TCMG Project Manager (VP)

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Details

Section 1 - Details

Job Title / Corporate Title

Project Manager (PM)

Department / Group

OPPD/ TCMG

Responsible to / Line Manager

This should be a role title, not a named individual.

Team Lead ED

Direct Reports

This is about scope of the role. Please include job titles and the reporting relationship.

Within each project the (PM) plays a primary leadership role and will manage all workstream leads. Workstream leads are typically VP-ED. May have temp project analysts and/or temp BAs as direct reports depending on the nature of the project

Location

London

Date Prepared

October 2025

Certification regime

out of scope

Role Summary

1. Provides the appropriate Project Management technical expertise
2. Responsible for bringing the organisation into compliance by driving and delivering the required change benefits and goals across SMBC Group EMEA to the required quality standards, within the specified timeframe and to the agreed budget with minimal impact on the business.
3. Ensures that all projects have the appropriate governance, transparency and oversight. Ensures that the rationale, progress and decision making is robustly documented and evidenced to withstand regulatory scrutiny.

Background

• TCMG provides the SMBC enterprise professional project, programme and portfolio management (P3M) resource and expertise to the organisation. It was established in Nov 2019 as an independent, centralized business function operating at a strategic level to provide enterprise-wide oversight and management of change.
  • The oversight function includes governance, guidance, best practices, mentoring and up-skilling project managers from other departments and BAU staff.
  • Implementation of a standard enterprise-wide project framework including tools, templates and standardized processes. The aim is that TCMG ensures strategic alignment between business objectives and projects executed.
• TCMG is also a resource centre/centre of excellence. It is comprised of professionally qualified project, programme and change managers, business analysts and junior analysts. These are divided into multi-disciplinary teams with reporting line to a Team Lead.
• While working on projects or programmes individual staff retain their report line but for the purposes of the project have a dotted line to the Project or Programme manager and/or Sponsor. The teams handle the bank's most complex programmes and projects that require strong regional or global co-ordination, are often regulatory deadline driven or key for business strategy, require close cooperation with multiple departments, offices and other regions and have significant budgets.
• The TCMG remit includes management of the enterprise project portfolio. This is a growing function within the team and provides:
  • Central coordination of change delivery.
  • Efficient use of resources, identification of conflicts, constraints and transparent reporting of data for the portfolio
  • Identification of trends or themes impacting delivery progress

Facts / Scale

This level of project management involves the following

• Accountable for annual project budgets
• Project length can range from 6 months - 2 years in duration
• Range of number of reports - circa 0-2 contractors, up to 10 project work stream leads across EMEA and 1-2 subject matter experts.
• May operate across EMEA offices, these may have differing requirements, resources and regulation nuances requiring the PM to plan and implement multiple alternative solutions (for example the German Banking regulator may have interpreted a directive differently to the UK regulator, the PM needs to plan and capture these differences within their project plan and alter or create new deliverables accordingly)
• Interfaces with C-level project sponsors and manages Steelco's compromised of multiple GMs. Must meet and brief the Project Sponsor on a regular basis and educate them on the complexities of the change and the regulation
• Frequently responsible for more than 1 project that have different drivers and deliverables with associated deadlines and priorities.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing all project lifecycle activities associated with delivering complex projects medium-term in length, impact multiple departments or offices and are medium to high in risk, scope and complexity.

• Accountable for managing the project lifecycle and budget in line with SMBC EMEA's Project Management Methodology, consistently demonstrating sound judgement and ownership of the project process and ensuring that all deliverables are aligned with SMBC objectives and commensurate with our business profile.

• Lead, influence, motivate and manage diverse project teams across the EMEA organization, including representatives from a wide variety of departments to ensure timely delivery of required results with least possible impact on the bank's business and customers.

• Plan and drive completion of all project artefacts including the business case, regulatory requirements, project roadmap, budget, testing, deliverables implementation and handover into business as usual

• Identify and then judge when to escalate risks and issues and their associated mitigation plans to the C-level Project Sponsor and appropriate committees (SteerCo) in order to prevent impact or additional risk.

• Achieve the correct governance and transparency for the project so that the appropriate oversight is achieved.
• When required ensure that all deliverables achieve compliance for the organisation, meet the objectives of the project, are in line with best market practise and can withstand formal regulatory scrutiny.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• The role requires the candidate to be educated to degree level or have significant specialist knowledge
• Industry recognised modern project management qualification such as PMP or APM preferred
• knowledge and experience of financial services, markets and banking activities and the surrounding regulatory framework;
• prior experience of successfully delivering projects within financial services
• strong interpersonal skills including ability to lead and motivate, set the vision for the project, gain team and organisational buy-in, anticipate and resolve conflict, negotiate and coach
• strong, effective communication skills both written and oral, including diplomacy in offering challenge
• knowledge of effective team building and some experience of team management skills
• practical and willing to get involved in tasks, when necessary, to ensure objectives are achieved
• ability to work to multiple deadlines and under pressure

Challenges

• This role is required to motivate individuals from within an organisation that is highly focussed on business as usual
• Gaining project resources is frequently a challenge and often requires tenacity and creative problem solving.
• The organisation has a culture of long-standing tradition and can be change adverse

Who we are

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers - to be a trusted partner for the long-term - and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.

What we offer

For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it's only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-bring and work-life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.

As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. See below some of the benefits on offer to you:

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

So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team, apply today!!

We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under-represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal, backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation. We'll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long-term condition whenever requested.

About SMBC

A trusted partner for the long term
United by a sense of purpose towards our customers - to be a trusted partner for the long-term - and our universal banking platform in EMEA, we deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers, including corporate, structured and trade finance, leveraged finance, loan market and treasury products. We can also provide investment banking and advisory services and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets.
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