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IT Project Management Officer - UBS AG - Doha, Qatar

Job description:

As the world's largest wealth manager and one of the best capitalised banks in the industry, UBS has consistently ranked among the world's top financial institutions and received numerous independent industry accolades in recent years.

Best Global Private Bank 2021

In November 2021, UBS was awarded “Best Global Private Bank” for the seventh time in the 13th annual PWM/ The Banker Global Private Banking Awards. In addition, UBS also won “Best Private Bank in Asia” and “Best Private Bank Chief Investment Office”, for the first time in the category’s inaugural year. The Global Private Banking Awards are run annually by PWM and The Banker, both publications of the Financial Times Group.

Your role:

Are you solid as a rock when you’re juggling a lot of projects? Do you have strong analytical skills?

We’re looking for someone like that who can:

  • Produce financial forecasts and analyse financial reports as part of project control
  • Covers the management of scope through tollgate, sign-off and change management concepts
  • Provide support to the program manager including project staff onboarding of new colleagues as well as contract management (setup and extension of contracts)
  • Maintain documentation for projects, including the maintenance of training offerings and contract documentation
  • Create stakeholder oriented communications including preparation of management presentations
  • Organise team meetings and workshops including preparation, facilitation and post-processing of a regular agile planning meeting including all major stakeholders
  • Setup and maintenance of Confluence / Sharepoint instances

Your team:

You’ll be working in the Project Management Office Organisation for CDIO WMPC in a team in Qatar. We provide Program and Project management service to support for strategic programs and projects. You will support big strategic change Initiatives.

Your expertise

You have:

  • A university degree
  • Strong business knowledge of the Banking Industry and/or Financial Services
  • Significant experience of embedding a delivery unit in a complex organisation
  • Strong understanding of IT delivery programs, ideally in Risk and Finance
  • Excellent organisational, problem solving, leadership, written and verbal communication skills
  • Worked with tools like SAP, JIRA, CA PPM, Confluence / Sharepoint
  • Proven ability to communicate with all levels of management in a clear, concise manner

You are:

  • Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for tasks and people
  • Detail oriented, with structured, organised, methodical planning skills (e.g. Six Sigma certification)
  • Conscientious and resilient
  • A fluent English speaker
About us

UBS is the world’s largest and only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

With more than 70,000 employees, we have a presence in all major financial centres in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

Rewards and benefits:

Employee wellbeing is extremely important to us, and that's why we offer competitive benefits to all employees across the firm. Our benefits programs often go above and beyond legal requirements and cover:

Physical wellbeing
– Our benefits work to enhance employees' physical health and to protect against unforeseen events. A range of offerings, including insurance coverage and wellness programs, are available in all of our locations.

Mental wellbeing
– Our Employee Assistance Program offers support and counselling to employees and their immediate family as they go through life’s challenges. We teamed up with an external provider to promote mindfulness and support resiliency in managing stress. We also offer generous time-off benefits, along with a variety of paid and unpaid leave options and flexible working opportunities to fit your personal needs.

Financial wellbeing
– We're an equal opportunity employer, committed to pay equity for all employees. We also understand how important retirement and financial planning are to employees, and that's why we provide comprehensive pension plans and an employee stock purchase plan.

Social wellbeing
– Through the UBS Optimus Foundation we drive impactful philanthropy that delivers real solutions for social needs. To complement this, we match employee charitable donations and provide paid leave for employees to volunteer their time on community and environmental initiatives, in addition to UBS-organised community events. In fact, our employees logged 202,784 volunteer hours in 2019.

Our awards
We're consistently recognised as a high-quality employer. Find out what our most recent employer and people-related awards are.

Our culture
How do we achieve our vision and execute our strategy? By living our three keys to success. Our Pillars, Principles and Behaviours epitomise the best of our heritage. They determine how we work with our stakeholders and each other, how we recruit, and how we make decisions.

Our business
We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise are major assets that set us apart from our competitors. We see these partnerships as key to our growth, both within and between business divisions. All of our business divisions work closely with our Group Functions teams, making sure that we continue our presence as a global market leader.

Join us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

Location: Qatar
City: Doha
Job Type: Full Time
Group Functions: Business management, administration and support, Digital, Information Technology (IT), Management and Business Support, Portfolio and fund management, Process, project and program management, Product Management and Development.

Additional Requirements
  • SAP
  • JIRA
  • CA PPM
  • Confluence

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