programs utilizing the bank's methodology
- Deliver objective recommendations and follow-on actions to senior Change Leads and Program Managers
- On the basis of considerable delivery experience, provide pragmatic and constructive feedback;
- challenge program practices, assumptions and estimating factors when necessary,
- business processes, applications, data, interface infrastructure, service and hosting; and the development approach: design, delivery and impentation
- Continuously improve Credit Suisse's delivery management and assurance standards
- Provide regular formal status updates to Head of Program assurance
- Lead workshops and focus groups for senior stakeholders

As the ideal candidate you have the following qualifications and experience:
- A hands on practitioner with 10+ years of successful track record of delivering large, complex change programs encompassing business and technology change
- Bachelor or equivalent degree
- Proven delivery background in Project and Program Management. Project Management accreditation (eg PMI/Prince2/PMP) - Preferable
- Strong project life cycle knowledge gained from performing a number of different roles throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle
- Broad solution architecture knowledge that encompasses business processes, systems, infrastructure, service and hosting
- Experience in executing program assurance methodologies on large change delivery programs
- Ability to manage workload independently with only high level guidance and supervision
- Very good communication skills with demonstrated ability to write clear, concise business communication for multiple levels of audience (management, technical, user)
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the proven ability to operate at senior levels
- Service oriented and reliable personality, with the drive to develop new solutions and to achieve operational excellence
- Fluent English, written and spoken

If you are interested in this position please do not hesitate to send us your CV electronically