Chief Operating Officer

COO – DWS India – Project manager, Assistant Vice President, AS

Job Title: COO – DWS India – Project manager, Assistant Vice President

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

About DWS:

Today, markets face a whole new set of pressures – but also a whole lot of opportunity too. Opportunity to innovate differently. Opportunity to invest responsibly. And opportunity to make change.

Join us at DWS, and you can be part of an industry-leading firm with a global presence. You can lead ambitious opportunities and shape the future of investing.

Team / division overview

The Chief Operating Office (COO) , DWS India is a key enabler for DWS and is integral to the future success of the company by delivering world-class services across a set of key functions. It covers essential Technology and Operations capabilities, and aims to deliver a platform which is efficient, scalable, resilient and agile.

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Your Role - What You'll Do

• Financial management – Budgeting and planning entity level costs and allocations. Primary focus on managing P&L for DWS India entity in partnership with finance, project management system used for financial forecasting of project deliveries using tools viz. dbClarity
• Portfolio Governance – Design and execute strategy for portfolio (programme & project) with programme directors and monitor milestones and deliveries to aid the Tech~ chief technology officers and business product owners how are tech plans are being met to meet our client needs
• Workforce planning – Driving workforce strategy for the business from internal and external workforce standpoint, setting up hiring controls and drive location strategy by ensuring global support to client by having workforce working in different time zones covering the globe.
• Vendor management – Responsibility of managing relationships with vendors, right-sizing vendor footprint and driving cost negotiations to provide accurate and timely delivery but at a reasonable cost to the business and the bank.
• Stakeholder management – Responsible for preparing technology performance and achievements deck for meetings with senior technology management, business, clients and regulators.
• APAC responsibilities – Leveraging the team to manage country and APAC level employee engagement, internalization, D&I initiatives, hybrid governance and other entity level administrative responsibilities.

Your skills and experience

Skills You'll Need:

Must Have:

• Overall experience of 8+ years with at 3+ years in the role of COO , project management executing on transformation strategy
• Post Graduate with specialization in Finance or Business Management or similar qualification.
• Detail oriented, ability to work independently and under pressure.
• Excellent written communication skills and organization skills.
• Highly proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Desirable skills that will help you excel

• Have a liking and passion for technology and business strategy.
• Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps
• Well organized, able to multitask and prioritize workload.
• Ability to take information and present data in an understandable and relevant way.
• Ask the right questions to be able to define and solve problems in a logical way.
• Creative, self-starter and interest to take initiative and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Project management experience is very beneficial.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor's in accounting, finance or economics relevant area

How we'll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.