Project Manager, Markets Operations (Hong Kong)

We are seeking a hybrid Principal Consultant/ Director capable of operating as both a Lead Business Analyst and a Project Manager in a Markets Operations function. This role requires a practitioner who can conceptually design Target Operating Models (TOM) and Governance frameworks while simultaneously managing the critical path, risks, and implementation roadmap for a sensitive leadership transition.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Organizational Design & Governance Architecture

• Leadership Structure Definition: Analyze current-state leadership mandates to distinguish between legacy, person-centric responsibilities and structural role requirements.

• Target Operating Model (TOM): Draft future-state role charters that clearly define "In-Scope" vs. "Out-of-Scope" activities, emphasizing the separation of commercial execution from risk and control.

• Accountability Frameworks (RACI): Develop detailed RACI matrices to clarify decision rights and hand-offs between Operations, Business Lines, and Global Functions.

• Risk & Control Interface: Design enhanced governance mechanisms between First Line Operations and Non-Financial Risk (NFR) teams to operationalize the "Operations owns Control" principle.#

2. Delivery Management & Transition Planning

• Transition Roadmap: Own the critical path for the interim leadership period. Create and manage a time-bound plan that tracks dependencies, regulatory/compliance approvals, and recruitment milestones.

• Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary coordination point for senior stakeholders, facilitating agreement on the new governance structures and RACI models.

• Risk & Dependency Management: Proactively identify and mitigate risks associated with the organizational change, specifically regarding external governance and internal approvals.

• Succession Planning Support: Structure the assessment process for future leadership capability, documenting gap analyses and development needs for potential successors.

3. Strategic Initiative Management

• Diagnostic Consolidation: Synthesize findings from recent operational reviews into a coherent "Issues & Opportunities" register.

• Roadmap Prioritization: Translate diagnostic findings into a structured catalogue of improvement initiatives. Lead the prioritization exercise to determine which initiatives move to implementation.

• Reporting: Produce executive-level Steering Committee packs that track progress against the roadmap and seek approval for the future-state operating model.