Group Head of Change Oversight & Change Delivery

Purpose of the Job

Quintet Private Bank is a leading private bank in the wealth management sector with <2,000 employees across 40 European and UK locations; we are committed to our clients and their families, and pride ourselves on our personalised service based on a deep understanding of what clients want to achieve. We are a bank headquartered in Luxembourg and supervised by the ECB with an ambition to stay true to our purpose to be the most trusted fiduciary of family wealth. When you join Quintet you are joining a company that values diversity of background, equal access to opportunities, career development, collaboration and inclusiveness. We want our employees to feel proud of being part of a company that is committed to do the right thing. You will have the opportunity to grow your career while developing personally and professionally through various resources and programmes. 

As Group Head of Change Oversight & Project Delivery your role will be to drive the implementation of strategic projects and  provide transparency to senior management on project status, change management resources available, budgets and alignment towards key initiatives and mitigation of interdependencies according to the group governance policy. 

All applications must be received before 9/09 - Location : Luxembourg preferred, however open to other Group locations

Key Accountabilities

• Lead a team of approx.. 10 people covering both Change Oversight and Project Delivery squads 
• Establish full-fledged change oversight and change budgets across the organization for all change initiatives 
• Set up change-, capacity- and interdependency management 
• Support senior leadership in decision making on key strategic / high impact initiatives by prioritizing change project portfolio based on their strategic relevance and regulatory necessity 
• Support in allocating resources along key prioritized initiatives and manage squad of dedicated project delivery resources that are being “staffed” on key priority initiatives for the group 
• Manage the submission process and review new project proposals by enforcing change portfolio governance 
• Identify, monitor and escalate interdependencies to minimize risk exposure 
• Manage the reporting on project status across key prioritized initiatives  
• Lead project execution according to group project governance policy by managing diverse stakeholders 
• Maintain effective communication with key stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of key initiatives 

Knowledge and Experience

• Master’s degree in Economics, Finance or Business Administration 
• At least 10 years of experience in Project -, Capacity -, Transformation Management, Consulting 
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to achieve consensus across multiple stakeholders 
• Project Management qualification or equivalent training 
• In depth front to back knowledge of wealth management and institutional asset management industry, as well as the ability to understand the business from multiple functional perspectives (Operations, Facilities, Digital,..) 

Attributes and Qualities

• Strong Leadership skills 
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks 
• Ability to work with various stakeholders and manage interdependencies across functions and markets 
• Ability to provide guidance to Senior Management 
• Hands-on, highly organised  leader 
• Strong entrepreneurial mentality
• High level interpersonal skills, showing pragmatism and ‘get things done’ mentality 
• Profound analytical and change management skills 
• Team player 

Technical Skills

• MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) 
• SharePoint, Teams or similar 

Languages Skills

• Fluent in English 
• French and German are assets