What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cyber/Information Security Transformation Oversight - Vice President position at SMBC Group?
Role Description
The VP, Transformation Governance & Oversight - Review & Challenge for Cyber / Information Security will serve as a business partner to project teams that lead SMBC Americas Division Transformation Initiatives. The candidate will build and maintain effective relationships with key transformation partners, incl. Executive Sponsors, Business Owners, Project Managers, and support teams incl. Technology and Data Management to gain insights about change projects, advise on execution best practices, and assist in producing executive level updates, metrics, and management insights related to the delivery of projects. The candidate has demonstrated experience with change and project governance and project management standards development as a member of a Project Management Office (PMO) or Transformation Governance & Oversight (TGO). Additionally, the candidate has previous experience delivering change projects as an individual contributor or team leader. The candidate is results-oriented with the gravitas to build and maintain effective cross-functional relationships, effective in using negotiations and influencing tactics, can effectively advise on project execution risks and issues, and successfully drives best practices adoption. Reports to : Americas Strategy & Transformation Department, Transformation Governance & Oversight.
Role Objectives : Delivery
- Participate as an advisor and liaison in transformation governance meetings and project working groups to provide advice and look holistically across projects, including regulatory remediation, target operating model implementation, and strategic change initiatives
- Become familiar with a business area’s universe of transformation and remediation projects and pipeline of future projects under consideration
- Consult project teams in design and execution of project’s delivery approach, incl. project structures, project governance, project roadmaps, and project plans to deliver the target state
- Advise on the creation and retention of all key project documentation and deliverables and ensure that change management best practices are applied across portfolios of supported transformation projects to ensure that design effectiveness, operational effectiveness, and operational sustainability are delivered
- Lead assessments and conduct review and challenge activities in a matrixed environment through influencing and by providing advice for project plans, ensuring cross-project risks and dependencies are identified, communicated, and resolved, while maintaining a view into wider regional implications
- Encourage and support periodic reviews of the business project portfolio to build an aggregated understanding of dependencies, delivery risks, and cross-functional impacts
- Conduct reviews to ensure projects are added to the project reporting system and continuously updated with relevant, accurate, and timely data suitable for a senior management audience
- Assist in developing project artefacts including project charters, business cases, governance materials, etc. to ensure effective governance and delivery of projects
- Partner with other team members in Strategy & Transformation to drive continuous alignment and advance the adoption of best practices
- Collaborate on developing and enhancing project, program, and portfolio management standards, templates, and best practices, as well as controls and metrics reporting approaches
Qualifications and Skills
SMBC’s 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. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.
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 accommodations@smbcgroup.com.
