Java Technical Project Manager

About BNP Paribas Group
BNP Paribas is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About Businessline/Function
CIB Client Engagement and Protection IT having focus on applications servicing Client Lifecycle management, Due Diligence /KYC , Customer Relation Management, Service Request Management, Referential and Data Quality, PreTrade Transaction Screening and Anti-Money Laundering. Technologies being used include Java, .NET, Angular, Informatica, PowerBI, Fenergo, Siebel, Actimize, Camunda, Drools on private cloud infrastructure. Agile and DevSecOps practices are widely used. Landscape includes projects that are a mix of established and some under transition to new platforms.

Job Title
JAVA Technical Project Manager

Date
20-June-24

Department
CEP IT

Location:

Chennai

Business Line / Function
Client Engagement and Protection IT

Reports To
(Direct)

Head of CRM & SRM

Grade
(if applicable)

AVP/ VP

(Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports
N/A

Directorship / Registration
NA

Position Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Project Manager with a strong background in JAVA development to lead our Hobart Chennai project. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of software development methodologies, project management best practices, and JAVA technologies. The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for managing the entire SDLC development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment, and will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery. Run technical projects in the vertical which will include providing direction, project planning and tracking, reporting. Unblock technical challenges. Bring oversight and ownership. Work in globally distributed setup as a first among equals in the technology space.

Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities

• Lead software development projects from inception to deployment, ensuring that projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Owner of technical projects including planning, tracking and implementation.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA engineers, business analysts, and stakeholders, to ensure that project requirements are clearly defined and understood.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets, and track progress against these plans.
• Identify and manage project risks and issues, and develop contingency plans as needed.
• Ensure that project deliverables meet the required quality standards, and that all project documentation is complete and up-to-date.
• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and senior management, and provide regular project status reports.
• Mentor and coach team members and provide guidance and support as needed.
• Capacity planning, Leave planning, Recruitment, Successor planning.
• Leading scrum team.
• Performance assessment of team members
• Stay up-to-date with the latest JAVA technologies and development methodologies, and apply this knowledge to improve project delivery.
• Propose / Review/ Challenge Application Architecture and Design.
• Lead automation and guide teams to align with shift left and shift right strategy by encouraging a mindset for automation first and reduce recursive manual efforts
• Hands on and lead by example.
• Resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Keep up to date with latest technologies, trends and provide inputs, expertise and recommendations.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Contribute towards innovation; suggest new practices for efficiency improvement.
• Upskilling of members in the vertical.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to self-manage.
• Ability to prioritize and meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to communicate his/her ideas to the team and management.
• Inspire commitment of team members to deliver.
• Resourceful to quickly understand complexities involved and provide the way forward.
• Take ownership of the complex and challenging topics and find solutions.
• Strong knowledge about design patterns and development principles.
• Strong hands-on experience Core Java, J2EE, Spring framework, Spring Boot, Angular, PL\SQL or Oracle
• Strong hands-on knowledge on backend technologies
• Experience on Kubernetes, Microservices, Distributed Databases
• Practical experience on scalability, reliability, and stability of the application
• Architecturally enhancing / Re-designing applications which are already live.
• Experience of working with build tools like Maven & DevOps tools like Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, SonarQube.
• Strong experience of Agile, Scrum, DevOps.
• Development experience of MVC Architecture based web applications, including creation of Web Services (RESTful APIs/ SOAP Services).
• Ability & willingness to learn & work on diverse technologies (languages, frameworks, and tools).
• Self-motivated, good interpersonal skills and inclination to constantly upgrade on new technologies and frameworks.

Nice To Have Skills

• Worked in the area of Product Development and complex technical projects.
• Knowledge/experience on Dynatrace.
• Knowledge/experience on No SQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra), Kafka.
• Some exposure to Caching technologies like Redis or Apache Ignite.
• Exposure to Client Management or financial domain.
• Industry related certifications e.g. TOGAF

Skills Referential
Specific Qualifications (if required)

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to synthetize / simplify

Personal Impact / Ability to influence

Attention to detail / rigor

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Ability to inspire others & generate people's commitment

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 15 years