AVP, Risk Project Manager, Risk Infrastructure

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Risk and Performance Management Department

In the Risk & Performance Management Department (RPMD), we work collaboratively across teams to identify and address potential blind spots, ensuring that all relevant risks are considered and duly addressed.

Risk Infrastructure

You will be part of a team that deploys state-of-the-art data and systems required for all aspects of risk and performance analysis and reporting.

What impact can you make in this role?

As an AVP, Risk Project Manager, you will support the Programme Lead in delivering the Risk Centre of Excellence (COE) portfolio, helping to translate business priorities into practical risk analytics solutions, capabilities and process improvements. You will own defined projects or workstreams from planning through implementation, working closely with risk subject matter experts, business users, technology teams and external partners. Your focus will be on disciplined execution, transparent delivery reporting, stakeholder alignment and successful adoption, while escalating material decisions and trade-offs to the Programme Lead and governance forums.

What will you do as an AVP, Risk Project Manager? 

• Own the day-to-day delivery of defined Risk COE projects or workstreams, ensuring each has clear scope, milestones, deliverables, accountabilities and success measures.
• Work with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to elicit, document and refine requirements, user journeys and acceptance criteria, ensuring alignment with agreed business outcomes.
• Build and maintain integrated delivery plans; monitor progress, resources and budget inputs; and actively manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and changes.
• Coordinate delivery across risk teams, technology teams, data providers and external vendors, following through on actions and resolving delivery blockers promptly.
• Prepare concise status updates, decision papers and governance materials for working groups, steering committees and senior stakeholders, with clear recommendations and escalation points.
• Track milestones, COE KPIs, adoption indicators and realised benefits, and identify corrective actions when needed.
• Support solution validation and implementation activities, including test planning, user acceptance testing, readiness assessment, cutover coordination and post-implementation follow-up.
• Engage stakeholders and drive change and adoption by facilitating workshops, working sessions and project meetings, and coordinating communications, training, process documentation and feedback collection.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of COE delivery practices, templates, controls and knowledge sharing, incorporating relevant industry practices.

What qualifications or skills should you possess in this role?

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Analytics, Information Systems or a related field.
• Typically 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in project management, business analysis, product delivery or transformation roles, preferably within financial services or asset management.
• Experience delivering workstreams within a larger programme, under the direction of a programme lead, involving multiple stakeholders, dependencies and competing priorities.
• Strong project execution skills, including planning, requirements management, RAID (risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies) management, governance reporting and delivery tracking
• Effective stakeholder management, written communication and facilitation skills, with the confidence to engage both business and technology stakeholders.
• Analytical and structured problem-solving capability, with attention to detail and the ability to translate complex topics into clear actions and decisions.
• A proactive, collaborative and outcome-oriented mindset, with sound judgement on when to resolve independently and when to escalate.

Preferred

• Familiarity with investment risk concepts (e.g. market, liquidity and tail risk, stress testing) and related analytics, data or reporting systems.
• Experience supporting testing, implementation, change management and user adoption.
• Proficiency with project and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience using AI tools to enhance project management, for example in planning, documentation, reporting, and risk and issue tracking.

Work at the Point of Impact

We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC

At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

GIC is an equal opportunity employer

GIC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please email grphrodtaops@gic.com.sg at any point of the application or interview process if adjustments need to be made due to a disability.

Learn More

Learn more about our Risk & Performance Management Department here: https://gic.careers/group/risk-performance-management/