Work Stream Leader - Operational Readiness

WORK STREAM LEADER - OPERATIONAL READINESS

Randstad Professionals are one of the leading recruitment companies in Switzerland and with a dedicated IT contracting team in Zurich, we are excited to help you in your search. We focus on finding the best contracts for the best contractors.

Randstad professionals are looking to find a responsible and open minded candidate who adds value to our client's IT team. Our client is an international Swiss Bank.

OVERVIEW OF THE BUSINESS AREA:

-Program Services provides an internal source of consulting, program and project management capabilities within the Bank, helping the organization plan and execute major initiatives by employing industry best practices.
- The group consists of 160+ consulting and program specialists, with presence in all major regions (Switzerland, EMEA, New York and APAC).
- The team predominantly supports global cross-divisional projects across the bank (excl. Investment Banking).

We are positioned to deliver complete solutions for a wide range of business needs - from strategy development to large scale program delivery.
- Our Values:
- We are a catalyst for change within the Bank, and our team's culture reflects this
- Our work is fact based, analytically sound and driven by benefits to the Banks' clients
- We are independent and we challenge the status quo
- We attract and grow talent for the Bank

Our projects cover a wide range of topics from regulatory, organizational design, efficiency and process improvement and IT implementations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Member of project management for a key projects within the General Counsel division
- Work stream responsibility for the planning, managing and coordinating of a project stream on operational readiness of functions ie ramp-up and transitions as well as alignment of shared services such as Finance, HR, IT and Operations within a re-organization
- Actively challenging work stream plans, content and spotting issues
- Responsibility for developing project documents and reporting for project management updates for senior management
- Resolving issues and producing various project documents on time
- Advising work stream leaders to deliver in time with high quality and with effective and efficient resource and cost management
- Responsibility to support work stream leaders on a day-to-day basis

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL:

- University degree (business and/or legal preferably)
- 3-5 years of relevant work experience in project management, consulting or similar functions in financial services or management consulting
- Experience in managing senior stakeholders across multiple disciplines
- Fluency in English
- Strong sense of ownership
- Works with limited supervision, is proactive
- Organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Customer-oriented attitude, flexibility and adaptability
- Team player with communication and negotiation skills

DESIRED:

- Other languages would be an advantage
- Fluent German language knowledge

Want to experience Zurich, gain international experience in one of the top cities in the world for quality of living and salaries, get in touch with our team of specialist.

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