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Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich

• Business Risk Manager & Project Manager (Director)Responsible and accountable for Data Mart Solutions Portfolio. Leading Solution Lifecycle including Scoping, resource provisioning, delivery, roll out and Operational.
• Lead the delivery of refreshed IT strategy and projects focussing on ensuring core systems are fit for the future, optimising the digital experience for customers, managing data as a strategic asset and enabling.
• Lead the delivery of refreshed IT strategy and projects focussing on ensuring core systems are fit for the future, optimising the digital experience for customers, managing data as a strategic asset and enabling.
• Ensure a team-wide clear understanding of business requirements and priorities, ensuring appropriate, and cost-effective IT Solutions are identified and delivered in line with the overall business strategy.
• Lead and direct end to end execution of projects and programmes, including definition, planning, execution and implementation, governance and control, financial, resource and change management.
• Design and implement technology solutions comprising of multiple technologies and applications.

Zurich

• Managed and led the full end to end project life cycle for Datawarehouse and BI projects from planning to the execution while also keeping and taking a hands-on approach with these projects.
• Orchestrated all required steps and processes to introduce a new IT platform at UBS, including requirements capturing, stakeholder input, buy-in and sign off, project scope, roadmap, milestones and ultimately managed.
• Initiated and… Show more Managed and led the full end to end project life cycle for Datawarehouse and BI projects from planning to the execution while also keeping and taking a hands-on approach with these projects.
• Initiated and delivered a successful cross border Data Mart program using Microsoft BI Solution.
• Facilitated technical review workshops between the internal delivery team and offshore developers.
• Drove team performance in a highly pressurised environment to ensure that deadlines were met and established a process-centric view of the business, aligning metrics to strategic objectives

Zurich, Switzerland

• Acted as Project Manager, Project Lead and Subject Matter Expert and successfully delivered multiple projects, implementations, integrations, restructuring and infrastructure projects across various business units.
• Delivered multiple concurrent projects and streams for UBS business conduct in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, including data, operations, process design, regulatory compliance and operational data infrastructure
• Led senior stakeholder management, design… Show more Acted as Project Manager, Project Lead and Subject Matter Expert and successfully delivered multiple projects, implementations, integrations, restructuring and.
• Led senior stakeholder management, design coordination, commercial RFI and RFP processes. Change and transition management and directed cross-functional teams of on-site, near and offshore resources.
• Held overall responsibility for establishing an operational data infrastructure allowing UBS to conduct business activities in Canada, Australia and New Zealand in line with the regulator's rules
• Led a team of 4 Subject Matter Experts with global responsibility and expertise regarding business conduct into Canada, Australia and New Zealand covered all topics related to day-to-day business operations (offering.

New York

Project Management Banking Products, Data Warehouse Solutions and Wealth Planning

Zurich

Project Management Risk Management Solutions for Western Europe and Americas

Cas, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain And Distributed Ledger, Certificate Of Advanced Studies

Msc Process Engineering, Process Engineering